Posts Tagged Marketing
Consumer outlook improving
The consumer’s outlook is improving, according to the January Consumer Reports Index, a measure of overall consumer financial health. The study reports that stress levels have diminished, financial difficulties have moderated compared to past months, and the strong retail performance of the holiday season is an important marker that Americans may be willing to engage and spend once again.
The Consumer Reports Index captures respondents’ attitudes, asking if they are feeling better or worse off than a year ago. When the index is greater than 50, more consumers are feeling positive about their situation. When it is below 50, more consumers are feeling worse. The Sentiment Index can vary from a high of 100 to a low of 0.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Trend Tracker on January 23rd, 2012
eBrand Media Wins New Business as a Result of Its Performance and Stability
SEM management for Hairextensions.com has been placed with the eBrand Media team managing SEM for Wigs.com over the past three years.
Los Angeles, CA–(eBizine)–05/25/2011 – 8:25 AM – As a result of the eBrand Media Group’s impressive management of digital marketing channels for Wigs.com, B2B Web Ventures LLC, the leading provider of beauty and hair products, has moved management of paid search for Hairextensions.com over to eBrand Media. eBrand Media, and its agency division, eBrand Interactive, have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to deliver industry-leading marketing solutions which are either developed in-house or through partners vetted and tested by the eBrand Media Group.
“We’re pleased to have won this business from one of our competitors. While many companies experience frequent account management turnover we haven’t lost an employee since the company was formed in 2005. The same people managing accounts then are managing accounts for us in 2011. That’s remarkable, in my opinion, and a real value add for our clients along with serving as compelling testimony to the type of company we are”, said Tom Polanski, EVP of Sales and Client Development.
Mr. Polanski continued, “Our experience, stability, technologies, and adherence to core values dramatically increases the probability of client success as defined by hitting targeted performance metrics as a result of a repeatable process. We’ve invested years refining marketing formulas that drive high-quality traffic that converts into sales. Not to be discounted is the fact that we save our clients the cost of testing because we know from years of gathering data where to broadcast messages so that they reach targeted audiences at the right time in the shopping process.”
Posted by eBrand Media Public Relations Department in Success Stories, eBrand Interactive, eBrand Media on May 25th, 2011
Marketers, people are cynical, and hype is not the antidote.
The chorus of marketing voices has become cacophonous to the point where advertisers and their customers have tuned it out as so much white noise or have become hardened against it. We think the following makes sense and will help to separate you from the countless “dog and pony” shows.
1. Conduct a thorough competitive analysis.
• Marketers are becoming smarter, so competitive advantage is harder. Everything is online. It’s never been so easy to see what your competition is doing from a presentation perspective.
• Assess your current competitive situation
• Who are your competitors?
• What are your core strengths/weaknesses?
• What current and emerging opportunities and threats are imposed by the competitive environment?
• Use this information to critically evaluate your value proposition.
2. Explore and test new media.
• When we polled our staff, asking, “What are the most significant changes in marketing technology or tactics from a year ago?” new and emerging media were high on their radars.
• Social networks. Even if you’re not ready for a presence there, go there; find your customers and observe them. Listen to what they’re saying.
• According to a 2007 Deloitte survey of 2,200 U.S. consumers between the ages of 13 and 75, 85% of Gen Xers said they are influenced by someone’s recommendation.
• Mobile Landing Pages and Mobile ad placement. Optimization for mobile will be different than for PCs. Begin to monitor and test now.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Advertising, Marketing, Opinions on February 18th, 2011
Motorola Solutions annual holiday survey indicates Consumers know more than Retail Sales Associates
The latest installment of the Motorola Solutions annual holiday study indicates that the majority of surveyed retail associates believe that shoppers were better connected to consumer information than in-store associates, driven by increasing availability of online shopping tools and mobile phone applications that allow price comparisons, access to coupons and social-networking.
The survey found that retailers that aren’t investing in technology to stay ahead of increasingly tech-savvy shoppers are hurting their own bottom line. 28% of store visits ended with an average of $132 unspent due to abandoned purchases driven by deal-habituated behavior, out-of-stocks, limited store associate assistance and long check-out processes.
| Product Awareness “The shopper today is better connected to product information than store associates… “ (% of Retailers) | |
| Response | % of Retailer Responses |
| Completely agree | 17% |
| Somewhat agree | 38 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 26 |
| Somewhat disagree | 15 |
| Completely disagree | 4 |
| Source: Motorola Solutions, January 2011 | |
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Customer Centric, Marketing on January 31st, 2011
Facebook to Sell YOUR Posts to Advertisers
By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive
“Hey Tom,
Look what I found! Didn’t you just say this would happen?
Regards,
April”
Yes, I did years ago. I’ve written a few articles about this. Most people can’t begin to concieve of the different ways that Facebook can parse, package, and sell their seemingly innocuous walls scribbles. This is why I think Facebook is undervalued at fifty billion. The information that people willingly offer up is data stored on Facebook servers to be used now and later. They’re still discovering how to monetize your data. Still to be developed technologies will offer new ways to for Facebook and advertisers to make money effeciently.
After all peopleare teaching advertisers how to sell us with each post, each alteration to the information page, each click, and each “like”. I predict that Facebook will prove someday to be the most valuable and powerful company in the world. It knows far more about you than Google or Apple ever will. There’s value in that.
Click here to read the full article that April is referring to.
Posted by eBrand Media Research Department in Facebook, Tom Polanski on January 27th, 2011