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WOM Campaigns (word-of-mouth marketing) as Drivers of Revenue

March 20, 2012
WOM Campaigns - social conversations

Ad spending budgets continue to be under scrutiny as BTL (below the line) marketing and advertising strategies like buzz marketing or word-of-mouth marketing – more specifically well planned and executed WOM campaigns – keep proving to be cost-effective and extremely successful drivers of revenue. WOM is still a relatively small sector, but it is growing...

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Buzz Marketing Twitterrific ideas

March 11, 2012

Finding a car parking space at Christmas time is an intimidating and sometimes insurmountable task just about anywhere in the world, and to help people with this Mercedes-Benz created a buzz marketing Twitterrific idea: “The Tweet Fleet” by tapping into the “Park Assist” feature. Mercedes-Benz Park Assist can automatically detect empty car spaces near...

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Smartphone user experience: A Latina’s Perspective

February 28, 2012
The Droid Razr has a stunning packaging so neatly designed to match the advertising, it truly touched my little marketer's heart.

Smartphone user experience: A Latina’s Perspective As most of you know, a few weeks ago and thanks to a recommendation from my dear friend and colleague Julito Varela (@julito77) I was named Verizon Brand Ambassador. As a marketing strategist and technologist I was so excited to get to test cool gadgets I could hardly...

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The meaning of gestures: body language in Brazil

April 12, 2011

Let’s cover Brazil now as our next country and explore their gestures and body language a bit. When conversing, good eye contact is important. To not do so is considered impolite. In a marketplace, if a vendor holds his hand out, fingers extended and flips the thumb back and forth it merely means, ‘There...

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Body language meaning in Colombia

April 11, 2011

Our next country is Colombia: Colombian women will often substitute the gesture of holding forearms for a handshake. Men shake hands with direct eye contact. Once a friendship has developed, greetings become warmer and a lot more hands on -  men will embrace and pat each other on the shoulder (known as an “abrazo”)...

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Smartphone user experience: A Latina’s Perspective

Smartphone user experience: A Latina’s Perspective As most of you know, a few weeks ago and thanks to a recommendation from my dear friend...

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