Online Marketing

Ford Goes All Social For New Focus

October 7, 2010
Ford Goes All Social For New Focus

Ford is following up the social-media launch of the 2011 Explorer and a current blog-centric test-drive program for the F-150 pickup with a world-wide program supporting the next-generation Focus car. The test-drive program invites bloggers, people with popular social media pages and lots of Facebook friends to apply to participate in a global consumer...

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Translate Word of Mouth With Social Media Monitoring Tools

October 1, 2010
Translate Word of Mouth With Social Media Monitoring Tools

The abundance of content that is easy to access and consume makes launching and sustaining noteworthy online projects challenging. As social media matures, the need to measure online word of mouth and demonstrate success becomes indisputable. A comprehensive measurement plan should consist of three parts—gauging the audiences’ reactions to a brand before, during and...

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August 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

September 20, 2010

It is really perplexing that with the evident number of online searches, added to the fact that people themselves perform these searches in order to find what they need, are curious about or want to investigate, compare or purchase, that due importance is not placed on Search Engine Optimization. Remember it’s not who you...

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Offline WOM More Prevalent, Positive and Credible than Online Buzz

September 7, 2010
Offline WOM More Prevalent, Positive and Credible than Online Buzz

Word-of-mouth (WOM) conversations that take place in person and over the phone are overwhelmingly more prevalent than those online, according to research. Also, face-to-face communication is more positive in tone, more likely to be judged highly credible and more likely to lead to strong purchase intent than online talk, the study found Below, some of the...

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Cell Phone Is Single Females’ New Best Friend

September 1, 2010
Cell Phone Is Single Females’ New Best Friend

Single mobile females (SMFs) – young single women who have cell phones – assign to their mobile devices an important role in relationships and dating, organizing their lives, and in fashion, according to a recent study commissioned by Samsung Telecommunications America. “The cell phone is an integral part of the SMF’s life, serving as a...

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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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