Real Time Marketing Very Effective, But Businesses Challenged to Implement It

98% of Brands See Positive Revenue Impact from Real-Time Marketing Efforts—But Report Challenges with Effectiveness
Marketers Leveraging Real-Time Marketing See Positive Revenue ROI

Brands that respond to breaking news on social media see a higher return on their real-time marketing investments than those that don’t, according to a new study from social intelligence and marketing software firm Wayin. The 2015 Wayin Real-Time Marketing Report, based on a survey of 200 manager and executive-level real-time marketers at companies with more than $100 million in revenue, finds that 64 percent of real-time marketers have leveraged breaking news on social media in the past year. That number jumps to 78 percent for brands seeing an ROI of at least 50 percent on their real-time marketing investment, compared to only 57 percent for brands with an ROI of less than 50 percent.

https://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/pr-biz-update/98-of-brands-see-positive-revenue-impact-from-real-time-marketing-eff

It's All About Content Marketing

Do you have a content marketing strategy? A tactical plan? How about looking at an agency of brand journalists to help your business get what many are considering THE most important piece of the marketing mix off the ground.

Comms Executives’ Commitment to Content Marketing Has Doubled In Two Years—and Is Poised to Double Again
By 2017, CM Will Make Up One Third of Total Marketing Budgets

Journalists and PR pros have been declaring that “Content is king” for ages now, and new research shows that marketing and comms execs are finally joining the content revolution. Marketing leaders’ commitment to content marketing has doubled since 2013—and should nearly do so again by 2017, according to a new study produced by The Content Council in conjunction with Ad Age, based on survey responses from nearly 500 U.S. marketing and advertising executives that tout the importance and challenges of producing meaningful, measurable content in a fragmented digital media world.

https://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/pr-biz-update/comms-executives-commitment-to-content-marketing-has-doubled-in-two-y

If you're in charge of, overseeing, or doing it...YOU need to know these four Digital Marketing Skills

Marketing is changing, and those who run businesses are noting the move online, which requires digital marketers.

Are you keeping up?

In my work training marketing professionals, I’ve studied hundreds of job postings for marketing talent. The numbers I’ve seen show what skills are most valuable, and it’s no surprise that they’re all digital.

Nearly 90 percent of marketers don’t feel equipped to navigate the digital landscape, but in my research I found that 93 percent of marketing jobs require a digital skill set.

These skills run the gamut from one year of SEO experience to 10 years of social media experience (which of course digital marketers don’t yet have).

While the latter may not be possible for anyone, here’s what you should do to stay competitive with other digital marketers.

Read More: http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/18747.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Savicom&utm_campaign=Necessary%20digital%20marketing%20know-how&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prdaily.com%2FMain%2FArticles%2F18747.aspx

Are You or Your Business Making These LinkedIn Mistakes?

If you are DIYing your marketing or social media, there's a million things you need to stay up on. Constantly. Is it worth your time to become an expert, or is it smarter just to hire a professional? Either way, here's some news you can use:

With over 329 million members, LinkedIn can provide invaluable networking opportunities for professional services firms. Since it is a social network geared specifically to business professionals, LinkedIn users don’t have to battle the private and public persona struggle that other sites like Facebook or Twitter can create.

Users can join industry-specific groups and connect with others in their niche without having to worry about a newsfeed filled with photographs of their followers’ children. LinkedIn isn’t just a great networking tool—it can also be the perfect platform for B2B social media marketing.

Even though LinkedIn maintains a professional environment, it’s still all-too-easy to make social media blunders. Luckily, all of our top seven LinkedIn mistakes are easily corrected once realized.

Are You Making Any of These 7 LinkedIn Mistakes?


Read more at http://www.business2community.com/linkedin/7-social-media-marketing-mistakes-avoid-linkedin-01208324#excYbd3W2r8F3cyO.99

We'll Be Wearing, Walking & Working with our Tech

PR’s “Next Big Thing”: Nearly 70 Percent of Consumers Say They Are Ready to Engage with Brands via Wearable Technology Devices
Wearable Tech Poised to Emerge as a New Channel for Customer Engagement

Wearable technology is slowly but surely becoming a part of life for mainstream consumers, most visibly chronicled by the popular launch of the Apple Watch, and it is soon expected to revolutionize technology—and marketing communications. According to new research from ACCENT Marketing, the key to a successful customer engagement strategy via wearable technology is to first understand how consumers use wearable technology. From fitness monitors to smart watches to clothing, wearable tech is the new frontier in customer engagement. This new channel can help brands deepen their customer relationships, build brand advocates, and reach new audiences through wearable technologies, giving them access to be with the consumer as they move throughout their day.

https://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/pr-biz-update/pr-s-next-big-thing-nearly-70-percent-of-consumers-say-they-are-ready

Millennials Service Expectations Show that Many Brands Risk Going Out of Business if they Don't Adapt

Customer, Serve Thyself! Millennials Reveal Desire for Self Service—and for Brands to Improve Experiences Reflecting These Preferences
Companies Must Address These Changes or Risk Going Out of Business

Customer interaction management firm Aspect Software this week released a study examining the generational and technological divergence between consumer groups and their perceptions and preferences towards customer service. The key takeaway: Companies need to quickly address the customer engagement preferences of the Millennial demographic or risk going out of business.

The Aspect Consumer Experience Index: Millennial Research on Customer Service Expectations provides analysis on how companies can adapt to this shifting consumer challenge. The new survey developed with Millennial expert Jason Dorsey (“The Gen Y Guy”) is designed to help businesses identify key characteristics of an increasingly influential Millennial population (individuals aged 18-34). Insights in the study will help companies address Millennials' evolving needs and expectations when engaging with brands.

Key findings from the study include:https://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/pr-biz-update/customer-serve-thyself-millennials-reveal-desire-for-self-service-and

SEO Checklist: 15 Steps to Optimize Your Website

Or, just call The Eisen Agency and we'll take care of all this for you, but if you wanna DIY, here's some tips:

by Eugene Dediu | March 26, 2015 | 231 views


Today, just about anyone can create a new website on any topic and gather a team around it to develop and grow the site through content.

But many people fail to get on the first page of search engine results pages (SERPs) because they believe it's just about content, rather than also doing keyword research, creating a semantic kernel, making the website mobile friendly, or even putting the right alt text for images, and so on.

The following list is an SEO checklist of actions that you need to take to optimize your website for search engines.



Read more: http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2015/27342/seo-checklist-15-steps-to-optimize-your-website#ixzz3VVAaSVtL

Why Hire a Professional Marketing Firm: Reason #2: Tools

If you're a landscaper, contractor, cook, barber or doctor -- you have tools to do your job. Those tools are critical to the success of your operation. If you're a landscaping firm, you have invested 10s of thousands (or more) dollars into lawn and garden equipment, allowing you to perform your job professionally and efficiently, and properly address the client needs. After all, when a client needs their lawn mowed, you don't use garden sheers. While it "could" work, it would obviously be incredibly labor intensive. Same with a contractor, you don't install finish trim by cutting it with a reciprocating saw.

And worst of all, it's hard to be a cook without pots, pans, knives and all the great gizmos they have. Same holds true in professional marketing and communications services. Our firm, for example, invests 10s of thousands of dollars on all the latest tools and technology that enables us to professionally and efficiently do our job for our clients. Things like Creative Suite, and ProfNET and Cision and Animoto -- research tools, survey tools, audio and video equipment and on and on and on -- all to be used professionally on behalf of a client.

Why on earth would you, as a dental practice, go spend $5,000 on cooking tools or landscaping equipment? You wouldn't right? So, for small to medium sized businesses, it's foolish to purchase these tools for your business, but it's easy to have access to all of them free of charge -- hire a professional firm. They have all the tools to do the job right, and know how in how best to use them in making great ads, nice collateral, to send releases, find reporters, tweet and make a cool video. Fix teeth. Let the agency grow your business.

Ten Great Social Media Marketing Campaigns

At The Eisen Agency, we believe social media is an important part of a good marketing mix. And while social media certainly shouldn't be the only thing you're doing to market your business, here's a sampling of 10 great ideas. Of course, if you need help or someone just the lift the marketing burden from your shoulders, give us a call.


10 Great Social Media Marketing Campaign Ideas


These are some of the most innovate and successful recent social media campaigns. They used photo contests, caption contest, coupons, polls and other strategies to strengthen brand affinity, increase engagement and drive traffic to their websites. Some of them went viral; some increased their customer gradually over time.

Digital marketing platform Offerpop cited 50 social marketing campaigns ideas gathered from its clients. Mashable named its own top social media campaigns in its “Mashies 2014.”

Here’s a sampling of the top campaigns.http://www.cyberalert.com/blog/index.php/10-great-social-media-marketing-campaign-ideas/#at_pco=smlwn-1.0&at_si=54ff40f22ec5656f&at_ab=per-14&at_pos=0&at_tot=1

You Need Editors, Not "Brand" Managers

And, at The Eisen Agency, we couldn't agree more. Founded by award winning television, radio and print journalist Rodger Roeser, he turned his combination expertise of journalism and entertainment promotions into one of Greater Cincinnati's (and the region's) most successful marketing and PR firms.

‘You Need Editors, Not Brand Managers': Marketing Legend Seth Godin on the Future of Branded Content
Seth Godin is the godfather of modern marketing—or, at least, the type of modern marketing we all want to be doing.

In 1999, Godin published Permission Marketing, and, in every way, it was a revelation. At a time when Bill Clinton was still in office, TLC’s “No Scrubs” was a #1 hit, and eToys.com was about to IPO, Godin released a practical guide to how brands could leverage the incredible connectivity of the web to engage consumers by seeking permission to do so. His creation of the concept of of permission marketing—which posited that marketing should be as anticipated, personal, and relevant, rather than interruptive—continues to echo in darn near every marketing brainstorm today.

Read More: http://contently.com/strategist/2015/02/06/you-need-editors-not-brand-managers-marketing-legend-seth-godin-on-the-future-of-branded-content/