Category: Marketing

  • Ad Placement: a matter of life or death (almost)

    Placing digital display ads has never been easier. You create your ads, pay your money, and a nice computer will automagically push them out across whichever networks you choose. But all this automation means fewer human eyeballs checking ad placements actually make sense. And most marketers I meet think about where they’d like to see…

  • CIM Report Shows Many Marketers are Ill-equipped for the Social Web

    The UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) recently teamed up with Ipsos ASI and Bloomberg to carry out new research to assess how businesses are adapting to our social media fuelled world. The results appear largely consistent with previous studies, although do provide a valuable benchmark for comparison with other data sources. And while many…

  • Webinar: Doing Marketing in a Digital World

    I gave a webinar today, hosted by BrightTalk, as part of their Social Media Summit. I’d welcome your comments and feedback. Here’s a link to the on-demand show: View Here

  • New videos: The CIM’s Social Media Benchmark Report

    On 15 February, the UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) will release the findings of its latest Social Media Benchmark study. In advance of this, I shared some thoughts with them on how I see the social media world evolving. Find out more and book tickets to the launch event at http://www.smbenchmark.com/. And let me…

  • Marketing Failure: Entry Deadline Extended

    The cover of this week’s Marketing Week (UK) magazine screams “Entry Deadline Delayed” with the sub heading “The entry deadline [for the Engage 2012 Awards] has been extended to 31st January 2012”. Your first response may match mine: “So what, who cares?” But, in my case at least, this quickly shifts to “Oh, so you…

  • Sorry, you are not as influential as the Internet told you

    A wise man once taught me there are just two rules in business: (1) only work with people you like and (2) never believe your own hype. And that’s not as easy as it sounds. Working with 100% nice people and remaining grounded can be tricky amidst the hyperbole that often permeates the marketing profession.…

  • Why you probably don’t need a digital marketing strategy

    Dave Chaffey, over at his Smart Insights site, has posted a neat summary this morning of 5 reasons why you don’t—and 10 reasons why you do—need a digital marketing strategy (DMS). In my experience, there’s one common reason why some companies still need a DMS: if your marketing approach is still stuck in the pre-digital…

  • Untick this box to not opt out to not receive stuff you might not want

    Opt-out and opt-in boxes have been a regular feature of marketing promotions since laws came into effect giving consumers the right to control the types of communication they receive by giving what the regulations call “prior consent”. In the UK it’s the Privacy and Electronics Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 that lay out the rules…

  • One Way To Get Retweeted: “Act Normal”

    I enjoyed reading Pam Moore’s latest article on Social Media Today that lists 55 ways to get retweeted. But what struck me most was that nearly all of the tips relate to one simple principle: “be a nice human being”. Sure, there are some techniques like sharing ‘how to’ advice that often work well but,…

  • New video site: Technology Marketing in Mind

    I was recently filmed for a new marketing industry initiative aimed to help technology marketers hear from their peers about critical issues facing our sector. The new Technology Marketing in Mind site is launched today at www.tmim.co.uk. It’s a project by Marketing Options International, an agency I’ve not dealt with previously, but they were a…