by Ekaterina Walter | Apr 10, 2014 | Social Media
2013 was a year when the phrase ‘social media marketing’ became simply ‘marketing’. You can’t have a marketing strategy any more that isn’t social – not just the practice of sharing TV ads online, but where calls to action and engagement are central to their success....
by Ekaterina Walter | Feb 13, 2014 | Social Media
Are businesses ever truly altruistic? It’s a debatable question, but there is a new phenomenon sweeping the world of marketing: the utilitarianism marketing. Utilitarianism marketing provides a valuable service to customers, whether they ever pay a penny to the...
by Ekaterina Walter | Feb 6, 2014 | Social Media
We read about how to turn happy customers into brand advocates, but what about the unhappy ones? There’s no point in investing time and effort into a brand advocacy program to motivate your current customers to speak on your behalf when you still have issues with your...
by Ekaterina Walter | Jan 7, 2014 | Social Media
The Nielsen Global Survey of Trust in Advertising polled more than 29,000 Internet respondents in 58 countries to measure consumer sentiment on 19 forms of paid, earned and owned advertising formats. But when I started writing this post about using humor in marketing...
by Ekaterina Walter | Dec 23, 2013 | Social Media
What will 2014 bring and what should organizations and individuals expect from the continued digital revolution? These marketers provide their thought-provoking expert opinions. Nancy Bhagat, Vice President of Marketing Strategy at Intel We are going to see a huge...