By Mark on Aug 6, 2008 in Advertising, Analytics, Featured, Optimization, SEO/SEM | 2 Comments
De-averaging your marketing investments and paying close attention to how your incremental marketing investments pay off is a post I've been intending to write for a while now.
The good folks at Rimm-Kaufman group, however, saved me the trouble with yesterday's excellent PPC Averages can Hide Incremental Nightmares. Please take the time to read it.
As I [...]
By Mark on Jul 9, 2008 in Advertising, Commentary, Direct Marketing, Featured, Marketing, Mobile, Online, SEO/SEM, Social Media, Viral Marketing | 1 Comment
What's the value placed on a social media marketing campaign by the marketers that develop the campaign? It's hard to tell, because one typically can't get access to the key metrics associated with the campaign, particularly sales attributed to the effort and ROI.
I was intrigued by a new social push by Sony Ericsson for the Z750a flip phone, created by their agency, Iris. The campaign is titled "Bringing Purple Back."
By Mark on May 16, 2008 in Featured, Marketing, Products, SEO/SEM, Strategy | 0 Comments
How can Octane Fitness improve their marketing for elliptical trainers?
By Mark on Apr 14, 2008 in Analytics, Featured, LTV, Optimization, SEO/SEM, Strategy | 1 Comment
How do you make money?
This is one of the first questions I ask all my clients. The answer usually comes back including some aspect of "buy low, sell high" and other margin-related facts. Regardless of the complexity or depth of the answer, one word is always included.
The magic word is "people."
So why isn't all marketing done on customer lifetime value (LTV)? What are the five things you need to consider when developing LTV-based models that allow you to build CPA (cost per acquisition) based marketing plans?
