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Can Marketing Cure What Ails You? »

By Mark on Jul 15, 2008 in Advertising, Analytics, Branding, Direct Marketing, Featured, Marketing, Offer, Process, Social Media, Strategy, Viral Marketing | 1 Comment

"Warning: Habits May Be Good for You" explores how an anthropologist turned to marketing experts from CPG companies like Procter & Gamble to help increase the incidence of hand-washing with soap after using the toilet in the nation of Ghana to improve the health of children. Obviously, this was an important effort and I was encouraged to see marketing practitioners as instrumental in helping achieve success in this endeavor. As I was reading the article, it struck me that many of the techniques used are found in Robert B. Cialdini's classic Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. I'd lent out my copy a few years ago and, thankfully, had to buy a new version which includes an epilogue written by Dr. Cialdini in 2007. My re-re which triggered my thoughts on social media.

Following the Social Media Money »

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."