Tagged 'ROI'

Marketing Metrics for the CMO

Posted by Tom Shapiro on May 9th, 2013 at 3:44 am

The CMO of the future is one grounded in analytics. Big ideas, creative vision and innovative thinking are all still critical for the long-term success of an organization, yet with the drastic proliferation of data available to a marketing team, the future CMO has no choice but to use the data to leverage strategic advantage over the competition. It’s either do that, or allow the competition to do the same to your firm.

6 Things to Keep in Mind When Replatforming

Posted by Paul Dunay on April 25th, 2013 at 1:16 pm

As the shelf life of ecommerce sites gets shorter, it becomes harder for marketers to balance the latest trends while maintaining a seamless customer experience.

Video Starts with Writing

Posted by Dan Nuckolls on March 28th, 2013 at 11:10 am

Anyone can write, right?
Eheee! Wrong Answer.
Videos are created to achieve certain goals. Since most people write emails, post to a blog, or even write books they believe they can write for video. But it’s a very different animal.
A book author is not commonly a screenwriter for a movie. The reason is due to the nuances in the human mind that are accessed differently in print vs. screen. A book relies on the theater of the mind, imagination and personal interpretation. While a movie, sales video, wed video or commercial uses moving pictures, people and music to direct the mind into thinking the way you want a person to think.
Writing for video is a very discerning and, dare I say, “psychological” way of presenting information. The mind of the viewer must be explored, not just your clients’.

Admit It, You Don't Read the Article Links You Share

Posted by Tara Meehan on January 10th, 2013 at 7:55 pm

You have a content sharing strategy in place. You love, love, love reviewing your monthly metrics to see who is sharing your awesome stuff, commenting on your social networks, and clicking on your links. Seeing the fruits of your labor can be a real kick in the head, especially when it's going according to your results-driving plan. But are you really, truly putting the work in? Fess up. How many of those links that you are tweeting, posting on Facebook or Google+, or sharing on LinkedIn have you actually bothered to read or watch? Sure, you can get away with the cliff notes version of a relationship building plan every now and then. We're all guilty of it. But if sharing links for the sake of sharing links is the whole of your approach, your approach has a ton of holes.
To be honest, this is the reason why so many people doubt the authenticity and overall importance of social media metrics for determining ROI. But folks who are addicted to blindly sharing links have no one to blame but themselves if they aren't experiencing their desired returns. They call it ROI for a reason. What exactly are you investing in... Read more

Are You Addicted to Business Porn?

Posted by Jason Wells on October 29th, 2012 at 3:28 pm

The photos all have the same sterile imaging, the same pretty faces, and even the same random obession with everyone wearing headsets for no apparent reason. The Conversion Scientist called these images 'business porn.'