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Relationship Marketing 3.0, an opportunity for printing companies?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

As I was reading a white paper by Peppers & Rogers titled Relationship Marketing 3.0 Thriving in Marketing’s New Ecosystem I couldn’t help but notice the opportunities for printing companies to incorporate these tools in marketing ourselves and possibly offering it as a service to our customers. I don’t think you will ...

I Have an App for That

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

I admit it: I am becoming iPhone app-happy. I hadn’t intended to, but gradually—no, check that; actually pretty rapidly—I have become obsessed with mobile phone applications. iPhone apps were something that had been at the very periphery of my radar, but as I was researching my new WhatTheyThink primer report, ...

Authorship as a Spectator Sport

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

In a marketing ploy to promote London's Heathrow Airport, author Alain de Botton is writing a new book “A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary,” in real time. Here's what The New York Times had to say about it: TRAVELERS passing through London's Heathrow Airport this week may be surprised to ...

B2B Marketing is Like Curling. Say What?

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

During every Winter Olympics, I find myself watching at least a few minutes of the curling competition.  I'm not really sure why because curling is definitely not an exciting sport.  If you're not familiar with curling, it's a little like shuffleboard.  The big difference is that curling is played on ...

Is Your Website Helping Sales?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

One fact of life for most B2B companies is that their customers and potential customers are now firmly in control of the buying process.  From a marketing perspective, "buyer control" means that prospective customers now have the ability to determine when and how they will access and obtain information about ...

Digital Marketing to Grow at the Expense of Traditional Channels

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

The growth of digital marketing no longer constitutes "breaking news" for most of us, but research from several firms continues to track the fundamental changes that are occurring in the practice of marketing.  A recent example is the "US Interactive Marketing Forecast, 2009 To 2014" published last month by Forrester ...

Marketing Collateral Matters

Monday, July 20th, 2009

How valuable is marketing collateral in driving sales?  What types of collateral have the greatest influence on purchasing decisions?  What types of collateral are most widely used by prospective buyers?  These were some of the questions that Eccolo Media sought to answer in a recent study of collateral usage by ...