George Beall — January 11, 2018 Follow @GeorgePBeall — January 11, 2018 Photo-Mix / Pixabay Over the past few years, customers have slowly been shifting to social media as their primary means of directly connecting with brands. From customer support to questions about products, direct messaging has become a go-to for consumers to bring forward … Continue reading 4 Ways to Increase Customer Engagement With Social Media Direct Messaging
Dusti Arab — November 25, 2017 — November 25, 2017 maxlkt / Pixabay Tiffany Noel Taylor is among the top 1% of all Mary Kay earners. Every day, she is working her way through her contacts, making sure each one them feels as fabulous as she can. More than just selling makeup, Tiffany is a … Continue reading How a Virtual Assistant Can Amplify Your Direct Sales Business
Tim Whiting — August 18, 2017 — August 18, 2017 After leading a dozen or so major website redesigns, I am familiar with the euphoric thrill of publishing and propagating a new website. It’s the realization of months of iterative discovery, creation and testing. Many times, however, the celebration is short-lived as the reality of … Continue reading Crowdsourcing Your QA – How to Tap Into Direct, Indirect and Inferred VoC to Deliver an Optimal Website Redesign
How do you reach common ground between brand and direct response campaigns? Columnist Alison Lohse says we need new metrics and more granular data to help bridge the divide between the two. Alison Lohse on August 3, 2017 In traditional marketing organizations, brand and direct response (DR) efforts occupy two very distinct and discrete positions. … Continue reading How to bridge the gap between brand and direct response marketing
Marriott, Wyndham Gain Direct Traffic, Bookings From Search by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 11, 2017 Hotels seem to be doing a better job of driving consumers directly to their websites from search engines. Of the top 10 brands, six show an increase for actual confirmed direct bookings in May 2017, compared with … Continue reading Marriott, Wyndham Gain Direct Traffic, Bookings From Search
Facebook Moves Video Targeting To Audience Direct For Publishers by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 24, 2017 Facebook on Tuesday said it will start testing a new self-service tool called Audience Direct that lets publishers sell video ad space directly to advertisers using Facebook’s people-based advertising platform. Direct sales makes up the largest … Continue reading Facebook Moves Video Targeting To Audience Direct For Publishers
Richard Sellers — April 21, 2017 — April 21, 2017 After you’re exhausted calling your executive search firm contacts, friends, peers, and receptive ex-bosses several times each, it’s time to go back to the future to get in front of more executive job opportunities. You need a “new” approach, direct mail job search, even if … Continue reading An Old Fashioned Direct Mail Job Search Campaign Can Land Your Next Job
Mike Ryan — February 15, 2017 — February 15, 2017 Perhaps you’ve never thought of your direct mail campaign as a form of networking. But with networking defined as “interacting with other people to exchange information and develop contacts”, there are actually many similarities between these two marketing strategies. Here are three pearls of networking … Continue reading How Networking Strategies Can Improve Your Direct Mail Results
Google released responsive ads in July and announced cross-device remarketing, display location extensions and store visits in late September. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson answers the top questions we’ve received on these features. Matt Lawson on December 27, 2016 As we move into the last few weeks of 2016, I’ve been feeling reflective. (Blame … Continue reading 5 things you should know about the Google Display Network, direct from Google
Rob Walz — December 17, 2016 — December 17, 2016 Account Based Marketing is the buzzword of 2016 but isn’t a new idea. Sales teams have been selling to prime accounts, taking a targeted, laser-focused approach for a long time. One of the keys to winning this sort of sale is building an honest, empathic … Continue reading How To Integrate Direct Mail Into ABM (With Real-World Examples)
