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Archive for 2010

One of my colleagues asked me recently, of all aspects of marketing, what is most important? Without hesitating replied testing.

Many of my colleagues would argue that if you do not have the right message does not reach the right audience at the right time and with the right offer, it will not succeed. I think it’s quite well. Moreover, these are precisely the elements of a successful campaign that can be identified through proper testing.

So how do you know that your posts are optimized or is reaching its target audience as effectively as possible? Only proper testing can give you that information. Read the rest of this entry »

Sites like Twitter and Facebook become the ideal platform for market research.

The need is pressing information companies, especially when it comes to expanding the vision of their surroundings so to improve their position in a market increasingly competitivo.Es’s where the online world is becoming increasingly important for marketing.

The industry is engaged in market research has found that the revision of the Internet is a quicker and cheaper than the offline, and can sometimes be even more effective.

This is multiplied if one takes into account the network and platforms for surveys, such as social networks, is in the process of evolution. Read the rest of this entry »

The field marketing seeks to reclaim the reins of “face to face” with the client, to establish a closer relationship and stronger.

Currently, relations with customers tend to lose warmth. In old business, the owner of the company was also attending to the people who knew the depth and tastes of each of their consumers.Without But with the growth of business and technology development, the owners of the Business began to lose touch with customers and relations between them began to cool. The question is: today, how to give warmth?

This is the purpose of field marketing, that through road shows or segways seeks to put company executives in touch with consumers so they can explain how a product or service, while living in a meeting . Read the rest of this entry »

What is the trick for your business to survive in a social network? Retweet, recommend or become a fan are some of the new weapons that companies are beginning to discover to harness the power of social networks.

The newspaper Expansion proposes five essential guidelines to ensure efficient use of these herramientas.Según a study by Vanson Bourne with Hotwire and consumers in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy, the influence of social networking decisions consumer purchasing is growing, particularly network interactivity to be provided to users.

Amy Garcia, Managing Director of Spain Hotwire ensures that receiving recommendations has become a habit increasingly valued by consumers, who, after receiving the recommendation of another user are more likely to act or buy. ” Read the rest of this entry »

One of the main objectives of the marketing strategy is to increase sales, but there are actions that could be counterproductive.

First of all you must be aware that your strategy to profit from social networking takes time. Initially you will have the red, because profit is necessary to create trust with your audiencia.Si already take more than six months in social networks and have seen only losses, they need to implement some strategies to turn this trend and start generating profits .

1. You have a bad sales strategy

If your social networking strategy is similar to that of those companies that prey on their customers with telemarketing or sending spam, then you have a problem.

Your presence on social networks must go beyond asking (or even demand) to your customers to buy. People love to buy but hates to be sold. You need to give information of value and you generate a relationship with your audience. Read the rest of this entry »

Every day is common to find more and more people using the Google search engine to find products or services. Also we can not pass data show that about between 85 – 90% of people searching for information related to the Internet before making a purchase.

10 ways to improve our marketing using Google :

1. Use Google Adwords to find keywords. One of the easiest ways to be found by visitors are using the right keywords within our website. If you use the most searched keywords and best related to your product or service, enable people to find you.

2. Create unique content and quality. It is well known on the internet that “content is king.” When developing your website will not think to write things that your customers will not find useful. Do not fall into the error of miss you “flowers.” Write only what is truly useful. Read the rest of this entry »

Still wondering how? Turn your entrepreneurial spirit for this 2011 with an online business, is a budget option and can be designed with a little of your time everyday. Many people have started online hobbies have turned into small businesses that monetize the time spent, nothing better than to make a profit while doing what you love in the comfort of your home. Do not expect a “gold mine” to implement an online business, but performance is desired, patience and learning is something you should implement, if you still have no idea how to start, here are some simple steps to start an online business:

1. Plans. It is important to know exactly what you want to accomplish as a business online, search google using the keywords of your idea and find sites that give you a broad overview of what you want, from guides such as this, to business and implemented not this will allow you to create a business plan strategies and objectives that seek to meet formally. Read the rest of this entry »

Professional social networks have become the latest trend online for entrepreneurs. Sites like LinkedIn, Ecademy, Facebook Konnects or even give professionals the opportunity to meet and collaborate with colleagues around the world. But among the professionals who use social networks there are two categories: those that emphasize the term “network”, ie those who seek to promote and grow your business, and those who emphasize on the term “social”, those seeking promote and expand your contacts list.

Marketing in social networks is a systematic approach that uses social networking and other technologies as part of the marketing plan. But the field of social media marketing is constantly changing, new networks come on the scene, new features and innovations that make marketing plans are obsolete before they even begin to start.

Still, professional networking and social media marketing can be used to define specific objectives, and have become the key tool for successful entrepreneurs and that, if properly used, can expand business and increase benefits. To this end, Social Media Mind has published five steps that can help in defining these marketing strategies. Read the rest of this entry »

The concept of social networks is very fashionable. Your password is the possibility of interaction between users. Each of them has the right to express themselves and discuss the views of others. It is for this reason that social networks are a major focus for companies, for, through them, to present the company and its products.
Social networks also offer the possibility of more direct communication with their regular customers as well as with potential customers.

Here are some tips on how to maintain the appearance in social networks attractive to customers.

1. Social media marketing must be professional. Social networks should be viewed with an elemental part of the marketing mix. It is for this reason that they should be treated professionally with the help of a lot of creativity and effort. Only in this way, the image of the company will have a positive effect in the long term. Read the rest of this entry »

Financial companies with an active presence in the Web 2.0 are more likely to connect with customers than those who remain outside the social media marketing. This is the conclusion of a study conducted in Germany by market research firm Yougovpsychonomics.

To produce the report, Yougovpsychonomics interviewed 1,500 citizens over 16 years.

Among the respondents, those who were planning to sign a contract with a bank or insurance company in the next twelve months admitted to being particularly attentive to the contributions in the Web 2.0 companies in the financial sector, reports acquis. Read the rest of this entry »