If you can get the right offer in front of the right prospect at the right time–when they’ve expressed an interest–you’re delivering real value to that prospect and they are much more likely to become a customer. So when I saw an announcement last month that two companies had partnered to create Daily Deals promotions that were based on realtime Twitter conversations, I was intrigued. Imagine if I post a tweet saying “I’m looking for a restaurant,” and I immediately receive an offer for a 50% coupon at a local Italian place? Now that’s realtime marketing. Read →
According to a new report by Morpace Omnibus, online coupons have become commonplace in the U.S. 94% of consumers are aware that they can download and print coupons from sites online, and more than two-thirds of consumers (67%) have actually done so. Read →
QR codes are starting to gain some serious attention as a newer form of mobile marketing. A survey from MGH reveals that 32% of smartphone users have used QR codes already, as reported by MarketingProfs. An impressive 70% of smartphone users are interested in using QR codes – either for the first time or again – and a whopping 72% of smartphone users said they would be likely to recall an ad using a QR code. Read →
According to a survey by customer interaction consultancy Empathica, men and women use social media differently. Empathica’s survey, which was reported by Robert H. Levy at ChiefMarketer, found that men were more likely than women to be looking for information when interacting with a retail brand on social platforms (36% of men vs 28% of [...] Read →
iVillage and SheSpeaks have released a joint an report, “Women and the Digital Path to Purchase, based on an online survey of random sample of women from the SheSpeaks panel, fielded in March 31-April 2, 2010, in which 1,581 U.S. women participated. The research studied the impact of different digital marketing tactics on women’s in-store purchase behavior. Facebook [...] Read →
According to a new edition of the SheSpeaks “Annual Social Media Study,” social networking profile penetration climbed from 58% of Internet users in 2008 to 86% in 2009. 80% of female Internet users said they had become a fan of a product or brand on a social network. In addition, 72% had learned about a new [...] Read →



