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Consumers Turn To Facebook, Foursquare For Black Friday Deals

Retailers Luring Holiday Shoppers In With Social Media Promotions

Retailers are doing everything in their power to increase traffic for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and many are using social to reach and engage potential shoppers. Customers are turning to Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare to find the best holiday deals, where retailers are offering exclusive deals, interactive quizzes and savings coupons. Retailers are already starting to see their efforts pay off – especially online – as comScore reports holiday retail e-commerce is up 14% from this time last year. Read →

Location-Based Marketing Panel at #RLTM NY 11 [Best of the Backchannel]

Mike Schneider

Part 5 of our summary of the #RLTM NY 11 Realtime Conference, based on the best tweets sent by attendees during the conference on June 6. The tweets in this post summarize the panel titled “Right Time, Right Place: Getting Customers to Check In,” with RadioShack Social Media Director Adrian D. Parker, Foursquare Product Manager Siobhan Quinn, The Corcoran Group’s Director of Internet Product & Marketing Matthew Shadbolt. The discussion was moderated by Allen & Gerritsen’s Senior Vice President, Digital Incubator Michael Schneider. Read →

Costolo Claims Twitter is Highly Effective for Advertisers

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at D9 small

At the All Things Digital D9 conference Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo shared a number of facts about Twitter’s growth and performance as an advertising platform. Here are some highlights, captured by Peter Kafka for All Things D: Read →

Stop Shouting and Start Listening: Your Customers Are Talking.

Stop shouting at me--I'm not deaf! (small cow)

It used to be that your marketing efforts had to find a way to INTERRUPT what the customer was doing— reading a magazine, watching a movie—and then convince them to pay attention to your message. Good luck with that these days. Today’s consumers and business people are distracted and perpetually multi-tasking. The DVD and streaming video services have put them in control of their own programming.

But today, customers are TELLING YOU what they need, when they need it, and how they want to hear from you. If you start LISTENING, you will be able to create marketing strategies that are more targeted, more relevant and more effective than any push-marketing initiative you’ve ever seen. Read →

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