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July 2006

Final Ad:Tech Post

Ad:Tech is coming to a close and clearly there is much excitement about the future. Lots of new cash is flowing into the internet channel which obviously will shake out the marketing field in interesting ways. First, for those companies that thought internet marketing was only about web sites, banner ads, email, and search or even unique silos unto themselves are going to have a tough time surviving. With real dollars comes real expectations of performance. No longer can brands afford to invest “a little here, a little there” and scratch the tactics off the list. Internet marketing is a dynamic, living, breathing marketing organism that needs constant attention and care. As one speaker said, “That’s why we were given two eyes and one mouth.” You’ve got to look more than talk.

Read on for coverage of the remaining sessions…

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Ad:Tech – Day II, Part I

TWINS WIN! TWINS WIN!

Ok, so this morning came a little early after a great night in South Chicago.

Today’s morning keynote was presented by Hunter Hastings, CEO, EMM Group. They’ve designed a methodology and process for organizations to quantify customer engagement. It’s based upon a point system. Email touch might be one point, a web visit another point, an in-person sales sall 10 points, and so on. Their research has shown a correlation between a higher engagement level to actual marketshare.

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Blogging from Ad:Tech – Chicago: Part II

The remainder of the day was typical agency land — waiting for the happy hour to begin. Now mind you, I’m sitting in my hotel room, awaiting an event tonight sponsored by HitWise at the Whiskey Bar at the W Hotel. This blog post is clean and sober. Safe to read.

I did spend the morning with our good friend Stepheny Lauer, VP of Marketing for Coldwell Banker Chicago. Steph’s been a client for over five years, and she also has some great dot com war stories to tell from a previous career.

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Times, They Have A-Changed

The pages of the blog have gone a bit dark in recent months. That’s an indication of what’s happening in the professional internet marketing business: we’re all bleeping busier now than we were even at the peak of 2000.

Here’s why…

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