No matter what the focus of your marketing efforts are in the new year, email will be essential. Weather it is a social media, integrated marketing campaigns, or surveys etc… email will be the core of your communication stream.
Just like you, your prospects and customers are too busy to notice and/or respond to every email [...]

There’s social media and then there is social marketing. What’s the difference you say?

Think of social media as tools (blogs, twitter, facebook, linked-in, youtube, slideshare) that you can use to spread the word about your company, product, cause or just to share the knowledge you have and position yourself as the expert. That model is still 1-to-many, but with the opportunity for 1-to-1 conversations.

Now there’s also the reverse side, there is the email message, direct mail, sales calls, sms, print ads… that you should be using to create 1-to-1 conversations. While many think of these as traditional marketing channels, they are in fact not. They are just as much tools for making a marketing campaign social.

If you honestly believe you have something relevant to say to your prospects and customers, then they’ll want to share that message with their friends. You need to make it easy for them to do that.

Just how much attention do you pay to making each touch point of your campaigns relevant?
What are the preferred channels of communication for each target segment? Does your messaging speak their language? Is the offer a solution to what they think their problems are? Are you communicating to the decision maker or the influencer?
If you [...]

For those of you who are looking for some inspiration for your next cross media/multi-touch/multi-channel campaign, here is a case study everyone can take something away from. PIP Printing and Marketing Services had recently initiated a multi-touch, cross media campaign that generated a phenomenal 27% response rate.
The mastermind behind the campaign is Zachary (Zach) Schwartz,  [...]

What are the key stats you track in a campaign?
Just people who responded and bought? Or do you also analyze the people who unsubscribed from your message?
While it is important to generate conversions with your campaigns, understanding who your marketing messages is not working for is just as important.
When you analyze a campaign, track who opted-out [...]

Oh My BluePie!
You have turned the heads of many cross media marketing fans and professionals… hopefully it’s not the, what some believe to be, provocative images that resulted in such remarkable responses.
From design to features, you have provided different perspectives on implementing cross media marketing applications. Even as a ‘demo’ application, you have received recognition [...]

Experience the power of Fuse through our award winning demo app, My BluePie. Showcasing the Fuse technology, My BluePie was crowned a winner of an Web2 Awards by the Printing Industries of America. Judged on several criteria, from design to technology, My BluePie scored well above its competition.
If you have been following our blog, you [...]

It is no surprise that a lot of marketers and marketing service providers don’t fully understand what cross media marketing applications are. Have you ever tried searching for the term “cross media marketing” or “cross media applications?” None of the results really provide you with a clear explanation or accessible examples.
We at L2 have taken [...]