Studies show that consumers are increasingly turning to the Web for information on products and services before opening their wallets. By using a well-coordinated combination of integrated Internet marketing techniques, some of which cost nothing, [Read More]

Jim Nail, chief strategy and marketing officer at TNS Media Intelligence (tns-mi.com), says the time is now for all marketers to begin incorporating social media into their online marketing strategies. [Read More]

With the downturn in the economy, companies are searching for cost-effective, measurable ways to thwart sagging sales figures. Naturally, they have turned their attention to online niche marketing as a way to generate sales leads. [Read More]

The best Web sites are the ones that constantly evolve. Sure, at some point a site is taken from concept to wire frame to HTML and made available online. But it should never stop there. [Read More]

With the downturn in the economy encompassing nearly every aspect of our lives, growing businesses are feeling the pinch. Many companies have slashed their marketing budgets significantly this year and are hunting for cost–effective, measurable [Read More]

One of today’s hottest consumer marketing trends, blogging, is rapidly coming of age as both a strategic communication tool and an effective sales technique. Companies, including banks, automotive firms, and entertainment conglomerates, have been developing [Read More]

Companies large and small are going to great lengths to keep employees motivated, build camaraderie, and stimulate creativity. Some of the more curious team–building activities include team skydiving, team drumming, taking an improvisational comedy class, [Read More]

Employee newsletters, a critical component of any integrated marketing communications plan, get a bad rap, for good reason. They’re mostly bad. Their intent — to educate and to boost morale — may be admirable, but [Read More]

For an industry that pretty much fuels the whole capitalist engine, advertising is getting a sound snubbing these days — a Tom Petty-ish, “don’t come around here no more” message. Fatigued consumers, looking to free [Read More]

It’s really quite simple: Either your integrated marketing communications plan is delivering meaningful ROI or it just plain sucks. That may sound harsh, but integrated marketing guru Mark Stevens has been around the block enough [Read More]