“How much should I spend on Google AdWords?” is a question that this blog gets asked and this post is an attempt at a strategy answer. For if you searched online , using Google, Yahoo or any other search engine, you will find a whole lot of guidance about how to go about setting your dailyContinue reading “How much should I spend on Google AdWords ? – the strategy answer”
Category Archives: Growth Marketing & Advertising
Avoiding the Inventor’s bias in Concept Testing for New Products
Avoiding the Inventor’s bias in Concept Testing for New Products is really important. You are an inventor (or the NPD team in a large company) who has come up with a great product idea, clearly there is market need and the idea is pretty clear. You can easily start production, maybe a prototype locally and then large scale globally sourced production at low cost. But please pause and take a deep breath…..
Avoiding Gatekeepers in the B2B Buying Center via Internet Search Marketing
The concept of Buying Center in B-to-B marketing involves reaching the different members of the Buying Center crossing the “gatekeeper” .
Have you ever called a “Decider” a CxO like the VP of Manufacturing if you are trying to sell equipment or called the CIO if you are trying to sell enterprise software? If you have, the Secretary ( Assistant or Admin in the US) would pick up the phone. And here is how the conversation would go:
USPS Saturday closing: Opportunity for Direct Mail and Deliveries?
US Post announced today that it would stop delivery on Saturdays from August 5, 2013. Only about 12,400 people decided to vote on the CNN Poll after 12 hours of
the story and of them 69% claim that they would not miss Saturday
delivery. Those (31%) who would miss Saturday delivery include folks like this
blogger who receive “Time” magazine on Saturdays. Agreed the
Super Bowl Advertising for brand awareness and Search Advertising for conversion
Just as the 2013 Super Bowl gets underway Digiday has the intriguing possibilities of spending the $4 million for a 30 second Super Bowl spot on different types of display advertising. An interesting possibility is to plaster YouTube with a banner for 8 days ( each day estimated at $ 0.5 Million X 8= $Continue reading “Super Bowl Advertising for brand awareness and Search Advertising for conversion”
Google crosses $50 B: majority revenue from overseas in a flat world and geotargeting
Tonight Google crossed the $50B mark, and co-founder Larry Page said "not a bad achievement in just a decade and a half." The majority of Google revenues (54%) come from overseas and its interesting that Internet users as a percentage of the population is still very low in the developing world. Bangladesh has only 5Continue reading “Google crosses $50 B: majority revenue from overseas in a flat world and geotargeting”
Of 2013 resolutions: being outward oriented towards those you serve
This post is inspired by an Indian music radio station that was assuring its listeners that 2013 is "two thousand tera" (tera is yours in Hindi and also means thirteen– thus two thousand tera). All music to be played in 2013 was going to be what listeners wanted and liked- the announcer said as the NewContinue reading “Of 2013 resolutions: being outward oriented towards those you serve”
US Economy grows 2 % while online sales grows ten times at 20% Thanksgiving weekend
The US Economy growth rate at 1.6% -2% is in marked contrast to the average 20% growth rate of online sales since Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday today according to IBM. Black Friday when US retailers turn from the red (negative or losses) to positive (black or profits) was remarkable this year for onlineContinue reading “US Economy grows 2 % while online sales grows ten times at 20% Thanksgiving weekend”
Twinkies consumer interest zooms:Hostess Brands and Bakery Union ready for mediation
//www.google.com/trends/embed.js?hl=en-US&q=Twinkies&content=1&cid=TIMESERIES_GRAPH_0&export=5&w=500&h=330 Just looking at this graph for Twinkies from Google search trends, would make any marketer envious and ask- why not my brand? The 82 year old bakery company Hostess Brands had filed for bankruptcy and with failure of negotiations with the Union had decided to close and sell its assets and brands including WonderContinue reading “Twinkies consumer interest zooms:Hostess Brands and Bakery Union ready for mediation”
Dealing with your Big Data: start by framing your problem as a question for the data
Organizations large and small are deluged with data and there is this search for "Turning Data into Dollars"as Peter Guber puts it. There is data from your existing customer transactions and CRM, there is a lot of data from you manufacturing and supply chain, your share price and financial data and you have not evenContinue reading “Dealing with your Big Data: start by framing your problem as a question for the data”