Dayton AMA


I went to an AMA meeting at Carillon Park last week. The topic was “The Future Role of Marketing in the Organization”. While we were surrounded by the sounds of change at Carillon around us (hammers, saws, lights flickering, etc…), we were also discussing the changes happening in marketing! Two things that struck me, one was the concept of convergence. Integrating traditional forms of marketing (direct mail, brochures, radio, TV) with newer forms (social media, Web site, inbound marketing, landing pages, PURLS, SEO, email). the mix and what channels you use depends on your target markets!

Bill small2 – Bill

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Five Tips to Clean Up Your Marketing


Marketing need polish? Here are a few tips that will blast away the dust bunnies and generate leads and get clean results.

1. It’s All About Them
Ask your target markets for their wants and needs. Their concerns are the fuel for your marketing efforts and future solutions.

2. Scrub-A-Dub-Dub
Get all of your marketing materials and promotions together and give them a good scrubbing! From your business cards to your Web site, make sure all are focused on customers needs first, not just describing your products and services.

3. Load up on the Right Blend
Where do your prospects get the information they need? Load up online with Inbound, value driven marketing on your Web site and connect your clients and prospects to your content through social networks. Integrate and follow up with conventional print collateral to secure the order.

4. Murky Must Go
Wimpy or weak graphics, identity and marketing materials will get ignored or trashed. Messaging has to stand out, focused, helpful and with a great call to action.

5. Shining Stars
Personalized offers and messaging with email, variable printing and pURLs (personalized URLs) have been proven stars. The closer you get to 1:1 marketing, the higher your success rate.

Bill small2 – Bill

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PURL Marketing: Why It Works


Personalized URL marketing or PURL marketing is the way to go for direct mail and promotions. We have more and more clients that are seeing big benefits. First, there are great opportunities for personalization. This alone boosts your response rate. Second, no more dropping a campaign and waiting for results. Nova gives you access to your very own nifty dashboard so you can track your campaign. Third, you can speed up lead retrieval by alerts to designated sales people.

Besides trackable ROI, the technology makes them kinda fun.

Bill small2 – Bill

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