Posts Tagged ‘ multi channel marketing ’

The maturing mobile market – before you hitch a ride, know your customer

Tweet Getting onto the train last week, I noticed a sea of buried heads on mobile devices, commuters immersed in content on their smartphones and tablets. The carriage remained in this state for the rest of the journey and left me contemplating how mobile has become the ‘sticking glue’ that connects consumers to the online [...][ READ MORE ]

Cooking up a winning sponsorship

Tweet I was watching a preview for the next season of MasterChef and found myself wondering which brands will be at the sponsorship table this year. As one of the most watched shows in Australia, becoming a sponsor of shows like MasterChef through product placement, advertising and merchandising is a big win for any brand. But, [...][ READ MORE ]

Digital marketing trends for 2013

Tweet 2012 ushered in permanent changes to the digital marketing environment. Moving into the new year, this pace is set to intensify and companies not on board will quickly lose out. Disruptive technologies, such as social media, video, search engines and mobile, are embraced by the wider population because they bring enhanced capabilities in accessible [...][ READ MORE ]

Digital marketing: out with the old, in with the new

Tweet 2012 turned the digital marketing environment into a social frenzy on the move. Look out for an explosion of new technologies and capabilities moving into 2013. Contrary to the beliefs of the mystics, hippies, druids and pagans stationed outside the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Maya had no apocalyptic myths and believed [...][ READ MORE ]

‘Age of mobile’ represents huge opportunities for marketers

Tweet The mobile age is upon us, with big opportunities for marketers to capture audiences on devices that are increasingly durable and more widely used. For marketers that are not already aware, it is time to listen up; the age of mobile is upon us. With 20 million Australians predicted to own a smartphone by 2016 and [...][ READ MORE ]

e-bricks and e-mortar

Tweet Technology is challenging perceptions  of the traditional bricks and mortar stores and companies must be quick to adapt to change if they are to keep their heads above the water. The traditional off line retail store has never been an easy battleground but as consumer confidence continues to falter, the cost of doing business [...][ READ MORE ]

London 2012: a marketing blueprint

Tweet Social Olympics will become a marketing blueprint for future sporting events. London 2012 Olympics will become a marketing blueprint for future sporting events, and brands should be doing a lot more than simply filling their TV slots to capture sports audiences in the future. Australians will never be short of sporting events to watch, but [...][ READ MORE ]

Leveraging data will be the key to group buying success

Tweet We consumers find it very hard to pass up a good offer. It’s the reason we buy three bottles of Coke when we came to the supermarket for dishcloths, and it’s why we feel richer for buying something at a discounted price, even if we were never going to make the purchase in the first place. Group buying [...][ READ MORE ]

Cover your bases because marketing is multiplying

Tweet It may sound like something from an 80s horror film, but results from our latest study have revealed that marketing is multiplying, and companies will have to scoop all the data they can if they are to keep up with an ever-diversifying consumer base. It used to be so easy. In the days of print, [...][ READ MORE ]

Parallel channel marketing and the duplicate data dilemma

Tweet Our recently published whitepaper, “The Future of Multichannel Marketing in Hong Kong”, identified a major disconnect between marketers and consumers. Nearly half of all consumers surveyed told us they feel overwhelmed by communications from brands and as a result, many are disengaged. However, 85 per cent of brands think they’re doing an effective job [...][ READ MORE ]