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The editors at Marketing Prowess are issuing an alert. If you aren't using or currently exploring ways to utilize online video in your marketing efforts then you are at risk. You are at risk of loosing market share, site traffic, and search engine ranking position.

According to a BurstMedia survey, 7 out of 10 adult internet users viewed online Read More

Are we in a recession? Maybe, maybe not. However, let's assume that the US economy will be in a recession and that as marketers we need to work within that reality. Here are some tips for what you should do. Read More

This is a page from my Blog that I thought might be interesting to this community.

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While there is no single element or component that accounts for a mailing's long-term chances, analysis of long-term controls received by the Who's Mailing What! Archive—a direct mail library and competitive tracking service—reveals one common messaging tactic: a strong emotional appeal. Here are three examples of long-standing control packages an Read More

This is probably the best analysis I've seen for creating an effective call to action for your website. According to Ann Smarty, "With calls to action everything is important: the color of your buttons and supporting elements, the language you use to describe the action, the place on the page where you locate them, the additional elements that e Read More

You don't necessarily need a big budget to tell a great story that your customers will remember.
Once again the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale ad was the favorite ad in the 2008 Super Bowl. It outscored all the rest of their ads that were trying to strengthen the Bud Light brand against Miller Lite. What is it about Hank the Clydesdale and all of th Read More

It's time for businesses of all sizes to adopt e-mail authentication if they want their emails to go through. Adoption of email and domain authentication - Sender ID (SIDF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) - has reached its tipping point, exceeding 50% in several key metrics. The top Fortune 500 and internet retailers that have adopted those Read More

Fretting over why you can't move your website's Google Pagerank beyond 3? Maybe it just fell from 5 to 0. The following forum discussion explains why you may be worrying for no good reason. Read More

Brand and subject lines are key factors in getting your e-mails opened, but so is your recipients' prior experiences with your e-mail efforts. 51.2% of survey respondents indicated prior value influences their decisions to open e-mail. What's more, prior value was the only factor to exhibit year-over-year growth. What this means is the value clock Read More