2009年12月1日 星期二

CNN covers Confessions

Nice article in CNN & Fortune about the new book.
Beat stage fright at work
http://bit.ly/6hD7ym

Remarketing Rated as Most Underutilized Technology in Advertise.com/SEMPO Survey

Advertise.com and SEMPO are releasing the results of a survey about underutilized online marketing technologies. The survey was conducted in August and apparently some of you marketers out there are itching for a chance to remarket your products. Remarketing, also known as retargeting, topped the list of most under-utilized marketing technologies. Here's what else made the list:




  • Remarketing/Retargeting - 46.3%

  • Geo-targeting - 18.3%

  • Traffic source optimization-15.9%

  • Keyword targeting - 13.4%

  • Other - 3.7%

  • Category targeting - 2.4%



And it looks like most of your desires for remarketing are going unrequited. When asked if remarketing had been tried with online advertising, this is what happened:




  • No - 69.5 percent

  • Yes - 30.5 percent



The nays should take a page out of the playbook of the yays. 51% of those who have tried remarketing in online advertising said it was impactful.



"We're interested in taking a closer look at why Remarketing is underutilized," Daniel Yomtobian, founder and CEO of Advertise.com. "We know that retargeting can boost ad response up to 400 percent so it's definitely something online advertisers need to stay informed about and use more strategically."



Remarketing wasn't the only focus of the survey. Here are a few additional data tidbits:





Best ROI in Online Advertising:




  • Search - 70.7%

  • Cost-per-action (CPA) - 14.6%

  • Email - 6.1%

  • Social - 3.7%

  • Other - 2.4%



On utilizing CPA in online ad strategy:




  • To drive sales leads - 52.4%

  • To drive traffic to a site - 13.4%

  • To drive brand awareness - 6.1%

  • Other - 1.2%

  • Do not utilize CPA in online advertising strategy - 26.8 percent



http://tinyurl.com/yagsglx

New Bing Photo Contest Begins Today

Bing is launching a new photo contest today and the theme is "Hometown Pride." Those who wish to enter should submit their photos at Bing's Facebook page, which can be accessed at facebook.com/bing.



Entrants' photos will be voted on by the Facebook community. The winning photograph will appear on the Bing homepage on January 6, 2010.



Bing ran a similar contest this past summer. The winning photo, a gorgeous shot of Sydney, was featured on Bing's homepage in August.



http://tinyurl.com/ybtrpcj

How Boston.com Made Lemonade Out Of Local Search Lemons

http://tinyurl.com/yewvcv3

Live Blogging The FTC Workshop On Journalism & The Internet

http://tinyurl.com/ya742u6

Head-To-Head: ACAP Versus Robots.txt For Controlling Search Engines

http://tinyurl.com/yb4ko8o

Free Trip To SMX—Win The 2nd Annual Biggest Search Geek Contest!

http://tinyurl.com/ydvuy2e