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Privacy or Convenience: Who Wins?

April 22, 2011

marketing keynote, Personalization, Trends

“We keep giving up privacy for the sake of convenience,” was a buzz-worthy quote from my Future Shopper keynote presentation at Gulltaggen 2011 in Oslo last week. Some were uncomfortable about approaching a “Minority Report”-like state where ads are contextually-targeted advertising based on location, tastes, and past history. I quoted former Google CEO Eric Schmidt from his IFA keynote where he said “We can suggest what you should do next, what you care about. Imagine: We know where you are, we know…

Content Marketing: Where’s The Value?

April 13, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

Content, Conversation, Uncategorized

After the first dot-com bust, “content is king” was the rallying cry of any competent Web worker. Back then this revelation was novel online. Soon after, this mantra became a cliché. As it often goes with clichés, they start out as something true and meaningful. Eventually, the words become common, outlive their value, and are so overused that they’re easily ignored. Saying content is king is the equivalent of saying money is valuable; it’s true but obvious. Tell that to…

A Tale of Two Publishers: And What Every Business Needs to Know

April 8, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

Content, Continuous Improvement, Publishing, Social Media, Trends, web analytics

It is the best of times and the worst of times for some businesses. Many look at the world and see the opportunities of being data rich, customer centric, and nimble while others imagine they can bring their old school thinking to the new media, always-on connected customer. They sit cross-fingered hoping that putting lipstick on their pig will improve their results. Let’s explore two publishers making news recently and learn how one is failing while the other has become…

A Marketing Optimization Fitness Plan

March 25, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

Continuous Improvement, conversion rate, Ecommerce, Lead Generation, Publishing, Trim the Fat

Is your corporate metabolism a bit sluggish? Are you dragged down by the weight of meeting-itis? Do you need more energy and resources to respond to the ever-increasing demands of your customers? Well I wish I could tell you about the next magical black box, with the persuasive infomercial that promises you miraculous gains without any of the hard work required. If you bought any of these gimmicks before and are tired of their sugar-coated promises and lackluster results, then maybe…

12 Insider Techniques to Increase White Paper Leads

March 11, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

B2B, Content, Lead Generation, Optimization

Are you selling your white papers short with poor merchandising? Many sites offering “free” white papers, case studies, or resources in exchange for some visitor information utterly fail to merchandise their downloads. Yet if your website doesn’t treat your white paper as containing valuable information, your visitors won’t either. The problem starts by thinking of these downloads as free. You’re asking for something extremely valuable to both you and the visitor, their contact information. To get this valuable information, you…

5 Steps to Increase “Qualified” Leads From Your Website

March 7, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

B2B, Complex Sales, Conversation, Lead Generation, Optimization

When you ask salespeople about their biggest gripe about marketing, they complain about not enough qualified leads. You can often tell that this is an issue just by looking at a company’s lead forms. What you’ll typically see is that the the forms ask for too much information and that can hinder conversions from visitor to lead. Marketers are often measured by the number of leads they generate. Sales people are measured by sales. Marketers don’t want to be held accountable…

Play the Online Marketing Game Like “Charlie Hustle”

March 1, 2011

Bryan Eisenberg

Continuous Improvement, Optimization, Strategy, Uncategorized, web analytics

With Major League Baseball’s spring training under full force, it inspires me to look at how we approach our “online marketing game.” We can learn a lot about winning “conversions” from how the game is played. Most baseball people will tell you that you can win the game with the “long” ball or with the “short” game. When you convert a visitor to a sale or to a lead, hopefully you have scored a run your competitor won’t. Pete Rose…