To some, E-mail is a “traditional” medium whose relevancy is being superseded by the interactivity provided by social networking. Still, it’s possible to build a business using E-mail. This week my colleague Kevin Lee interviews John Wiseman of Thrillist. John is among those entrepreneurs who’s not given up on this tried and true marketing medium.
Bill Wagner runs Vocus, a PR company designed specifically for the Web. In this interview with my colleague Kevin Lee, Bill expounds on social media, the future of the press release, and other pressing issues.
My colleague Kevin Lee interviews Robert Fleming this week. Robert is President/CEO Co-Founder of the eMarketing Association and has an experienced view of trends in online marketing.
This week, my colleague Kevin Lee sits down with comScore’s Gian Fulgoni to discuss trends in online ad metrics. There’s some interesting back-and-forth in this onine video interview, especially in regards to whether Paid Search gets too much credit for the proverbial last click. You can watch these videos here or on KevinLee.Net; Kevin’s site also includes prior interview with HARO’s Peter Shankman and Yahoo’s Joanne Bradford.
Another series of segments from my colleague Kevin Lee’s new video series, Marketing Obsessions. Here, Joanne Bradford, Yahoo’s new Senior Vice President, discusses mistakes made by today’s CMOs when approaching the online medium, her attitude toward performance marketing, Yahoo’s new branding campaign, and other issues.
Good blog post from Didit’s Mark Simon on why big agencies rarely do search correctly. My favorite quote: “would you ever get on a plane if you knew that air traffic controllers checked the flight status of all their planes “twelve times a day?” I sure wouldn’t.”
An article from Didit’s Kevin Lee arguing that improved relevance, improved ad campaigns, and other factors will make search advertising more expensive in the coming 12 months.