by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice
Remember when email was new and exciting? Some of us recall the thrill of powering up the Tandy or Compaq to check the Prodigy or AOL mailbox. Later, when businesses adopted email, it was a useful way to avoid talking to someone at work but still communicate with him or her. Email could also provide a good laugh when someone hit “reply all” instead of “reply” to an email about what to wear to the Bon Jovi concert. Those were the days!
Funny thing is, we still check our email, although not with as much excitement as back in the day. I bet you look at yours before you check voicemails. I know you look at email on your phone all the time, to the point where you might not even notice texts or the voicemail icon.
The thing is, email marketing is still useful and in the larger marketing world, it continues to be a pretty solid performer. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice
Last month, Altimeter Group released a new report on digital transformation to help digital strategists understand what companies are doing today so they can plan and evolve for tomorrow. Insert obligatory “Get busy living, or get busy dying” quote from The Shawshank Redemption right here. Findings from The 2014 State of Digital Transformation include results that are both relevant and noteworthy for organizations from all industries throughout the world that want to get busy evolving their business to deliver a positive experience for digital customers. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media
This blog has featured past articles and discussions about plagiarism. I wrote about my experience when I discovered my own post from this blog was used elsewhere without credit. Guest blogger Rob Greenberg also wrote about how to address plagiarism committed against you. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
Online marketers spend a great deal of time looking at data measurement features such as number of visitors to a site, but often overlook online marketing metrics that matter most. While it’s important to have site visitors, this is merely a small piece of the marketing performance metrics toolbox. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
Are you concerned about your online password security? Of course you are. With all the data breaches resulting in the loss of financial information, social security, and personal information, you know what’s going on out there. (more…)