Category: Brand to Consumer Messaging
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Not All Communications Research Suppliers are Created Equal
In the world of commerce the assumption of equality between competing offerings can be a grave mistake. Certainly there are commodities – oil, gold, pork-bellies, etc. And even manufactured products can conform to rigorous technical specifications which can ensure comparability within reasonable parameters. Services, however, are generally another matter altogether. Typically services grow preference through…
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Brands lament mobile measurement, but options abound.
I was reading an article on Mobile Marketer recently about a round table discussion at the Mobile Marketing Forum in Los Angeles. During the discussion, brand representatives from Coca-Cola, Microsoft, ABC and AOL described their wishes and requirements for measuring a broad spectrum of brand mobile efforts, including apps, ad campaigns, even SMS. At first…
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Consumers get ‘Smart’ about Black Friday
As the annual post turkey day sales event known as ‘Black Friday’ approaches, consumers are preparing themselves for the single largest shopping day of the holiday season. In a recent survey we conducted of smartphone users, we revealed some interesting insights and methods behind the consumer madness of this epic shop til you drop event.…
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When PUSH Becomes Shove
When PUSH becomes shove. Brands might be looking at PUSH messaging as the holy grail of consumer CRM & dialoging, but it begs the question; how much push is too much? Smartphone consumers find value in getting messages from brands that know just the right way of reaching them with valuable news, information or offers,…