May 2012 Webinars

Prediction #2: CMO’s Demand ROI Reporting on Local Co-op Programs

Thursday, December 22, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
2Co-op advertising programs provide incentive dollars from a national brand to a local outlet for marketing their products.  Historically these programs have funded everything from local golf tournaments to regional mass-media efforts and are seen as a “benefit” to the local outlet.  However, as...Read More »

Prediction #5: National Brands Demand Integrated Local Marketing Analytics

Wednesday, December 14, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
Number 5Local will continue to play an increasingly large role in 2012, and national brands will expect their partners and their vendors to deliver clear marketing analytics, both online and off, that can be rolled-up in a comprehensive view of activity and results. 

A recent study by the CMO Council found...

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Local Dealer Websites: Kohler

Wednesday, November 30, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
Working in the Local Marketing Automation space, much of our work is not frequently available for the entire population to see as it's very specific to a local market.  As a result, it's always nice to undertake a Local Websites project because they are, by nature, visible to everyone.  

Kohler is a...Read More »

5 Biggest Co-op Advertising Program Issues: Solve Your Reseller Adoption

Friday, October 22, 2010   |   by Marcie Blagden-Ellison   |   1 Comments »
Have you spent hours and hours developing a co-op advertising program that's carefully tailored to the local marketing and media needs of your resellers, only to find yourself struggling to achieve successful reseller adoption? With industry estimates indicating that on average, only 50% of the...Read More »

The "Critical Success Factors" to Channel Marketing

Monday, October 18, 2010   |   by Chris Keller   |   0 Comments »
I hosted a great panel discussion Thursday, the 14th with three talented marketers representing an interesting variety of channel marketing experience. If you missed the live webinar, you are in luck. You can still watch the on-demand presentation, Practical Practices for Increasing Channel Revenue... Read More »

THE LOCAL MARKETING SILVER BULLET

Monday, October 18, 2010   |   by Pete Gombert   |   0 Comments »

One of the questions that we get asked the most at Balihoo is, “how can I make marketing easy for my channel partner?”  The simple answer is that you can’t.  You can make it EASIER than it already is, but you can’t make it easy.  The reason is that marketing at a local level is very difficult and...

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Co-op Advertising Walkthrough

Thursday, September 23, 2010   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
In this blog we speak frequently about Local Marketing Automation - the technology and services employed by national brands to enable their distributed marketers to go-to-market locally.    

One of the key sub-sets of this large group is the co-op marketing space.  Co-op marketing is the process...Read More »

Channel: Friend or Foe?

Friday, September 10, 2010   |   by Chuck Mitten   |   0 Comments »
A recent interaction with an apparel manufacturer reinforced a disturbing trend with some national brand marketing managers who see their channel as an enemy to their efforts. Sadly, this person has it all wrong. The problem isn’t the channel, but his management of the co-op advertising program.

The...Read More »

Google Instant - An Instant Classic

Thursday, September 9, 2010   |   by Matt Borud   |   0 Comments »
Yesterday Google announced Google Instant - their unbelievably cool search functionality that allows users to view results instantly by posting and refining links as the queries are literally typed. I'd like everyone to stop reading and go try it right now. Seriously.

One of the big initial...Read More »

Vote for the Boise Bicycle Project Pepsi Refresh Project!

Thursday, September 9, 2010   |   by Betsie Richardson   |   0 Comments »
Alright Boise-ites, time to warm up your voting buttons! We need to help the Boise Bicycle Project win the Pepsi Refresh Project. Click here to view the BBP's voting page in their run for $250,000 to create a sustainable bicycle education center.

There has been quite a bit of buzz in the advertising...Read More »