May 2012 Webinars

Perspective: Balihoo's VP of Business Development Weighs in

Friday, May 4, 2012   |   by Amber Daley   |   0 Comments »

Balihoo is growing fast, and with that forward progress we’re continuing to strengthen our team with smart, talented people.

For one, we’re excited to welcome Mark Dimond, Balihoo’s Vice President of Business Development to our management team. With over ten years of experience in the local marketing...

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Gartner 360 Summit and Local Marketing Automation

Thursday, March 22, 2012   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »

I had the opportunity to attend the Gartner Customer 360 Summit last week in Orlando. While the entire event was fascinating, there was one key session that I thought was particularly relevant to the local marketing space and how national brands should be looking at this category.  

This session was...

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Prediction #1: Local Marketing Automation goes Mainstream in 2012

Friday, December 23, 2011   |   by Susan Tormollen   |   0 Comments »

Number OneAs content continues to digitize, consumers and media channels continue to fragment. The good news is this enables marketers to better target consumers and to reach consumers where and when the consumer wants the brand’s message. The bad news is that executing campaigns which take advantage of all...

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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 »

Localize to Optimize - A Local Marketing Report

Tuesday, November 8, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
 The CMO Council and several partners recently released a fascinating report titled:  Localize to Optimize.  It's $199 to download the full report, but if your in the Local Marketing or Channel Marketing space, it's really fantastic reading.  From their website, "The study has been focused on...Read More »

Local Marketing - a Test for National Brands

Thursday, June 23, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
Try this local marketing automation test:  

Pick your favorite search engine, and search for the name of your national brand.  

Assuming you've done a good job at your national marketing efforts, when you look at the real estate on this page, the "good" content about your brand should represent...Read More »

Daily Deals (Groupon) and Local Internet Marketing - Should you or Shouldn't You?

Monday, March 14, 2011   |   by Shane Vaughan   |   0 Comments »
 It's pretty clear at this point that, for better or worse, Daily Deal sites are one of the "next big things" in local internet marketing.  Companies like Groupon and Living Social are certainly leading the pack here, but it was also recently announced that Facebook will get in the mix with a test...Read More »

Local Marketing Automation: Translate Your National Strategy into Local Execution

Tuesday, November 16, 2010   |   by Marcie Blagden-Ellison   |   0 Comments »
 "To win a marketing war, you have to win the battle at the tactical level. If the mind is the battleground, then it should come as no surprise that advertising is the key tactical weapon in the marketing war."  
Al Ries & Jack Trout, Bottom-up Marketing

 
When it comes to your national brand's local...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 »

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 »