Archive for the Internet Marketing Category

Google+ Circles for Managing Customers

July 13th, 2011

The old way of managing customer relationships in online social media is undifferentiated and inefficient. Google+ changes this by introducing Circles. This post looks at how businesses can take advantage of Google+ Circles to customize its online social media efforts and integrate those efforts with traditional CRM.




Loyalty Mobile Apps

February 23rd, 2011

With Verizon finally carrying iPhone and iPad and mass merchandisers such as Walmart selling smartphones on the cheap, the number of smart phones and mobile devices is bound to soar. This presents loyalty marketers a great additional touch point with their customers through mobile apps. What functionality should a marketer pack in a mobile app? [...]




Social Media Lessons from Thirty Brands

January 13th, 2011

Last semester, my Internet marketing students completed a social media project. They were asked to follow three social media channels by a company of their choice, and then write up their experience about it. Together, we observed 30+ companies’ social media practices, ranging from lesser-known brands to major players in the social media arena such [...]