Rocky Fu’s Blog

Search Engine Marketing

Use keywords and placements together on the content network [AdWords Blog]

Social Media Marketing

50 Ways Marketers Can use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing [ChrisBrogan]
New online community study: what’s working, what’s in the way, advice from trenches [BlogHound]

Marketing Research

Q&A: Bounty’s Andrew Thomas on marketing to Mums [e-Consultancy]
MarketingSherpa B-to-B Presentation - Top 10 Marketing Fast [...]

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Pearl Research released a comprehensive lifestyle study (paid) focused on Chinese consumers ages 16 to 30, “The Phoenix Generation: Insights into Chinese Consumers“. Key findings include:

Popular Trends: Street basketball, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and hip-hop have grown in popularity as Chinese consumers embrace new cultural experiences. Brands such as Nike, Adidas and Li [...]

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According to a marketing survey, consumers said the types of tailored ads and offers they would respond to are:

One-off coupons and discount offers from the brands and products they buy (62%)
E-newsletters featuring coupons, discounts, news and tips about favorite brands (24%)
Invitations to join interactive email groups, online forums and social networks for sharing and communicating [...]

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FlipSquare Blog: 5 Domain Buying Mistakes
So hopefully this short article will help you avoid some basic mistakes that I’ve made. To give you some ideas of where I’m at as a domainer here some rounded portfolio stats.

‘Digital Savvy’ Tend to Be Luxury Shoppers, On-the-Go, Independent Voters
Digitally Savvy* consumers are 56% more likely [...]

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Los Angeles Times: Some movies are entitled to do well
The best titles, such as “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Pulp Fiction,” are “sonorous,” Lockhart says. “They just sound right — appealing to your emotions and your senses.” How’s your marketing campaign tag line, by the way?
(tags: marketing)

MediaPost : Coca-Cola Uncaps Promo Efforts [...]

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JupiterResearch: Why you should go mobile now - Mobile Marketing
Jupiter suggests starting with text messaging ads because text messaging currently has a 51% adoption rate among consumers. Next, they suggest trying mobile banner ads, coupons and mobile video.
(tags: mobile marketing research)

Nielsen: Experience pushes consumers to post online
28% of those who posted said they did so [...]

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Ok, I said that. Here is the original research findings:

Marketing communications have a much stronger effect on consumers in Asia-Pacific
New digital media also showed to have more quantifiable impact on consumers in Asia Pacific markets

And, this is helpful too, said Abrahams:
brands were an important symbol of wealth in many emerging markets, where advertising was often [...]

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