http://www.linkedin.com/answers/browse/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/MAR_ADP New questions in Advertising and Promotion en-us Copyright (c) 2007 LinkedIn, Corp. All rights reserved. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:15:46 GMT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:15:46 GMT 10 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion http://www.linkedin.com/img/logos/logo.gif http://www.linkedin.com/answers 129 36 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594143-9350545 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:33 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594143-9350545 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/594013-18308324 What are the best "social media" resources for home furnishing manufacturers trying to advertise and market their furniture? Which social media outlets (facebook, twitter, youtube, LinkedIn, etc.) attract furniture buyers? Are there any social media tools specific to the home furnshings industry? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:20:52 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/594013-18308324 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593938-36580235 Do you agree with the recent Florida Supreme Court ruling that requires lawyers' websites to follow attorney advertising rules? Or should attorneys websites be able to: • Include statements that characterize the quality of legal services being offered • Provide information regarding past results and • Include testimonials? Ruling details from the Florida bar: http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/flabarwe.nsf marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:11:06 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593938-36580235 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/594091-64662 Who are some of the emerging players that you see that will have an impact on “Fast Moving Consumer Goods” (FMCG)? Certainly we at the Institute keep a close eye on some of the established companies and are in constant dialog with them as they transform themselves and migrate along the path to purchase into new space. Among them…Catalina Marketing, Vlassis & VestCom. We also monitor new efforts in the FMCG space by players such as Google, Yahoo and Coupons, Inc. Supporting companies as wel ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:03:09 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/594091-64662 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594070-32187583 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:00:15 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594070-32187583 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594040-2481992 I know its a very touchy question but how sustainable are these rich media innovations? As leading online portals evolve with usability, it is my guess that they would eventually stop letting their premium real estate be cluttered with mindless ads. marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:02:04 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/594040-2481992 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/592049-125841 Almost 3 years in the making and hundreds of rock concerts later, my book entitled Rock The World with your Online Presence is ready to debut. It is a blueprint for amazing LinkedIn profiles. Being way different than all the other LinkedIn books, it begs for different ideas for promotion. I already have special "turn the page" demo technology, a Twitter-based LinkedIn profiles contest, a cool Slideshare on my profile and will be pushing it through music outlets as well as the traditional A ... using-linkedIn marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/viral-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:50:39 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/592049-125841 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/law-legal/corporate-law/intellectual-property/LAW_COR_IPP/593988-1602261 We are going to be advertising in the USA next year as one of our business streams is for arranging merger and acquisition opportunities for US firms buying into the UK or European Intellectual Property market. Therefore, the advert will likely be corporate in style (i.e. not a conventional recruiter job placement) so I would welcome ideas as to the best place to advertise. In other markets we tend to use the Intellectual Property press rather than broader publications focused on the entire le ... law-legal/corporate-law/intellectual-property marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:20 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/law-legal/corporate-law/intellectual-property/LAW_COR_IPP/593988-1602261 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593926-6248451 More specifically, if you could learn the nuts and bolts of attracting sponsors, collaborating on content, large-audience-attraction, SME recruitment, capture and use of intelligence, etc., would this be valuable enough content and "hand holding" that it could be offered as a pay-for curriculum? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing conferences-event-planning/event-marketing-promotions Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:59:14 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593926-6248451 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/product-management/branding/PRM_BRA/593941-17707983 Product life cycle is something that every marketer is taught in his or her very first marketing course... but do we ever pay attention to the life cycle in the real world. What brand do you think is now a shadow of it’s former self and why? Is it life cycle or poor brand management? And if it’s poor brand management, what do you think the brand manager should have done? product-management/branding marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:38:28 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/product-management/branding/PRM_BRA/593941-17707983 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593669-46876499 what does it take to be a brand manager? what are the functions and responsibilities of a brand manager. how does a typical brand manager's day look like ? how can i be a effective brand manager ? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing product-management/branding Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:12:45 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593669-46876499 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593715-50070710 Hello, Can you please give me any advice about Affiliate Agencies based in UK ? My company wants to find affiliate agency that will develope an affiliate program and do all managing. marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:57:00 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593715-50070710 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593794-58184918 I know since june google is indexing texts in flash as well, you can also dynamicly link to various pages using nice URL's. You can still embed flash using swfobject to help google. Is flash still so SEO unfriendly or is it meanwhile a myth? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:26:02 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593794-58184918 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593744-46203778 This year, for the first time the Internet is overcoming TV on advertising budgets. Is it possible for it to keep up the tendency for itself or will it use other means to reach its target? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:03:57 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593744-46203778 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593707-13596724 So let's say you have a great transactional web site. Good content, and lots of unique visitors. You need to come up with a new Media Kit and to send it to the right media placement agencies. What do they look for in a Media Kit? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/viral-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:36:51 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593707-13596724 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593721-56248520 Looking for well established Australian direct mailing services and flyer distributors catering to SMEs on all budgets, can you recommend anyone I should check out, thanks. marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:54:41 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593721-56248520 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593684-57942948 It's a great quality service It costs less than a coffee a day ROI is a better quality of life How can you go wrong with all that? Unfortunately, there's something lacking maybe a fresh marketing approach or re-positioning or maybe just standing away from the boring before-after cheesy ads. What is it that can save the fitness industry? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:15:56 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593684-57942948 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593634-59824871 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:18:15 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593634-59824871 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593504-188686 This morning, the Canadian newspaper The National Post ran a front page ad for the Fur Council of Canada, where the only copy was a line of biblical scripture ("Unto Adam and his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them. - Genesis 3:21") accompanied by the URL Furisgreen.com. This is not a question about whether you support the notion of fur being "green" or not, but a question about the use of religious text in (non-religious) advertising. It jumped out at me because I'm n ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:08:48 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593504-188686 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/589722-57791811 <br>Clarification added November 20, 2009 2:33 AM: Social Networks are a great opportunity to improve your business by offering one of the most practical targeting tool ? marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:55:47 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/589722-57791811 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593369-51802475 Electrical machinery is limited in the circle of professionals. That may be the truth. But there are some large websites, which are important for electrical field. Can you recommend some electrical websites?<br>Clarification added November 26, 2009 6:35 AM: By the way, we produce and export electrical products, such as frequency inverter, servo motor and drive, soft starter, ac drive, VSD, EMI filter, other electrical equipment. Our website is http://www.inverter-china.com So we are ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:33:43 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593369-51802475 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593521-3381191 -- I just read one of his columns “I’m an uncool old fogey who must get to grips with the virtual universe, By Ivan Yates” -- I would like to know more about him and see more of his writings. -- I felt some kin-ship with him, not because he is Irish, but because of his insights on the Internet: “one is confronted with systematic change - of internet activity - People are spending more time accessing information online than elsewhere. - This level of penetration cannot be ignored by an ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing marketing-sales/writing-editing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:22:15 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593521-3381191 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593387-52301447 I would be very interested to know your strategies for posting content to different social media platforms. i.e. Do you write a blog post or article and create links to this from your other social media sites i.e. Linkedin, Facebook, Myspace etc. Or do you publish specific/different content for each one. Would be great to know your Pro's and Con's for both strategies. Thank you. marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:58:03 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593387-52301447 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593355-59794602 <br>Clarification added November 26, 2009 3:36 AM: @rabobank, this is a project for school(battle of concept) this is ended already but we still need to do this project. marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:31:49 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593355-59794602 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593354-805498 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing marketing-sales/sales/customer-relationship-management Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:29:24 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/direct-marketing/MAR_ADP_DMA/593354-805498 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593411-51925916 I have a website called www.memberwind.com. I do business fully online. Can any one over here suggest me a check list for it, by which i can make sure that my website is functioning properly? Like the download issues, contact forms, product search etc... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:38:58 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593411-51925916 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593225-5255234 It's probably easiest if you could answer as a multiple choice: Organic Search Traffic a - I send organic search traffic to my affiliate website and then through to the target company's website b - I send organic search traffic to an external landing page then through to the target company's website PPC Traffic a - I send PPC search traffic to my affiliate website and then through to the target company's website b - I send PPC search traffic to an external landing page then thr ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing marketing-sales/search-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:31:46 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing/MAR_ADP_INM/593225-5255234 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/viral-marketing/MAR_ADP_VMM/593332-58126143 marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/viral-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:31:24 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/viral-marketing/MAR_ADP_VMM/593332-58126143 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593129-103267 AT&T came out with their postcard ad that states that the AT&T network covers 97% of the population of the U.S. The only problem is that Verizon's ad was talking about AT&T's 3G coverage. How long until Verizon comes out with an ad saying "why yes, AT&T's network does cover 97% of the U.S. population, but not if you are using an iPhone." How would you have responded to Verizon's ad? File a lawsuit? Come up with the postcard ad? Me? If you are going to fight, you better know that you can ... marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:04:20 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/advertising/MAR_ADP_ADV/593129-103267 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/sales/sales-techniques/MAR_SLS_STC/593135-58567 Do you think videos of customers on a corporate website should be very simple and scrappy (i.e. made with a Flip-cam and minimal editing) or should they be polished (i.e. professionally recorded and edited)? Budget considerations aside - what is the effect on the visitor of the site? Are they more convincing one way or another or does one way of doing these videos convey a message better than another? Other arguments for doing them in a particular way? marketing-sales/sales/sales-techniques marketing-sales/advertising-promotion/internet-marketing Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:27:02 GMT http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/sales/sales-techniques/MAR_SLS_STC/593135-58567