Borrell Associates has a new report out predicting the end to another tried and true tool for advertisers. After correctly predicting the decline in Yellow Pages and then newspapers it’s direct mail this time, they’re predicting a 39% drop in direct mail spending over the next five years. As they point out in their report […]
There are some interesting statistics coming out about how the use of search engines is changing.Here’s a chart that shows that the number of words per search is increasing. So often when we look at search statistics we think of one person searching for one word. In reality consumers are refining their searches as they […]
The way an average person thinks about and interacts with a piece of software is very different than the way a developer thinks about and interacts with the same software.
JGSullivan Interactive Recently GM and Chrysler announced terminations of 1,100 and 789 dealerships respectively.They had been trying to reduce their number of dealerships more gradually for years given that domestic auto market share has dropped in recent years from 60% to 40%.The toll on the local economies from this rapid reduction will be significant […]
In a tight economy, it’s important to use your advertising dollars wisely. If your business is already placing paid ads online, you’re headed in the right direction, but you’ll get there a lot faster if you target the search queries that your potential customers are likely to use.
When buying Google AdWords locally it is important to control the landing page.
Many companies hesitate to spend their interactive marketing budget on usability analysis projects. What these companies don’t know is that website changes and redesigns after a usability analysis have very high ROI. Many business users underestimate the power of usability projects, but usability analysis improves completed transactions, customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty.
JGSullivan Interactive I would like to encourage everyone in the Chicagoland area to sign up for a wonderful way to give back to the community. It’s Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon on Saturday June 13th. Believe it or not, thousands of volunteers leave Grant Park and by bus go to schools throughout the area to paint. It’s […]
This White Paper will show you how savvy manufacturers are using the Web to shift the balance of power in their favor, and create a win-win scenario with their best retail partners.
By Brett Knobloch JGSullivan Interactive I was reading an article in Customer Relationship Management’s May issue with the same title as this blog entry. It was citing research from 2005 and 2009 with a set of companies revealing how much their salespeople had adopted the CRM system implemented by their company. Despite years of hype […]