Our video design team has issued their latest Explainer Video Reel – comprised of short snippets from several client video set to music. It gives you a sense of capabilities and how our clients use video. But what do these clients know about video that you might not? Video increases engagement on […]
Brand Marketing clients that sell “considered purchase” products through sales channels (dealers, distributors, agents) often need lead nurturing to help increase preference, conversion, and average order size. JGSullivan has years of experience deploying these automated consumer conversations and we’ll be presenting some case studies and lessons learned at the Inbox Marketing Conference next week. The […]
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Amazon is axing its Fire Phone due to lack of sales cited in this article from Engadget. As I read the article and user comments I couldn’t help but laugh at my June 2014 blog on how cool this new Fire Phone was, and how its features […]
We received a letter in the mail recently at our home. It was from AT&T (and full disclosure is a client) addressed to my family who has multiple cell phone plans with the company. Upon opening I found a simple thank you letter from the Vice President and General Manager with responsibility over our local […]
Any marketer not aware of the tremendous growth across three key dimensions might be accused of living under a rock in 2015, but it’s in tying them together where we understand them in context. The three dimensions here are: Device, Intent, and Content. (Aka Mobile, Local, Video) Mobile: The biggest force in online […]
We published a blog post in late 2012 entitled “Majority of Sales will be “Web-Influenced” in 2015” which reflected on research by Forrester comparing online only, retail only, and web-influenced retail. Given how many have historically characterized the impact of online as “only e-commerce” which is small in comparison to traditional retail, it was worth […]
We’ve been tracking the advertising behavior of small and medium businesses (SMB’s) for years, noting the dramatic increase in social media and promotions instead of traditional advertising spending (see recent videos and blogs). A recent report published by Borrell Associates on the Automotive Advertising outlook adds fuel to the fire. Here are some highlights: […]
Many manufacturer brands are following a “lesser of two evils” strategy when managing their dealer locators, or developing PPC landing pages for their dealers. On one hand, brands link directly to their dealers’ websites, and risk a poor experience that damages their brand. Classic examples of this are competitor brands showing up, competitor promotions […]
After reading the news of three CMO’s being released last week I began to dig around for some research to give more context to the challenges faced by today’s CMO. This topic caught my attention when I read some global research by Accenture last year – and became the subject of a popular video blog we […]
New Amazon Fire phones go on sale this week, and are available for pre-order now. Normally a new phone wouldn’t provoke a blog post, but the technologies in this one (I predict) will cause a cascade of new developments that raise the bar with the entire industry – and that is something to notice. Check […]