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  1. The Science of Word of Mouth

    May 3, 2010 by admin

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  2. 5 Reasons Why Smash Is So High Impact

    April 20, 2010 by stewlangille

    1. Smash is about acquiring customers, and keeping the customers you have happy. That’s it. “Having a social presence” is a fine way to start but for smart marketers it’s about running laser focused campaigns with deadly accurate analytics.


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    2. We are bringing together the leading experts in the start up and big company worlds. From Twitter, Gowalla, and Plancast to Comcast, Salesforce and Virgin. No other conference will have this mix of people. Startups will learn what it takes to partner and sell to large companies. Big brands will learn the innovative strategies and tactics practiced by more nimble startups — before competitors catch on.

    3. Tips and Tricks – All speakers and breakout leaders have agreed to come with the goods. Specific tricks and tactics by channel and platform on what’s working now and what will work in the future. You can’t read about what will be discussed – you have to be here to experience it.

    4. Networking – Real relationships will be formed here. The Summit is purposely designed to be a small gathering where meaningful conversations can happen. Anyone who attended the Smash dinner in January can attest to the amazing buzz in the room.

    5. Real Life Case Studies – Hear from representatives from YouTube, Dogster, Mint, Virgin, Twitter, and Facebook, on what marketing tactics worked and why. Find out how you can you build on what they’ve learned.

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  3. NEWSFLASH: Your Marketing SUCKS.

    March 2, 2010 by davemcclure

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    In case you hadn’t noticed: most online marketing SUCKS.

    Of course, that’s not surprising since most ALL marketing is pretty much crap too… simply a special case of the “90% of everything is crap” school of thought (words to live by).

    But in particular ONLINE marketing — email, search, social, mobile, etc — has made huge advances over the past 5-10 years. There are now a wide variety of relatively inexpensive search & social media tools, techniques & platforms which can be used to connect with people and customers. Some methods have been around a decade or more (email, widgets, Google & Yahoo search), while others are relatively new (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, iPhone). Yet while these channels can easily reach hundreds of millions & are usually rather inexpensive, most marketing dorks have no friggin’ clue what they’re doing with anything more complex than a digital watch.

    Simply put: we are cavemen armed with the online equivalent of nuclear weapons. We have enough internet marketing firepower to blow up the Inbox of billions of unwitting victims, but we can’t figure out where to press our grubby little fingers on the damn firing button. Not a very pretty picture, folks.

    sexy.protractorIn addition, most online marketing is MEASURABLE… which historically has hardly ever been true for offline marketing. We have tons of analytics tools and info on how online marketing works, converts, and turns into profitable customers… (or doesn’t, as the case may be). However while all this data seems within reach of our fingertips, with most of it we DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. No split tests, no 1% samples, no demographic analysis. We let marketing metrics slip through our hands worse than Wile E. Coyote losing the RoadRunner.

    Lastly, companies big and small have little access to good online marketing talent. Currently most “experienced” marketing folks have limited technical knowledge beyond email campaigns, minimal experience in search, and only marginal understanding of social networks, platforms, and apps. The ones that do have substantial experience with online marketing are likely full-time employed, expensive and difficult to recruit. ransomSo how do you ever find a good online marketing person, short of kidnapping them? (Yeah, we know who you are — and you won’t get away with it. Put down the gun & back away… slowly).

    Then again, if you’ve got the cash you can always buy the talent you need. But not all of us are loaded, and finding great online marketing folks will continue to be a challenge for the foreseeable future. Still, perhaps there is a way you can meet talented people and learn about tools and technologies you need to be successful at the same time…

    Isn’t it about time you SMASH your Marketing, & make it BETTER?

    So let’s get started… click here to find out more about the SMASH Summit on May 12th in San Francisco. Your marketing never looked better.

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