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Tag Archives: segmentation
Hallelujah! Millennials Are Dead. Here Comes Generation Z
Just when I was about to open a vein over the incessant furor about how Millennials are different, unique and in need of such nonsense as influencer marketing, they’re dead. Here comes Gen Z (sheesh–will somebody brand the next round … Continue reading
Re-Seal the Deal: Category Repurchase
Three years ago today, I wrote about a great piece of direct mail I received from a local driveway sealer company. The piece had everything needed to make a purchase decision: a great offer, strong call to action, and perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged category, direct mail, repurchase, segmentation, targeting
Marketing: It’s About People
Segment the universe first, determine your target audiences, and craft offers that appeal to those people. If you’re mostly worried about audience reach or how many devices are in your graph (whatever that is), you’re not marketing. Sorry.
Twitter’s NYC Targeting Tribulations: Dunkin’ Donuts Edition
If you don’t know exactly what you are buying in social media, don’t run the impression. Never, ever, trust the algorithm Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media, Social Media Marketing, Tactics
Tagged Dunkin' Donuts, segmentation, social media, targeting, Twitter
The First Step In Targeting: Product. Huh?
As a proper marketer, before you begin segmentation and targeting to create your strategy, look first to the first P of marketing. Your product. Why? If your product doesn’t work, the most brilliant targeting strategy can’t work. You’ll have no monthly recurring … Continue reading
You’re Buying Digital Media All Wrong
The only people who ever got rich by developing exotic solutions to common problems are the ones selling the solutions. FOMO (fear of missing out) is not a reason to be wasting your dollars on untested media or unproven “audience” schemes pitched by salespeople. If the media works, it will be there tomorrow. Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media
Tagged digital marketing, digital media, segmentation, whitelist
Buying Audiences, Getting Worked
I thought the modern age of non-intrusive advertising was supposed to give me only the relevant ads I wanted to see, lovingly presented to me by some perfect algorithm hand-crafted in a loft in SoHO? Ta-da–you’ve just seen what happens when you get stuffed into an “audience.” Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Strategy, Travel
Tagged adtech, digital media, marketing, segmentation, tactics, targeting, technology, Twitter
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