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Today, we’re talking with Giovanni (Gio) Galluci, Search and Social Media Evangelist. Gio writes strategy for new developments in social media, search and technology, and functions as top level contact to assist clients, staff and partners in determining technology and media requirements and solutions for DexterityMedia. You can follow the link to view the website. Gio created DexterityMedia, social media website directory, socialtrackr.com, and posts almost daily on his blog, TheAgencyBlog.com. Read the rest of this entry »

It is a simple idea, really: orchestrating brand building and direct marketing (DM) into a synergistic harmony. Marketers use brand ads as instruments in the critical role of consumer awareness building. DM identifies prospective consumers and helps the sales team convert them to paying customers. Brand ads create an emotional connection, while DM uses persuasion and incentives to get the prospect to act, ultimately choosing your firm over a competitor. Achieving synchronization between the two is key in creating a seamless buying process for consumers, the kind which leads invariably toward a successful conversion.

An effective brand/response campaign combines branding ads across television, radio, print and online media channels, and joining them with response vehicles such as direct mail and e-mail. A successful marketer ties it all back to a centralized prospect database. The database connects these individual media channels into a closed-loop marketing system, adding power without increasing the media expenditure. It’s like fitting a Harley cruiser with a turbojet engine. Read the rest of this entry »