Isolating conversations around products, brands and issues is now possible through BuzzLogic’s new ad targeting feature. In this Marketing Voices product demo video podcast, BuzzLogic CEO Rob Crumpler explains how his company can help marketers better determine who is driving online opinions.
When the service launched earlier this month, news coverage highlighted the potential value to marketers who have been searching for effective ways to participate in discussions and debates online in communities where some of their most passionate potential consumers are already sharing ideas.
The bottom line for BuzzLogic customers, according to CMO Bob Schettino in an interview with ClickZ, is that the social media universe can now be managed as one single channel, with the new ability to cut through the noise to the 10 or 20 most influential bloggers — a slight tweak on competitors’ offerings in that the focus is not necessarily on the most popular blogs, but specifically the most “influential.”
In his conversation with Jennifer Jones, CEO Crumpler says this conversation targeting ad system delivers more than two times the performance than what could be done just a few months ago. More coverage on the offering, as well as in-depth coverage on related stories, can be found at marketing news site Marketingvox.com.
Download MP3 Guy Kawasaki, blogger, author of 8 books, venture capitalist and former Apple marketing executive, believes CMOs today should “just quit” if they are working with CEOs who don’t get social media. Talking from his home in Silicon Valley, Guy explains what is important about social media, how he plans to monetize his blog and his plans for his next book.
Download MP3 Given the Marketing Voices community requests, metrics for consumer-generated media and listening centered marketing are the core of my conversation with CMO of Nielsen Buzzmetrics, Peter Blackshaw. Metrics is the key challenge for all PodTech client companies, and especially for podcasting. Pete and I also talk about how the companies that will be successful are the ones developing both offensive and defensive radar for their customers. Nielsen is the leader in global measurement and it’s on the cutting edge of new ideas where they are establishing frameworks to give to marketers. Nielsen is just beginning to rank video, which is really in its infancy. Podcasting metrics are also elusive for them according to Pete, but they are working on it. Nielsen Buzzmetrics is the firm that helps companies promote and protect their brands through the measurement, analysis, and interpretation of CGM - or online word of mouth - across forums, message boards, social networking sites, direct company feedback, online communities and blogs.
Besides being CMO of Nielsen, Pete is a co-founder of the 2004 Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). He is definitely one of the leaders of CGM marketing today and we’re very excited to get him on MVOICES again.
Download MP3 Lots of provocative thoughts from a search engine guru in this conversation with Bob Heyman, also a well known speaker on Internet marketing and the chief search officer at Mediasmith. He’s also credited with pioneering the agency side of search engine marketing. That’s pretty impressive, considering how search has taken over as THE place where people go first to get information on something.
Heyman believes that search is the most effective direct marketing medium ever devised. We discuss how search is now in the domain of the webmaster more than the CMO and he brings up some very relevant points as to why this should change.
A few lesser-known facts about Heyman: he is a Harvard grad with a law degree and a founding review editor of Comm/Ent, the communications and entertainment law journal. He co-wrote a rock opera called Rock Justice with Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship. He was also an entertainment lawyer, represented Maria Muldaur (I assume many of the MVoices readers know her?) and Jefferson Starship and New Riders of the Purple Sage. I am sure I am showing my age here but Jefferson Starship was one of my most favorite groups. This is NOT how I came to find Heyman, but these facts sure make for great interview fodder.
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