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  • Tony Zayas 5:11 am on January 2, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Was It the Year of the QR Code? 

    Follow Tony Zayas on Twitter2011 — they started to pop up everywhere, but do the numbers support that it was the year of the QR code?

    Perspective is all important here. I think it’s important to realize that a 6% response rate for a marketing piece can be looked at as a glowing success.

    Because it’s a single digit, it’s easy to write it off as a failure, but the truth is, what’s a good email open and click thru rate?? While it depends on the list, single digits are definitely not a sign of failure. I think that’s a fair parallel to draw.

    The point is that the QR codes are targeting a specific segment of the population, not everyone who’s eyeballs see the code, and if that population is responsive and the code is converting leads, sales, traffic (whatever your target is) that’s how you have to measure results.

    (Not) The Year of the QR Code

    Last year around this time, I wrote a post about the Holidays saving QR Codes. At the time, I noticed them in about every print piece/holiday circular we received in the mail, and from that standpoint, I was interested in how it would affect these codes – being introduced into homes via these circulars that [...]

     
  • Tony Zayas 5:05 am on December 19, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , direct marketing, roi,   

    The Social Media ROI Myth 

    Corporate types awkwardly struggle with social media ROI. That shows one thing – they just don’t get it…yet!

    What’s the ROI on telephones? Surely, a sales call has and will never work, right???

    How about paper? Direct marketing pieces must be a bunch of noise and a waste. Why send people letters, aside from Santa, right?

    Any ROI on TV? No, that’s just where manufactured celebrities have reality shows. Those infomercials only keep rolling for years on end because they’re wasting money…right?

    Okay, hopefully point made.

    Social Media is just a platform for interaction, so the general ROI question is off the mark because it comes from a faulty, flawed perspective.

    Knowing that nothing can or will eclipse social sites in the immediate future for sheer engagement and interaction — this is where everyone is at and they’re listening — why not strap your head on straight and start using some brain power as to best leverage this medium rather than treating it like some hocus pocus hype?

    Business failure is your other option. While the suits may better understand that concept, I’m hoping they opt against it.

    Is your company missing the mark on social?

     
  • Tony 10:48 am on November 27, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: authority branding, building loyalty, consumer trust, Personal branding   

    How To Gain Trust and Loyalty Despite Being Another Online Stranger 

    In today’s world, we have the ability to connect with more people than ever. The ability to directly target the people that were looking for in our market.

    However, so many solopreneurs and small business people are having such a hard time, it’s an interesting dilemma.

    The online world is all based and build upon trust. If you don’t have trust, you’re in trouble.

    So how do you gain trust?

    Good question, and the answer is actually pretty straightforward and pretty simple.

    Be different. Be different from everyone else out there. Be different from the people and businesses that your target market does not trust. Be genuine, and legitimately offer value on a consistent basis. Give, overdeliver, make your business or yourself memorable and impossible to forget.

    Do the things that others in your market are not willing to do. Offer direct, live support. Pick up the phone and call your customers.

    Make yourself available, give out a direct e-mail address to contact you, rather than a generic support e-mail address.

    It’s a small world, yet at the same time the world is very big.

    Your prospective customers can come into contact with anyone and everyone from around the globe…

    This, unfortunately, includes thieves, greedy opportunists, scam artists and scoundrels of low (or no) integrity. Of course there are many legitimate alternatives too, but you, as the small business or solopreneur, still have an advantage.

    The way you can stand above the shady bunch and large corporate competition is by being genuine, being available and responsive.

    Make it very easy for your customers to trust you, rely on you, need you… and you’ll realize the true value in the ability to connect with such a massive global audience.

     
    • LauLau81 12:35 am on November 29, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you for sharing your idea about gaining trust. For me, be honest and you will surely get trust and respect from other people.

  • Tony 1:42 am on November 27, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Bloggers check this handy list out 

    Bloggers – check this handy list out!

    Reshared post from +Jack Humphrey

    Please share this with a blogger you care about :)

    Internet Marketing Consultant Jack Humphrey | List Of Blogs That Accept Guest Posts
    This page contains a list of blogs that accept guest posts and is current as of 11/11/11. The first list is 9 places that accept guest posts directly – where …

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  • Tony 4:38 pm on November 24, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Much to be Thankful for, including my family and all of my wonderful friends 

    Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  • Tony 1:20 pm on November 22, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Modeling Twitter with a deeper functionality set is intelligent, seeing that there's greater reach on Twitter (and loyalty to Twitter by users.)

    Google+ Is Looking More And More Like Twitter [Headlines]
    The new social networking site is seen as moving away from the Facebook model.

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  • Tony 1:31 pm on November 21, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    oh wait you don’t know what that is… 

    oh wait, you don't know what that even means!

    11 Sounds Generation O Have Never Heard
    The other day I used the word “rewind” in conversation only to be pulled up by a colleague who suggested that word was defunct for this generation. So, there are 2 billion mobile phone owners out there comprising Generation O but do we take their world views for granted? This thought-provoking article by Mental Floss [...]

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  • Tony 2:54 pm on November 18, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    The power of “No” 

    The power of "No."

    Seth's Blog
    Seth's Blog

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  • Tony 2:52 pm on November 18, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Stephen Pierce is always full of good insight.

    Yes You Can – So Stop Planning, Start Doing, and Achieve More!
    YES YOU CAN!
    So Stop Planning, Start Doing, and Achieve More!
    Do you have some aspirations that are beyond your current capabilities? It’s natural to dream of things that you want to do someday, but currently can’t. However, to realize your dreams, at some point you must stop planning and start taking action.
    While planning is an important part of bringing your dreams to life, avoid dedicating more time to the mental preparation than to action. If you spend your entire life planning for the f…

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  • Tony 4:37 pm on November 17, 2011 Permalink | Reply
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    Social Media and Marketing Insights 2011 Booz &amp… 

    Social Media and Marketing Insights 2011
    Booz & Co and Buddy Media’s recent study on the state of social media and marketing offers some interesting insights into what companies are doing now, and where they plan to invest in the future. For instance: Social media is primarily the domain of marketing. Less than half (48%) of companies have PR leading the [...]

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