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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Facebook Timeline Reminder!

Just a reminder that all Facebook Pages will be automatically getting the new "Timeline" Tomorrow-March 30, 2012 at 11:AM Pacific time.


Here is Facebook’s message to Page administrators:
Reminder! Tomorrow starting at 11am PST we will begin to migrate Pages who have not upgraded yet to the new Timeline format. If you admin one of those Pages, you still have time to get your Page ready by adding a cover photo, milestones, etc. before tomorrow! Check out these tips from other Page admins: https://www.facebook.com/marketing/posts/10150758346981337
You should also check out facebook.com/about/pages and the new eight-page Facebook Pages guide (PDF).

Quotes Of Note

OK, I know this doesn't directly have that much to do with the subject matter of this Blog but when it came across the radar it was just to good to pass by!

  A paranoid-schizophrenic is a guy who just found out what’s really   going on; and took it to heart.
     William Burroughs.

On the other hand, maybe it has everything to do with .......
have to think about that one for a while!   :>)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Strong Stats For Web Video

Clients almost always ask if they should include online video in their marketing/advertising mix.
Of course the answer is almost always yes. 
Here's some sound reasons:

In 2010 Cisco concluded that 30% of Internet traffic was video!
By 2013,  90% of Internet traffic is projected to be video!

*A Forbes survey determined that 65% of corporate executives in the U.S. visit a vendors site after viewing a work related video and 53% do a search for vendors, products or services leading to 42% making a purchase decision.
This is because video provides a higher engagement and response than static text and pictures.

*According to an InteractiveMedia Strategies  Enterprise Video Communications Survey in 2011,  more than 75% of business people regularly view online video.

*Forrester Research adds that there is a two to three times higher clickthrough rate when there is video content embedded.

Marketing Sherpa relates that video generates four to seven times higher engagement than static messages!

So there you have it, some pretty strong incentives for including video in your mix.


*Some statistics from an article by Wayne Wall in Target Marketing magazine