How To Leverage Video To Drive Conversions

This recap is a guest post by Triangle AMA member, Jennifer Smith. Speaker: David Rose, COO from Magnet Video David talked about the 10 Essentials for Online Video Marketing, focusing specifically on increasing leads and conversions. 75% of C-Suite Executives surveyed say they watch work-related online videos on business related website at least weekly, according to [...]

Live Blogging: Future of Mobile {a case study}

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*Live from the Digital Marketing Training Camp Speaker: Brian Dally,  General Manager from republic wireless Setting up a case study: when you AREN’T prepared for success OR failure. To succeed, you need to have a great story! Dally recommends  The Elements of Style for writing.  Your writing has to make sense.  All the good grammar [...]

February Event Recap: How to Be a Social Media B2B Rockstar

At the February Triangle AMA Luncheon, Kipp Bodnar & Jeff Cohen presented on, “How to Be a Social Media B2B Rockstar.” Their focus was on the myths and misconceptions regarding B2B social media, while offering key ideas to help people be successful in their day-to-day B2B marketing. Their passion for this subject was born several years [...]

Is Your Business Part of the Online Conversation?

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A chapter member guest post by Christina Motley Twitter is like a huge cocktail party happening around you, with all kinds of people chattering about all things — business and personal. But at this party you can hear what everybody is saying without having to race around to listen to all the conversations. That’s how [...]

Does Your Business Have a Marketing Plan?

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The Small Business Administration reports that 80% of small businesses close their doors within the first five years, partly because of poor or no marketing efforts. Many business owners think they can do their own marketing. Maybe because it’s creative and fun. But in reality, we all specialize in what we do best and that [...]

January Event Recap: Video’s Vital Role in Marketing

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This recap is a guest post by Triangle AMA member, Jennifer Smith. At the January 2012 luncheon of the Triangle AMA chapter, Mike Esser with RedHat shared his expertise on video’s role in marketing. We are all familiar with popular video sharing site, YouTube. Launched in 2005, Mike says YouTube is a great opportunity to extend [...]

Market Research Helps Businesses Succeed

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A chapter member guest post by Christina Motley. Market research,  a critical component of a strategic business plan, is an organized effort and systematic approach to gather and interpret information about a company’s target markets. Market research discovers what customers want, need, or believe, as well as how they act. Findings deliver different perceptions from all [...]

December Event Recap: Building an Online Community Through Social Media

This recap is a guest post by Triangle AMA members, Burch Gibson and Jennifer Smith. At the December 2011 luncheon of the Triangle AMA chapter, David B. Thomas, Director of Community and Social Strategy at Radian6, shared his expertise on how to harness the power of your community to drive leads and increase customer satisfaction and retention. [...]

October Event Recap: Overcoming the Green Marketing Challenges

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This recap is a guest post by Triangle AMA member, Burch Gibson. Greg Merritt, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Cree, Inc. spoke at the October Triangle AMA luncheon on “Overcoming the ‘Good for You’ Green Marketing Challenges” and the LED revolution. Greg leads Cree’s corporate marketing efforts, including initiatives such as the LED Revolution campaign, as [...]

Karen Albritton joins AMA Professional Chapters Council

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Karen Albritton

American Marketing Association Selects Capstrat President for National Leadership Team Raleigh, N.C. – Karen Albritton, Capstrat President and former president of the Triangle Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) joins the AMA Professional Chapters Council (PCC), a group of past presidents from chapters across the United States and Canada. The PCC serves to strengthen the value [...]