Posted on December 14, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Blogging, Content Marketing, Social Media
Looking to get started in ‘thought leadership’? Content marketing can play a key role… Content marketing is a relatively new type of marketing that provides free media-type content to customers in exchange for their attention. Unlike traditional advertising which interrupts customers to get noticed, content marketing provides content that customers want in exchange for permission [...]
Posted on July 29, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Facebook, Social Media
Image via CrunchBase There’s a lot of confusion around Facebook pages, but I doubt this will clear things up… “Facebook is changing some terminology around how people become fans of its Pages product, a move that could be somewhat confusing but has apparently worked well in the company’s tests. “People will soon connect with your [...]
Posted on July 14, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Social Media, Technology
The smart money is backing social media… Money spent on social media-related advertising is already expected to grow significantly this year, and now we also know that the medium is considered the top priority in the digital space according to a survey of senior marketers. The research, published today in eMarketer, shows that 45.4% of [...]
Posted on June 10, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Social Media, Technology, Tools
I had a great connect with an old friend who is a real estate rockstar in Barrington, IL. She’s not willing to accept anything less than being the dominant player in her industry and she’s looking at social media as a way to help her accomplish her objectives. Couldn’t help but think of her when [...]
Posted on April 14, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Social Media, Thoughts
via marketingsavant.com I came across a mention of this today and thought it appropriate to share. This is dated advice. Dated from 1885 to be more specific! Thomas Smith, a London Businessman, wrote a guide called Successful Advertising in 1885. The sayings he used are still being used today and form the foundation for the [...]
Posted on April 10, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Social Media
Social media has it’s own “while you were sleeping” today… “Although all is said and done when it comes to football this season, such is not the case for the Super Bowl advertisers. We’re now entering the entertaining aftermath of the Super Bowl ad showdown, and thanks to social media tracking services like Alterian and [...]
Posted on February 17, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Featured, Social Media, Technology
It’s a well known secret in real estate that the three most important aspects of a property are ‘location, location, location’. In social media, there’s a similar mantra. It’s called ‘share, share, share’… “If you step back and take a look how information moves in Social Media, it’s quite different than “Traditional Media.” Back in [...]
Posted on January 2, 2011
by Todd Lohenry
in Just in case, Trends
Image via Wikipedia The trends that were remaking the industry before 2008 appear to be picking up where they left off. That means this year is likely to bring rapid growth for spending on ads in new media, resumed growth for spending on television advertising and struggles for print media, particularly newspapers. According to data [...]