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Marketing with user-generated content

November 2007

Marketers who let a thousand flowers bloom risk losing focus.

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How companies are marketing online: A McKinsey Global Survey

September 2007

A survey of marketers from around the world shows where online tools are most important, how they’re being used, and on which ones companies plan to spend more.

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How companies can make the most of user-generated content

August 2007

The success of online participatory media—video-sharing sites and corporate wikis alike—depends on the quality contributions of a small core of enthusiasts.

The Archive

2007
The evolving role of the CMO Premium Content

August 2007

Many chief marketers still have narrowly defined roles that emphasize advertising, brand management, and market research. They will have to spread their wings.

Confronting proliferation ... in online media: An interview with Yahoo!’s senior marketer Premium Content

June 2007

Cammie Dunaway explains how she is preparing for the future by shifting the company’s marketing dollars to vehicles whose returns can be measured and by fostering intellectual curiosity.

How businesses are using Web 2.0: A McKinsey Global Survey

March 2007

By and large, executives are satisfied with their previous investments in Internet technology, and most are investing in trends that promote automation and networking online.

2006
A reality check for online advertising

August 2006

A rising demand for online ad vehicles could surpass supply in the near term.

Profiting from Proliferation

June 2006

An explosion of new customer segments, sales and service channels, media, and brands is challenging marketers to reinvent themselves so they can simultaneously prioritize opportunities in a more sophisticated way and increase the consistency and coordination of their marketing execution.

2004
Marketing to teens online

November 2004

Better information is needed to help media companies understand this fast-changing market.

2002
Marketing in a post-TiVo world Premium Content

December 2002

A changing media landscape is reshaping the way advertisers interact with consumers.

2001
Reversing the digital slide Premium Content

November 2001

The traditional models of the incumbent media companies failed them on-line. Success will require innovative models managed with familiar techniques—such as a focus on efficiency and financial returns.

Building trust on-line Premium Content

October 2001

Marketers can build mutually valuable relationships with customers through a trust-based collaboration process.

What went wrong for on-line media? Premium Content

October 2001

In retrospect, most advertising-based Web sites were doomed from the start.

Simplifying Web segmentation Premium Content

August 2001

Life stage segmentation—long an effective off-line technique—can be a powerful, cheap, and easy-to-use tool for mass-market B2Cs.

Getting prices right on the Web Premium Content

June 2001

Two widely disparate approaches to pricing have dominated the sale of goods and services on the Internet.

2000
Marketing lessons from e-failures Premium Content

November 2000

What marketing knowledge is specific to launching an e-business? Knowing when you can and can't cut corners, knowing what you have to know, and knowing that you don't have to know everything before the launch.

Segmenting the e-market

November 2000

Trying to span all segments with a single offer won’t work. E-marketers should cultivate core-segment customers who buy items of greater than average value.

Virtual pricing Premium Content

November 2000

E-business practitioners accept discouraging assumptions about the nature of pricing on the Internet. Yet the Net could be a pricer’s paradise.

Building digital brands Premium Content

May 2000

On the World Wide Web, the brand is the experience and the experience is the brand.

1997
The real impact of Internet advertising Premium Content

August 1997

Will the Internet have as big an impact on advertising as radio and television did? Most marketing executives say no. Here’s why they are wrong.

Net Gain: Expanding markets through virtual communities Premium Content

February 1997

Virtual communities will fundamentally change how companies develop, price, and promote their products. Marketers that “get it” will encourage community members to communicate with them and each other. The purpose of advertising will shift from building awareness to selling. There will be new levels of loyalty and disloyalty.

1996
Organizing for digital marketing Premium Content

November 1996

The lessons learned by the pioneers who launched initiatives on the Web suggest ways for other marketers to decide how best to organize themselves to reach the digital consumer.

Marketing to the digital consumer Premium Content

May 1996

Many companies are waking up to the potential of the interactive consumer market.

1995
Interactive advertising: When will the revolution come? Premium Content

November 1995

Will interactive media succeed in capturing advertisers’ interest? Research suggests the answer is “not yet.”

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