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Advertising via Social Media Channels – Does it Work?

08/11/201308/10/2013 Guest Post

Social networking sites not just provide users the opportunity for users to be constantly connected with their friends and families. Today, social networking sites have become tools of business owners that help them become more profitable. Social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter made advertising affordable even to small business owners, so to speak. Setting up social media accounts can also be of great help in the existing communication channels of the company. Aside from the traditional phones lines that you can acquire from providers like RingCentral, business owners…

Mobile consumers receive free food through new Chili’s social campaign

04/09/201204/09/2012 Julie Campbell

Mobile marketing campaign designed to bring in the crowds. Chili’s Grill & Bar has announced that it is providing mobile consumers with free food when they check-in to participating locations using their mobile devices. The restaurant chain is using popular social networks such as Facebook Places and Foursquare to help to boost this interactive campaign. Diners who use their smartphones to check-in to the various Chili’s locations from now through the end of may will be offered a free appetizer. The fast casual chain of restaurants is currently present in…

Eco friendly SMS for mobile marketers

04/07/201204/06/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

Green advertising The world is starting to come to understand that changes – and large ones – are more important than had previously been assumed in order to help to rescue the world from the environmental damage that has already been caused, or at least slow down the growth of the impact that we continue to have. As an element of this many companies are going paperless in order to reduce the amount of forest that is destroyed and pollution that is caused by the logging, production, and transportation of…

Techniques for marketers to reach consumers using mobile social media

03/26/201203/25/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

With Facebook’s recent announcements regarding the changes it will be making for the mobile platform – for example, making the Timeline format available for brands over mobile – marketers are looking into new ways to get the most out of mobile social media by connecting with consumers. There are two primary strategies that are currently being tossed around, which are: • Reaching the mobile audience through Facebook, itself • Using micro sites to boost the social media marketing as a whole In the first effort, there are three main steps…

Position Marketing Group adds QR codes to its Interactive Secured Advertising Technology banners

03/25/201203/24/2012 Stephen Vagus

The Position Marketing Group (PMG), an interactive and online advertising firm, has announced a new feature for its Interactive Secured Advertising Technology. The company often uses this technology for banners, which are in turn used by businesses for various marketing campaigns. The latest update to the company’s technology will enable businesses to use these banners to promote social media connections. This is accomplished through the use of QR codes. PMG has created its own QR code generator specifically for this new initiative. Social media has become a very popular medium…