One key to marketing success is touching your audience in a meaningful way. In order to do that, your message must reach them at the right time and in the right place. The context within which your message is presented is just as important as the message itself. The Internet has been touted as the perfect medium to accomplish this,...
Continue ReadingYet another year has passed, and where has the online marketing industry gone? The truth is, not very far. Sure, there has been talk of ad standardization, legislation to control unsolicited e-mail, and selling online advertising in a manner more consistent with television and other traditional media, but the fact is that little progress was made on any of these fronts....
Continue ReadingE-mail once held the greatest promise of all online marketing vehicles. It can be highly targeted, it enables marketers to engage their customers in a two-way, ongoing dialogue, and users often voluntarily sign up to receive them. In a time that has now past, these attributes led to high click-through and action rates....
Continue ReadingAn Unfortunate Name
The term “viral marketing” has been unfairly vilified in a variety of media outlets over recent months, mostly by people who have only a vague idea what the term means. Perhaps the criticism is based on the negative connotations that the word “viral” conjures up....
Continue ReadingOn September 18, 2002, the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB) released a draft of a national strategy to secure cyberspace. The Bivings Group specializes in online public affairs campaigns and media intelligence and has an evolved expertise in network security and integrity. This piece is intended to bring these two competencies together to form a point of departure for the U.S....
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