I had the pleasure of presenting at Chris Brogan and Justin Levy's Inbound Marketing Summit San Francisco and Dallas. The focus of the presentation is on how marketing got broken, how marketers can fix marketing and a few key results from some of our clients like Sony and Atkins.
Attention marketers… your audience isn’t deaf. They just aren’t listening to you anymore. You know why? They’re tired of you yelling at them. Oh, and that blog you had your intern put up on your site last summer? Crickets. Want to know how to get your customers to have a conversation with you? Start by talking with them.Five ways you can start a conversation with your customers.Sony and Atkins that are actually making money as a result of these conversations.
Increasing consumer loyalty and advocacy: The [social marketing] program has a 90% user satisfaction rating, and 78% of users report that they are more likely to purchase a Sony product as a result of Backstage 101. Sony’s NPS (Net Promoter Score) for 2008 came in at 44%, with 59% of users classified as “promoters” who are likely to recommend Sony electronics to a family member, friend, or coworker.