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Report:Twitter: The Public Forum For Your Brand

How Interactive Marketers Should Tap Twitter For Real Business Results

With Twitter's usage numbers ballooning and its recent announcement of brand pages, interactive marketers are paying attention. Recognizing its potential across the marketing mix, many have already...

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Report:Marketing Via Geosocial Apps: Why And How

Location-Based Social Networking, Though Stagnant Now, Is Poised To Grow

Geosocial applications — also known as location-based social networks — hold potential for interactive marketers: They can help increase in-store visits, your brand's visibility, and...

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Report:The Media That Investors Read, Watch, And Use

How To Reach US Investor Segments

Marketing leaders at financial services firms that serve US investors can benefit from Forrester's investor segmentation. The variables we've chosen are simple, usable, and memorable; the results...

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Report:Topic Overview: Mobile Strategy Starter Kit

Mobile will be the most important digital channel for the foreseeable future. Mobile devices have the potential to eclipse fixed devices attached to the Internet in the foreseeable future. They are...

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Report:Engage Women With Personal And Relevant Social Interactions

Women have the potential to drive a brand's reputation online because, compared with men, they are more connected with each other and like to talk about brands and products, especially in social...

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Report:Understand Communication Channel Needs To Craft Your Customer Service Strategy

Consumers' preferences for customer service channels are rapidly changing. And it's not just the younger generation of consumers — there's disruption and change across all ages and...

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Report:Using Social Media To Create Mass Reach

The 2010 European Peer Influence Analysis Report

While most marketers struggle to generate reach through their social media marketing programs, a handful have unlocked the secret to finding large audiences: Mass Influencers. Our Peer Influence...

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Report:Updated Q1 2012: Use Social Media To Boost Your TV Audience

Social media is changing the way audiences engage with TV. Led by Generation X and Generation Y, audiences are increasingly multitasking on digital devices while watching TV — and sharing what...

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Report:2D Bar Codes: Learn Why There's No Urgency

An Empowered Report: Invest Modestly And Experiment Broadly

Only 1% of US mobile phone owners have used a 2D bar code scanner in the past three months. It would be hard for any product or service company to claim an urgent need to implement 2D bar codes, but...

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Report:eBusiness Professionals In Financial Services: Social Media Is About More Than Just Marketing

eBusiness Has A Key Role In The Understanding And Usage Of Social Media

Forrester recently published an analysis of the social habits of financial service customers along with a scan of current regulations and existing social marketing efforts. Overall, social media...

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Report:Profiling Brand-Loyal And Price-Conscious US Consumers

A Technographics® Data Essentials Document

Brand loyalty and price sensitivity guide consumers' purchasing decisions, but these qualities also create unique audiences that embody distinct social attitudes, technology engagement, and...

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Report:Fight Social Media Stagnation

Build Trust And Advocacy With Targeted Content And Engagement Strategies

It was easy to grow a brand's social media marketing program over the past few years; a flood of new consumers entering social networks and other social venues provided a burgeoning audience. But as...

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Report:How Consumers Find Websites In 2011

And Why Multitouchpoint Campaigns Will Drive Value, Not Just Traffic

As in years past, natural search results, links, and personal emails are the most cited resources for finding websites. But take note: Social media — in particular social networks —...

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Report:Young Hispanics Lead In Mobile Activity But Don't Trust Mobile Ads Very Much

A Technographics® Data Essentials Document

This Data Essentials report highlights the extent to which young Hispanic consumers are outpacing non-Hispanics in their use of mobile phones. Forrester's North American Technographics® Youth...

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Report:Adapting To Media Fragmentation In Europe

The Impact Of Media Fragmentation Patterns On Communication Strategy

Consumers across Europe are embracing new media platforms that change the way they consume content. This year's European Technographics® data shows a continuous growth in the amount of time...

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Report:The New Messaging Mandate

Vision: The Email Marketing Playbook

This report lays out Forrester's vision of email marketing for interactive marketers: Integrate email into a multichannel conversation that includes a number of non-email communication vehicles. Why?...

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Report:Making The Most Of Mobile Search Marketing

How To Decrease Waste And Improve Results From Mobile Search

Search marketers are eager to launch mobile campaigns. But just plunking your online search strategies down in mobile won't address mobile users' needs or take advantage of mobile-specific...

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Report:Mobile Technographics®: Australian Online Shoppers

Choosing The Right Approach For Your Target Consumers

Mobile commerce is growing in Australia at a rapid pace. To shape sensible strategies, Australian eBusiness professionals must understand the behavior of their customers. For example, they should...

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Report:Understand Immediacy, Simplicity, And Context

Processes: The Mobile Marketing Playbook

This report highlights the key principles of mobile experience that interactive marketers must weave into the process of crafting mobile marketing strategies. More people own smartphones than ever...

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Report:Start To Play With Social Gamers

Social Gaming Provides A Ripe Marketing Opportunity

Eighty-four percent of US interactive marketers have no plans to use games in their 2011 marketing strategies, making social gaming a large, untapped opportunity for marketers. Marketers should start...

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Report:2D Bar Codes: Emerging Role In Sales

An Empowered Report: 2D Bar Codes: Learn Why There's No Urgency

2D bar codes have captured the attention of eBusiness professionals in many industries who are looking to bridge the gap between online and offline media. The stakes are high. Those who execute well...

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Report:US Marketers: Stay Ahead Of 2D Bar Code Adoption

Start Piloting Now To Be Prepared To Benefit From Growing Consumer Use

The 2D bar code is a promising mobile marketing tactic: It provides marketers a quick way to bridge the offline-online gap and enhance consumer engagement with their target audience anytime, anywhere...

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Report:Why Marketers Must Integrate TV And Video Strategies

In addition to the variety of media options that the digital age has brought forth, TV is the next medium to get a digital makeover. New access points to the living-room screen and the invasion of...

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Report:Trial NFC To Connect The Real World With Mobile

The Time Is Right To Test Hyperlocal Near Field Communication (NFC)

Near field communication (NFC) allows consumers to use their mobile and custom devices to directly interact with almost any real-world object such as posters, clothes, and shop windows. The allure of...

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Report:Power Your Brand Ecosystem With Social Media

Vision: The Social Marketing Playbook

You already know your audience uses social media; one minute they're planning vacations on Twitter and the next they're toppling governments with the help of Facebook. And because your customers use...

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