#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: Product Recommendations

Posted by: Gina Mueller
Thursday, May 10, 2012

The ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat this Thursday and every Thursday from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

We're excited to host Rachel Modiano, Director of Marketingt for iGoDigital, the leading provider of personalization services that guide...

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eBook: Email + Facebook: Better Together

Posted by: Susan Marshall
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

On the heals of our Facebook Marketing Guide announcement last month, we wanted to give as much help as possible jumpstarting your Email + Facebook marketing efforts. We worked with renowned social media expert Jay Baer to create a free eBook for you called: Email + Facebook: Better Together: Transform your email marketing know-how into Facebook marketing success.

 

We’ve packaged up the latest eBook and recorded webinar to show you how Facebook and email are more alike than different. In this toolkit you will receive: 

 

  1. Email + Facebook: Better Together Recorded Webinar
  2. Facebook Marketing:...
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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Email Marketing Testing and Optimization

Posted by: Kristen Neal
Thursday, May 3, 2012

 

Each Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was  Joanna Milliken, Director Product Management for ExactTarget Email.  Joanna was one of ExactTarget's first employees and has contributed to building the organization and has served many roles throughout her tenure. She is passionate about email marketing and working with clients.  In the chat...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Email List Growth

Posted by: Gina Mueller
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Each Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was  Rob Massa, Vice President of Sales & Partnerships at Opt Intelligence.  Rob manages the company's growing direct sales teams and is responsible for all revenue in the direct sales division.  In the chat we discussed challenges and sercrets to success with email list growth. Here's a summary of...
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What is marketing automation and why is it important?

Posted by: David Held
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Marketing automation is term that is gaining momentum whether you are a B2B or a B2C marketer.  But what does it mean and what impact will have on your email and cross-channel marketing efforts? 

Marketing Automation is using a technology platform that enables you to build content assets such as landing pages, emails, Facebook tabs, web events, etc. and deliver them to a prospect and/or customer at a time when it is most relevant to them in their buying cycle. This "right time" is based on knowing your potential customer by capturing demographic information, capturing their interactions with...
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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Commonly Overlooked Email Marketing Tips

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Jody FreshwaterEach Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

During a recent #NexusCafe chat, we focused on email marketing tips that are often overlooked or missed. Our guest for the chat was Jody Freshwater, account director at MarketNet. Jody has spent many years working with ExactTarget for her client's interactive marketing campaigns. She has also volunteered help lead our 3sixty Live Dallas...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: Maximizing the Impact of Your Facebook Brand Timeline

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

NexusCafe

The ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat this Thursday  and every Thursday from 11am-12pm ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

Our guest for the #NexusCafe chat this week is Nate Riggs, director Social Business at The Karcher Group, a digital marketing agency that bought...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Brand Presence on Pinterest

Posted by: Gina Mueller
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Each Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.
 
Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was Charles Nicholls, Founder and Chief strategy officer at shopping cart recovery company SeeWhy.  Charles is an expert in ecommerce, web analytics, social media marketing and online buyer behavior.  We discussed Pinterest for Marketers and Charles’s recent Mashable article, 8 Strategies for Launching...
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New Concepts in Facebook Marketing

Posted by: Susan Marshall
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

What is the difference between a Tab and a Fan Page? How is the Social Graph different from Open Graph? Marketers ask us these questions all the time and with help from folks at Facebook, we put together a Glossary to help you master the newest Facebook marketing concepts. We hope you find it useful!

Glossary

Actions and Action Response “AR”
There are a variety of actions within Facebook Ads or Pages including when a user clicks “Like”, “RSVP” or selects a custom action. Another way to think of actions is to think of the traditional “Call-to-Action” like click, call or download. AR stands for...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Meeting the Demands of a Hyper-Connected Consumer

Posted by: Gina Mueller
Thursday, March 29, 2012

hyper connected

Each Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join theExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was Elizabeth Music Industry Marketing Manager, Retail here at ExactTarget.  Elizabeth has over 7 years of experience in the retail industry with a passion for helping retailers improve their digital marketing programs. We discussed how to meet the demands of a hyper-connected consumer. Here's a summary...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Taking Control of Your PPC Strategy in 2012

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Friday, March 23, 2012

Each Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was Jeremy Mayes, account executive at PPC Associates. Jeremy has over 15 years of direct marketing experience with a passion for search engine marketing. We discussed fundamentals and insights for maximizing your pay-per-click campaigns. Here's a summary of our discussion:

@ETNexus Q1: What are some...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Leveraging Marketing Automation for Engagement

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Each Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

Our guest for a recent #NexusCafe chat was Brian Shelton, eCommerce & Special Projects Manager at Gilchrist & Soames. Brian just completed a major website project at his company so content automation was top of mind. Brian is involved in the 3sixty Live Indianapolis user community and is a regular contributor to the weekly #NexusCafe chat.

He...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Data is King with Interactive Marketing

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Friday, March 2, 2012

Each Thursday at 11am EDT, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

During a recent #NexusCafe chat, we discussed the importance of data in powering interactive marketing. Marketers are under pressure from tight timelines, working across teams to execute campaigns. And marketers need accurate, accessible data to segment relevant, engaging messages to subscribers. During our chat, we explored the importance...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: ExactTarget + eCommerce

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

eCommerce Marketing The ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat tomorrow and every Thursday from 11am-12pm ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

For our upcoming #NexusCafe chat this week, our featured guests will be the folks from Crown Partners. The team will join us to talk about how to...

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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: Commonly Overlooked Email Marketing Tips

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Nexus CafeThe ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat tomorrow and every Thursday from 11am-12pm ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

This week our #NexusCafe chat will focus on email marketing tips that are often overlooked. Our guest for the chat is Jody Freshwater, account director...

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SocialEngage – Updates & Answers

Posted by: Margaret Francis
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thanks for the interest and excitement around the launch of SocialEngage.  Hundreds of CoTweet users have already signed up for the free trial and are up and running.  As we get closer to the Feb. 15 sunset date of the free edition of CoTweet, I wanted to answer some of the four most commonly asked questions that have come up about the differences between CoTweet and SocialEngage.  Here’s a quick recap:
 
What happened to CoTweet?
SocialEngage is the Enterprise Edition of CoTweet with a bunch of new features. We are sunsetting the free edition of CoTweet.
 
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#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Recap: Mobile Marketing Campaign Trends

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Friday, February 10, 2012
Melinda KruegerEach Thursday at 11am Eastern, marketers from around the world join the ExactTarget Nexus partner ecosystem on Twitter for a conversation about trends and campaign ideas across the interactive marketing industry.  We call the virtual coffee chat the Nexus Café.

A recent #NexusCafe chat explored mobile marketing campaigns trends and technology. We featured two guests from ExactTarget team who love everything mobile. R.J. Talyor, senior director of mobile products, has worked at ExactTarget for more than 7 years and is focused on mobile campaign offerings. Melinda Krueger, senior marketing...Read More »

#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: Protecting Your Digital Reputation

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Thursday, February 9, 2012
nexuscafeThe ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat tomorrow and every Thursday from 11am-12pm ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

Our guest for this week's #NexusCafe chat is Stephanie DeWitt, Database Marketing Strategist at EmbanetCompass. Having spent many years in interactive...Read More »

#NexusCafe Twitter Chat Preview: Taking Control of Your PPC Strategy in 2012

Posted by: Amanda Berkey
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Thecoffee mug ExactTarget Nexus team invites you to participate in our #NexusCafe Twitter chat tomorrow and every Thursday from 11am-12pm ET, where we discuss emerging topics and trends from across the interactive marketing world. The virtual coffee chat is hosted directly on Twitter, hosted by @ETNexus. Follow the #NexusCafe hashtag and be sure and add the hashtag to your tweet to participate. The person with the best tweets wins a Starbucks gift card!

Our guest for this week's #NexusCafe chat is Jeremy Mayes, account executive at PPC Associates. Jeremy has over 15 years of direct marketing experience...Read More »

Mobile Email and the Modern "Workday"

Posted by: RJ Talyor
Monday, January 30, 2012
Phone EmailRecent legislation passed in Brazil could result in employers being required to pay overtime to employees checking email or taking phone calls after work hours. This law seems to follow some global employers' efforts to limit the time spent on email while not at work--going to such extremes as shutting off email servers during non-work hours. You can read more of the original Mobiledia article that reported this data here.

Since much of the non-work email checking takes place on smartphones, this news feels like a potentail speedbump in the global acceleration path of mobile email--with many...Read More »