by Eydie Cubarrubia | Jun 29, 2009 | Digital Marketing Blog, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Technology
Before I started writing about messaging technology, I wasn’t sure what the phrase “short code” meant–even though I’d used them all the time as a consumer. So how can someone new to the space, even if (s)he is a seasoned vet of marketing,...
by Eydie Cubarrubia | Jun 22, 2009 | Digital Marketing Blog, General, Mobile Technology
June is the start of Hurricane Season, and that means public safety officials have already begun preparing for the intense ocean-incubated storms. As the first tropical storm in the Americas for 2009 brewed last week, I got to thinking about how public safety...
by Eydie Cubarrubia | Jun 15, 2009 | Digital Marketing Blog, Email Marketing Tips, Mobile Marketing, Multi-Channel Marketing
It’s taken a singing competition to underscore the importance of measurable ROI. Last month I pointed out how mobile marketing really boosted the success of American Idol (whose parent company, FremantleMedia, is a mobileStorm client), much more so than...
by Eydie Cubarrubia | Jun 1, 2009 | Advanced Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Best Practices, Digital Marketing Blog, Email Marketing News, Email Marketing Tips, Multi-Channel Marketing, Video Marketing
Last week, I explained that videos and email marketing messages go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Click-through rates for marketing emails increase two or three times with the inclusion of video! This is in part because increasingly larger numbers of...
by Eydie Cubarrubia | May 28, 2009 | Advanced Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Best Practices, Digital Marketing Blog, Email Marketing News, Email Marketing Tips, Multi-Channel Marketing, Video Marketing
mobileStorm’s six messaging types for marketers are all conducive to our stance that multi-channel campaigns are best. We’ve also long suggested that marketers be multi-channel within a single message–for example, by including video in an email...