Register :: Login
Marcom Marketing Blog
Author: MarcomAdmin
Harry Hallman - Principal & Co-Founder Starting in the early 70’s, Hallman has founded and owned several marketing companies in Atlanta and Philadelphia. In 1995 he created his first Interactive/Internet Marketing company, HIP, Inc. HIP serviced numerous companies in the Atlanta area including TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, Siemens, BellSouth, Honda Power Equipment, Scientific Games, IBM, Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, KMX (Coca Cola), Tiger Beer and many others. Hallman sold HIP, Inc in 2005 and began an interactive consulting service until 2007 when Octane was formed with Brandon Sutton. He has written numerous interactive marketing white papers and is an active member of a number of marketing social networks including Linkedin.com and Marketingprofs.com. Hallman also blogs regularly on smallbizprofs.com.

Facebook Pages Are Not Magazine Ads
By MarcomAdmin on | 
57 Views :: 0 Comments ::

During the month of November of 2007 Facebook started to allow businesses to establish profiles on their network. These business profiles are called pages (no cost) and while they are more restrictive than a personal profile page, they allow companies to establish and communicate with a fan base (Facebook’s name for friends of commercial enterprises).

Given the fact that Facebook now has over 100 Million members this is a windfall for companies who are looking to move into the social networking arena and reduce their advertising expenditures while ...

More...

Book Suggestions for Social Network Marketing
By MarcomAdmin on | 
53 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Groundswell by Forrester researchers Charline Li and Josh Bernoff is full of stories, facts and statistics about how social networking is changing the face of marketing. I suggest you read this book several times. It is also available in audio form.

The second book I suggest is Tribes by Seth Godin&l ...
More...

What Do Politicians Know That Most Companies Don’t?
By MarcomAdmin on | 
129 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Every four years the country goes through a frantic period where candidates vie for the presidency. The political marketing and spin machines go into high speed. Previously little known brands (candidates) are thrust to the forefront, but only one will get the prize. We hope the best is elected, but we know a lot has to do with the marketing of the candidate. That is nothing new. It has happened for centuries.
 
What is new this time, is the fact that both Democrats and Republicans are using social network marketing as a part of their overall marketing strategies. Four years ago, Facebook (established Feb. 2004) was only open to college students and MySpace was only a year old. Certainly, the politicians have adapted to social networks faster than most companies have.
 
The ti ...
More...

AT&T Destroying Valuable Relationships One iPhone at a Time
By MarcomAdmin on | 
273 Views :: 0 Comments ::
The new iPhone is a great product and I have waited until now to buy an iPhone with some features I wanted. Thankfully, I am not the type to stand in line for 5 hours to buy anything, so I didn’t. I did however try to order a phone (to be delivered whenever) but was told that my contract was not up until August 21st so if I wanted one I had to pay $399.00. That is $399 for a $199 phone!
More...

Excuses I have heard explaining why a company will not embrace social media
By MarcomAdmin on | 
324 Views :: 0 Comments ::
“I don't have time to spend on social networks - I have too much to do as it is.”
More...

Seven Things You Should Do About Social Networking
By MarcomAdmin on | 
282 Views :: 0 Comments ::
The other day I was thinking about how many companies are not yet engaged in social network marketing.
More...

New Generation? We haven’t Perfected the Current generation!
By MarcomAdmin on | 
269 Views :: 0 Comments ::
It got me thinking that it is funny people are talking about the next generation of social networks when we haven’t perfected the current generation.
More...

Who do you want to be, Batman or Robin?
By MarcomAdmin on | 
214 Views :: 1 Comments ::
"You know Robin's never gonna get his own show. The spotlight is not for everybody; but if you're willing to go for it, the rewards of stardom are great. I'm talking "M&Ms-in-the-green-room" great. Why settle for playing a bit part?”
More...

MySpace Marketing – A No Brainer
By MarcomAdmin on | 
253 Views :: 0 Comments ::
I simply cannot understand why more companies are not taking advantage of MySpace! If you sell a consumer product or service and even some business-to-business goods, you should be working MySpace for customers.
More...

Should I Be On MySpace? Are You Kidding?
By MarcomAdmin on | 
213 Views :: 0 Comments ::
Why would you not want to take advantage of this opportunity? Two excuses I hear most are that managers have no time to spend on MySpace. Or they don't understand how to take advantage of social networks for marketing. That is no excuse because you can hire professionals that do know. After all, what do you know about running a magazine or newspaper, but you still place ads.
More...

Terms Of Use | Privacy Statement Copyright 2007-2008 Octane Interactve, LLC