Posts Tagged ‘intelligence’

Unilever, Publicis and the Pour Tout Vous Dire CRM sale

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

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One of the more interesting pieces of news I read in the last week was that the Paris-based holding company Publicis Groupe said it has acquired Pour Tout Vous Dire, the French customer relationship management program of a key client, Unilever. While the exact figures have not been disclosed Publicis has obviously seen this as buying a solid media entity that you can build upon. In its original form the CRM program was a direct to consumer magazine that has since morphed into a lifestyle portal online with over 5 million subscribers. (more…)

2009 the Year of Influence

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

To quote Ross Dawson – (Trends in living networks) the social media , online and media industries are beginning to talk about 2009 as the year influence  Companies worldwide are rapidly shifting their marketing resources to tap the power of influence in the burgeoning world where the consumer has taken control.

In general terms there are a number of primary reasons for the increasing importance of influence:

* The democratization of media, which gives everyone a channel to propagate theirs or others’ opinions.

* Peer trust, which places far greater faith in individuals than corporate advertising and marketing.

* The ongoing fragmentation of mass media, which takes away the power of traditional marketing channels.

* The aggregation of social media, which gives a far stronger voice to the many individual conversations.

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