Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Bach and Integrated Marketing Campaigns

I'm a huge fan of J.S. Bach. Probably because his music is full of ADHD-laced 16th notes which was common for the Baroque period of classical music. 16th notes are fast and allow for integration and scaling of other musical instruments. Bach's style was also notable for the way he built his musical compositions on a common theme. He would start out with one instrument and then add additional instruments building on the common theme. In the end, he would have a beautiful, flowing masterpiece. Just listen to the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, 3rd movement (allegro). It builds and builds...

What does this have to do with integrated, on-demand marketing? Think about it. With a true, integrated marketing campaign, you start with a medium and specific theme (just like Bach); be it a design, message or whatever. You then add additional marketing mediums (instruments) to compliment the original medium without losing the theme. By the end of the multi-touch, marketing campaign, you will have created a beautiful, flowing masterpiece and hopefully a positive ROI for your efforts.

In the words of Corporal Walter O'Reilly of M*A*S*H fame, "Aaahhhhh, Bach"!

Monday, January 11, 2010

YouMail - Integrating your mobile phone, voicemail, email and SMS

I recently signed up for a free service called YouMail.

YouMail provides a robust replacement for your mobile carriers voicemail system. Some of the features include Visual Voicemail, Voice-To-Text, Personal Greetings (they've got a whole library of these), Voicemail Sharing, Unwanted Caller Blocking and Voicemail By Email. It took around 15 minutes to set everything up and provides much more of a visual experience then my mobile carrier's voicemail system. Best of all it's free!

Another great example of integrating conventional and online marketing technology... ON-DEMAND!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

YouTube Direct - On-Demand Reporting for the Rest of Us

So YouTube is now offering the rest of us an opportunity to shoot video news footage and upload it to our favorite news channel's web site. The news channel gets to approve it first, of course. What a fantastic way to get grassroots video footage of breaking stories onto the Internet and airwaves. Check out the YouTube Direct video of their service offering: