25th Annual ACCM Conference
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Reaping the Benefits of Social Media
Track
:
Web & Email Marketing
Program Code:
194
Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Time:
10:45 AM to 12:00 PM
EST
Location:
Gainesville 1
SPEAKER
(S):
Kathy Elkins, Owner, Yarn.com
In 1999 Pinny founded ice.com, where he has taken the reins of marketing and has been responsible for developing strategic alliances with a variety of distinguished Internet companies. Companies such as Yahoo, AOL, MSN, MyPoints, and Modern Bride have all entered into agreements with ice.com. Pinny has also consulted for such distinguished companies as Best Buy, Target and Victoria Secret on cutting edge Internet marketing and merchandising.
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As a seasoned e-commerce executive and catalog consultant, Tom brings hands-on experience, strategic insight and entrepreneurial vision to the challenges facing direct and multi-channel merchants. He is currently principal at Thomas Associates, consultants in catalog, e-commerce and direct marketing. Through 2007 Tom was President & CEO of Motherwear International, Inc. a specialty women’s apparel e-tailer. Previously he was CEO of Old Glory, where he worked with music luminaries such as Steven Tyler and Aerosmith, and general manager for a boating aftermarket cataloger.
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Susan Miller, Director - Online Marketing, CRT Associates Inc.
Description
Using social media to market your company and your products is all the rage but what are you really gaining? Join us for this informative session where you'll find out how to employ different social networking tactics and how to measure the results. We'll discuss how to manage a blog on your site, utilize associated communities, engage with YouTube, create a widget and more. Most importantly you'll learn how to measure the success of these programs. Charts, graphs and ROI calculations will be presented.
You'll learn:
- How to bring your brand to customers who normally wouldn't interact with you
- How social networking opens new sales channels for the
multichannel retailer
- How to develop a budget and follow-up measurement devices for community development programs