In the two decades that have followed many major cities have seen the demise of the dailies replaced by interactive social media and the rise of  mobile apps for Smartphones.

According to Emarketer’s, Noah Elkin ,mobile advertising is on track  to lead the once crowded field of traditional media radio, TV, newspapers, magazines.

“Total mobile advertising spending (which includes ads on cellphones, smart phones like the BlackBerry and tablet devices like the iPad) in 2010, according to projections from eMarketer, will reach $743 million, a 79% increase over 2009.”. “Mobile Advertising and Marketing: Past the Tipping Point.”

Will newspaper ads go into the media vault of yesteryear(think BetaMax tapes, VHS,tapes in general)?

Not at the moment as products and services will continue to appear in Sunday newspapers and  supplements, however as the Nielsen Company observes

“ Nearly all adults in the U.S. now have cellphones, with one in four having smartphones, pocket-sized

devices more powerful than the computers initially used to send men to the moon.”

“The State of Mobile Apps.”

But just as the past is a memory, the future of social and mobile media is now and surviving newspapers must make the switch to digital or face being placed on the endangered species list.

Guest Post By: Joanne Levin a marketing pro in targeted strategy,research and website content. Effective and essential marketing is her focus.

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On April 7^th at the Dynamic Worldwide training center in Tempe, AZ, Arnie Kuenn himself will be conducting a content marketing workshop to help professionals, students, and marketers alike, understand and learn how to create strategic content marketing plans.

Not Just Another Workshop

Unlike any other event, Arnie will provide guests with his uniquely developed, one of a kind process of how to create and market valuable content. Conducted in an exciting, hands on environment, Arnie will gracefully guide participants through the “Chain” of content marketing. The “Chain” consists of 8 critical steps of content marketing from developing exceptional content to implementation to measuring your success.

Each workshop member will receive a workbook filled with exercises, expert resources, and of course, a detailed outline of the step by step process. After a day filled of fun and learning, all students will leave the event with a pocket full of tools to guide them through the process of creating and distributing powerful content not only once, but time and time again.  For your added hard work, each student will be given a FREE copy of Arnie’s up and coming book, as well as five free how to guides on Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, Keyword Research, and Local Search Marketing.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, April 7

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. *Food and Breaks will be included!

Place: The Dynamic Worldwide training center 4500 S. Lakeshore Dr. #695 Phoenix, AZ

If you feel like you understand what good content can do for you, but you don’t know where to go from there, this workshop is for you.

Register by March 1^st to receive 40% off and guarantee yourself a seat!

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Elise is the eMarketing Specialist at Empire Southwest, an authorized Caterpillar heavy construction equipment dealer which also offers top brands of used machinery to clients across the United States and Mexico. She specializes in content strategy, content marketing, search and social technologies and has been on the AZIMA Board of Directors since the very beginning.

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These days, video is an incredibly popular way to promote a brand, drive web traffic, educate an audience on a subject and benefit your SEO.  YouTube has become a phenomenon in and of itself with many of its videos going viral – becoming extremely popular in a very short period of time.  And Forrester Research recently reported that videos are roughly 53 times more likely than traditional web pages to receive an organic first-page ranking on Google.  Clearly, it makes good business sense to capitalize on this hip medium, but how do you know what to do and what to avoid?  These expert recommendations will help you create videos that make a big impact.

Choose the Right Title

The title of your video seems very obvious and basic, but it’s a critical element and should not be taken lightly.  Make your title interesting, engaging and specific so people actually want to watch the video.  For example, if your video teaches viewers how to train a dog to sit, instead of naming it “Dog Training 101,” you’d be better off naming it “How to Teach Your Dog to Sit in Five Minutes or Less.”  Be as enticing and specific as possible.  A video named “Top 3 Secrets to Building Better Websites” is more likely to be clicked on and watched than a video titled “Website Design Fundamentals.”  Your title, in addition to being engaging and motivating, should also contain the keywords that people are likely to be searching.  Come up with a catchy, keyword-rich title for your video and you’ll vastly increase your viewership and success rate.

Make it Creative and Original

These days, people expect videos to be unique, fun, funny, entertaining, exciting, controversial, thought-provoking or somehow outside the box.  No one wants to watch a talking head on a screen drone on about some topic or watch a flat PowerPoint slideshow set to bland music.  Figure out what you want to tell people, and then come up with an original video idea to powerfully deliver your message.  Once you have a basic concept, continue to brainstorm ways to make it even more unique and compelling.  Ask yourself if people will really want to watch a video like this.  Spend time watching successful, extremely popular videos on the internet.  Be sure you devote plenty of time to your video concept and be as creative as possible to ensure the highest level of success.

Tell Viewers What You Want Them to Do

Many videos (and many marketing attempts in general) forget to tell the viewer what to do after they watch the video.  So they watched your 90-second dog-training video on Vimeo, now what do you want them to do?  Share it on Facebook?  Tweet it?  Post a comment?  Call your office for a free quote?  Visit your blog?  Take an online quiz?  Successful online videos always end with a clear and strong call to action that encourages the viewer to continue engaging with the brand.  Your call to action at the end of your video is a tremendous marketing opportunity so be sure to include it.

Video is a fantastic, fast-growing digital medium that can help you increase brand awareness and connect with your target market.  Incorporating these three critical elements will help you get the most out of your online video efforts.

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Elise is the eMarketing Specialist at Empire Southwest, an authorized Caterpillar heavy construction equipment dealer which also offers top brands of used machinery to clients across the United States and Mexico. She specializes in content strategy, content marketing, search and social technologies and has been on the AZIMA Board of Directors since the very beginning.

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All students have received the added benefit of member pricing in the past year, but the association is now providing further student-only discounts. Students will now receive an additional $10 discount on events, allowing them to attend events for only $25. This is a fantastic deal, since events include a light dinner, a beverage, and a full hour of networking as well as a variety of presentations from industry leaders and power-players on key topics at the center of industry growth. In fact, there are still seats available for the AZIMA’s upcoming event on July 13th, Expert Site Reviews where live on-site reviews will be held free of charge and students are welcome to start saving now!

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Chris Bird, VP of Programming for the Association, announced the change of venue to the association’s membership at its recent June event, remarking, “This new venue will allow us to get back to basics and offer our existing and new members an experience they will appreciate without restrictions and with the ability to enjoy the added catering benefits, better access to Wi-Fi, and new spacious ballrooms that the Hilton has offered.”

The upcoming event “Expert Site Evaluations” on Tuesday the 13th of July will be held at the new Hilton event space located at 6333 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 85250 as well as the remaining 2010 AZIMA programs. We hope to see you there, you can register now!

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Beware…internet marketing will bring out the inner-nerd in you, guaranteed. Yes, I said nerd not dork, geek or even techie. I mean full on mega nerd. Didn’t happen to you? Well, it certainly happened to me. There was a day when all I knew regarding internet marketing was that there was a “thing” called SEO. Fast forward to over 2 years in the industry, and I am a full-fledged, self-proclaimed internet marketing nerd who begins a dinner conversation with, “OMG! Guess what I heard on the news today? BP bought as many oil keywords as possible in Google in an attempt to save face!” Who says that this news headline or even the latest Google AdWords update isn’t a date-approved topic of conversation?

What is most interesting to me about internet marketing is that it is unquestionably relevant to everyday life. Whether it is to develop strategies in order to sway the public’s beliefs regarding the oil disaster in the Gulf or which Bravo Real Housewife of NYC is the most popular (cough…Jill Zarin…cough), internet marketing is prevalent in everyday modern life. It doesn’t matter if you are the Internet surfer creating search trends or the link builder taking advantage of these terms to build his or her website’s SEO. We all influence internet marketing whether we accept it or not. Bring me someone who has never “Googled” something. I can’t even begin to name another field that is responsible for creating a new word in the English language that is used by people in every field! Everyone on the planet is affected by Internet marketing. I find this absolutely fascinating. Big news like, “Matt Cutts says that it’s okay to freely link out and share your website’s ‘link juice’ with other sites!” opens my mind to so many more possibilities as they are simply endless. I believe that Internet marketing is easily the most influential field of the decade. While I may be a self-proclaimed Internet marketing nerd, I bet other people go home at night and discuss how Google, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet platforms. affected their lives, too!

Rewind to 10 years ago when I was in school dreaming of being a mystery author or editor-in-chief for a fashion magazine, I would have rather died than think that my future was becoming a self-proclaimed Internet marketing nerd. However, I’ve come to embrace this. Internet marketing is a part of me; and all friends, family and future dates beware…some form of SEO or PPC is guaranteed to be the next topic of conversation.

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NetWORKS is designed to:

• Connect your company with MBA talent to fill current job and internship openings.
• Engage in business-to-business networking and hear briefly from our new Director of Career Management and Associate Dean, W. P. Carey MBA, Beth Walker.

Attendees will primary include first and second year MBA students from the #20 nationally ranked Evening Program seeking full-time opportunities and internships that require a college degree.  The format is relaxed and interactive, allowing time to talk personally with students about your organization.

Our Working Professional MBA students showcase a broad range of industry experience, including: Aerospace & Defense; Financial Services & Banking; Healthcare; Education; Business Services; Computer Hardware; Real Estate/Construction; Manufacturing; Energy and more.

We are pleased to offer NetWORKS at no charge.  Read on for how to register!

NetWORKS: Connecting Companies to MBA Talent

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - The University Club

4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Employer Reception and Introduction to Director of Career Management and

Associate Dean, W. P. Carey MBA, Beth Walker

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

NetWORKing time with first and second year MBA students and alumni

Location and Map:

The University Club, 425 East University Drive, Tempe, 85281

Parking and Map:

Parking is available on the east side of the University Club and is limited to 55 spaces.  Additional parking is located at the ASU Fulton Center parking structure located just north of University Drive on College Avenue.

To keep the focus on personal interactions between you and student participants, you need only bring your business cards and one marketing piece, such as a brochure.  We will provide signage for your table and name badges.

Register for NetWORKS: Connecting Companies to MBA Talent

We hope you will join us Wednesday, June 9.  Thank you for supporting W. P. Carey MBA programs and students.

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Those of you that attended the last AZIMA signature social event at Tempe Mission Palms may remember the lovely gift of deliciously decadent treats that was bestowed upon our presenter as a thank you gift for their generous contribution. We do greatly appreciate the time and hard work that was donated to us by all of our presenters thus far and we are also extremely pleased to have the pleasure to have received a very gracious offer from our friends at Fairytale Brownies to continue to provide these lovely thank you gifts to our presenters on our behalf for the remainder of the entire year.

If you haven’t taken a look of the fantastic array of specialty desert baskets that they offer, it is about time that you did. You can also connect with them on facebook and twitter!

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We, the Arizona Interactive Marketing Association, take great pride in the fact that we are one of the places Arizonans turn to first for interactive marketing education and networking. We are constantly striving to provide our members with leading edge online marketing strategies, tactics, and creative executions.

As our membership has grown in the past year, we have been extremely impressed with the caliber of expertise that resides right here within our association and we have decided to open this blog up to all of you. We would like to put our members right here in the drivers’ seat with us (the Board of Directors of AZIMA) and offer another added benefit for our valued members. We would like to provide yet another place for you to share information with your friends and colleagues in the ever advancing interactive marketing community that is thriving here in Arizona.

As most of you are already aware, guest blogging is a great opportunity to share your industry specific knowledge with a wider audience, helps expand your online presence and brand,  and is also a great way to get a link back to your personal or business website. AZIMA invites you to submit your interesting blog content piece to us for review and possible placement right here on the AZIMA blog. If you are already a member, it’s simply, just e-mail us at admin{at}joinazima.org with what topic are you are skilled at writing on? We’d love to hear from you! If you aren’t yet a member, what are you waiting for? Join today!

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Join us for NEW B2B and B2C case studies and social media integration tracks, unparalleled networking opportunities, and an exclusive “Social Media and Content Marketing Workshop and Breakfast”, brought to you by the Online Marketing Institute and Wharton Interactive Media Initiative. Learn integrated marketing and search engine optimization strategies from leading experts in the field such as Intuit and Elixir Interactive.

**Register by this Sunday May 9th to take advantage of a special AZIMA early-bird discount. Save 30% when you sign up for the full-day OMS Phoenix event.

Register with discount code: AZIMA

DATE: May 20, 2010, 7 am – 5:30 pm

PROGRAM : The Online Marketing Summit (OMS)

Launch of 23-city North American Tour

OVERVIEW: Across the continent, thousands of online marketing professionals will attend the 2010 OMS 23-city tour, the only conference tour solely dedicated to online marketing education – in an environment free from exhibit booths and sales pitches.

Covering the topics of Social Media, Search, Email, Demand Generation, Analytics, Usability and Integrated Marketing, the OMS 2010 Tour offers attendees the opportunity to learn actionable best practices, strategies and tactics from leading authors, academics, brand marketers and online pioneers.

Case studies, personalized one-on-one labs, panel discussions, advanced tactics roundtables, and networking events present OMS attendees with countless options to learn without the distractions of vendor sales people.

LOCATION: Downtown Sheraton,340 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

PRICE: All Day Pass – $369

Social Media & Content Strategy Workshop and Breakfast – $99

* AZIMA Members – Pre-register before May 9 and receive 30% off your full-day OMS admission.

** AZIMA Members – Pre-register between May 10 – May 20 and receive 20% off your full-day OMS admission.

REGISTER NOW!

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