[an uber.la quickie]
How many eBooks do you download these days? They are being offered with greater frequency and greater promises. I just took a peek at this one from LinkedIn. (LinkedIn is getting into the business because they want to sign you up for a premium LinkedIn membership. Remember, Microsoft owns LinkedIn now. Don’t forget that.)
Let me see if I can spare you the time and hassle of downloading the PDF. Here’s the takeaway in less than 2-minutes. Here was the post and the promise from LinkedIn. (Oh, and my snarky comment and spoiler picture.)
So much of this fluff is just lead gen puffery. There’s nothing in this PDF you can download.
That’s it, that’s the entire takeaway from the downloadable Critical Trends for CMOs. I will outline the principles for you here in 30-seconds.
- Measurement – yes, measure your results
- Account-based marketing – yes, know your audience, market to them based on their needs
- Influencer marketing – yes, influencers are more trusted than advertisements
- Native advertising – yes, disguising advertisements as new sometimes fool more people into believing your ad
- Video – yes, people like watching SHORT videos (as in 30-seconds to 2-minutes, beyond that, they’re gone)
There you go, the entire takeaway in 2 minutes, courtesy of Uber.la. I just hate these things that promise so much and deliver bullet points rather than wisdom. Well, they deliver for the advertiser, in this case, LinkedIn. They deliver your email address and interest in LinkedIn’s premium subscription services.
Be careful out there, and practice safehex.
John McElhenney – let’s connect online
@jmacofearth & Google+ & Facebook & LinkedIn
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