aviation industry

5 reasons why aviation manufacturers need to embrace people-to-people marketing

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The connected customer gathers information from a multitude of online sources before coming to the final purchasing decision.

The connected customer spends more time on social media than with watching television, listening to radio, or reading a newspaper. Cloud-connected smart phones, tablets, and laptops are the predominant tools of the connected customer. They absorb information from many different sources and share their experiences with followers on social networks. Aviation manufacturers that do not shift their marketing tactics are endangering their brand and flirting with obsolescence.

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Aviation Marketing: Finding the sweet spot for social marketing

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Sharing your experience with the aviation community opens the door for creating a brand preference.

Darron Rowse, founder and editor of ProBlogger Tips, published an article showing new bloggers what they should blog about. While reading the article, I realized a parallel to what aviation marketers should be doing with their online advertising and social marketing efforts. Below is my interpretation of the article as it relates to aviation marketers creating content for their social marketing efforts.

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Aviation Marketing: How to engineer a social marketing strategy

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Social marketing is not free – it requires time, money, and resources

Social marketing is an all-encompassing term that covers very specific strategies and tactics designed to engage customers and prospects. When considering the addition of social marketing into the marketing mix, it’s best to review current marketing strategy and determine where social marketing will have the greatest impact.

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Aviation Marketing: How to start a sustainable blog

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77% of B2B marketers integrate blogging into their communication mix 

The aviation industry is rich with valuable content; yet just a few manufacturers and suppliers use social marketing to increase the reach of their marketing programs.

Taking a snapshot of active social marketers in the aviation industry portrays the following:

  • 10% get it and use it
  • 25% claim to understand it and see its value but have yet to implement
  • 65% don’t understand it or where to start

If you fall into the later two categories, perhaps it’s time to do something about it.

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Why content development will drive the future of aviation marketing

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The empowered buyer makes the purchasing decision long before the sales transaction.

Jason Miller, program manager of social media and content at Marketo, posted an article to copyblogger – “Where Marketing is Going… 2013 and Beyond.” Below is my interpretation of his post on how aviation marketers can take advantage of automated marketing platforms to develop content that produces measurable ROI.

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Aviation Marketing: How mobile application development drives people-to-people marketing

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Brands are starting to realize how mobile apps can improve the brand experience.

Enterprise mobile development, the strategy and integration of mobile applications based on devise capabilities and user expectations, is becoming part of brand strategy. Applications that aid us in doing our work are providing a brand experience outside of the workplace environment.

In the aviation industry, airports, airlines and hospitality companies will benefit from understanding the when, where, and how of creating engagement and deployment apps that increase customer loyalty.

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Aviation Marketing: Protecting your social marketing assets

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The increase in blogging is fueling trade name infringements

Recently I received a Notice of Infringement Cease and Desist letter over the blog and newsletter name Altitude Marketing.  This came as a surprise because I’d been publishing the blog and newsletter for over a year. It seems that “Altitude” when combined with “Marketing” violated a trademark registered by another marketing consulting firm.

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