{"id":32839,"date":"2010-04-26T18:34:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T17:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=32839"},"modified":"2010-04-26T18:34:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T17:34:58","slug":"corporate-executives-prefer-clicks-over-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/corporate-executives-prefer-clicks-over-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Executives Prefer Clicks over Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32845 lazyload\" title=\"boardroom\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/boardroom.jpg\" alt=\"boardroom\" width=\"230\" height=\"152\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/boardroom.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/boardroom-150x99.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" 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finance and marketing.<\/p>\n<p>The survey reveals executives&#8217; top objectives for digital marketing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>84% want to reach a target audience.<\/li>\n<li>74% want to generate high quality leads.<\/li>\n<li>63% want to convert leads into sales.<\/li>\n<li>60% want to measure and understand their audiences.<\/li>\n<li>57% want to digitally interact with consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The power of social media marketing comes from the long-term, relationship and brand building opportunities that it presents.\u00a0 Unfortunately, just over half of corporate executives surveyed cited interacting with consumers as an objective for their own digital marketing plans, which doesn&#8217;t bode well for social media marketing success.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all.\u00a0 When the same executives were asked to identify the digital channels that performed the strongest for their companies in 2009, the results revealed the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>39% email<\/li>\n<li>24% search<\/li>\n<li>9% affiliate marketing<\/li>\n<li>5% social media<\/li>\n<li>1% mobile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearly, the surveyed executives haven&#8217;t made the necessary shift in thinking that will help them understand how to measure social media marketing performance.\u00a0 By measuring return on opportunity in terms of soft metrics such as long-term brand building and relationship building as opposed to only evaluating hard metrics, these companies are missing out on huge opportunities for long-term sustainable growth based on trust, brand advocacy, and word-of-mouth marketing that come from active participation in social media marketing activities.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s face it.\u00a0 Most large companies are a long way from being able to truly leverage the power of social media marketing for a myriad of reasons.\u00a0 However, it&#8217;s very obvious from these survey results that the necessary shift won&#8217;t be made anytime soon &#8212; not until corporate executives 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