Will Social Rule the Marketing World?
No. It won’t.
The truth? Online media — all forms of it — increasingly rules the world, but social is just a piece of that converged puzzle.
When you look at the numbers direct marketing rules the world, at least from an overall marketing spend perspective (see above chart from the Marketing in the Round infographic), money is being invested in direct tactics like email marketing, direct mail, search, and more first. That’s because the direct marketing approach yields the most ROI at a 10:1 ratio, according to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).
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