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Federated Media unveils Conversational Marketing Toolbox

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Federated Media Publishing (FM) has unveiled the beta version of its Conversational Marketing (CM) Toolbox. The CM toolbox is the industry’s first open conversational marketing measurement platform for tracking and analyzing conversational marketing campaigns. The beta version is available exclusively for select FM customers including American Express, Asus, Best Buy, Dell, Intel and Symantec with wider availability beginning in the first quarter of 2009. Industry leading partners participating in the beta program include AideRSS, BuzzLogic, comScore, DoubleClick, Google Analytics, Meebo, Nuconomy, Pheedo, PointRoll, Twitter and Yahoo!

The toolbox offers marketers a real-time view of campaign delivery and performance based on a customized set of data points. The beta program and ongoing development of the toolbox is a collaborative effort among leading brand marketers, agencies and data providers who will offer feedback based on real-world campaign testing. These insights will facilitate the continuing refinement of the platform for industry-wide use.

FM has developed a detailed methodology for measuring campaign success by organizing campaign data into Engagement, Amplification and Equity categories. Organized in this way, the CM Toolbox helps brands and agencies understand the effectiveness of their conversational marketing activities with a customized, dynamic portal through which marketers can view all potential marketing metrics and data points.

Originally posted on October 15, 2008 @ 6:34 am

Federated Media overhauls self-service ad platform

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Federated Media Publishing (FM) has launched an overhauled self-service ad platform for small and medium sized business marketers. The new platform allows marketers to access FM’s premium content and offers total flexibility and control over advertising efforts. The platform’s new features give marketers complete control over their ad buy and help make the most efficient use of their advertising budgets.

“With the new functionality available in the self-service ad platform, marketers with smaller budgets have the same access to our sites that Fortune 500 brand advertisers enjoy,” said John Battelle, founder, chairman and CEO of Federated Media. “Conversational media is where consumers congregate, form opinions and make purchasing decisions. It’s not just major brands that need to be here; it’s everybody.”

FM has also unveiled the Online Marketing Idea Exchange, an online community where advertisers, developers, and the wider marketing community can get or contribute advice, solicit or offer professional help, or simply share ideas on how small to mid-sized businesses can more effectively engage customers online.

Originally posted on October 8, 2008 @ 4:27 pm