If you didn't already know, mothers are very important !

http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Mothers-Key-Holiday-Shopping-Campaigns/1010409

Video Marketing is Increasing

http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Barriers-Tumble-Video-Marketing-Adoption-Grows/1010374

Incremental Improvement

From the Kansas City Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/news-wire/2013/11/06/innovation-elixir-incremental.html

Brands Want to take control of Negative Social Buzz

http://www.socialmediopolis.com/2-general-cat/1839-brands-look-to-take-control-of-negative-social-buzz

Inbound Marketing and Automation

While marketers continue to "push" information to their customers and prospects, we need to do a better job at "listening" and Inbound Marketing.

Take a look at these numbers.  We MUST do better.

http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Automation-Integration-of-Inbound-Marketing-Still-Limited/1010305

A Very Cool Product is being launched by one of our UMKC students

Go here to see it

https://www.facebook.com/CoolerCannon?utm_source=Friends+N+Family&utm_campaign=1c7fd5d38b-Cooler_Cannon_110_2_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c766e2c3cb-1c7fd5d38b-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&gooal=eyJjaWQiOiIxYzdmZDVkMzhiIiwidGFnIjoiQ29vbGVyX0Nhbm5vbl8xMTBfMl8yMDEzIiwidWlkIjoiOWVhODU0ZDE5NWFlZDQ5MDQ3YTgzM2FjNiJ9|YnJvd25nZUB1bWtjLmVkdQ==

Go here to help Kick Start it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1757134841/cooler-cannon-a-remote-controlled-can-tossing-cool?utm_source=Friends+N+Family&utm_campaign=1c7fd5d38b-Cooler_Cannon_110_2_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c766e2c3cb-1c7fd5d38b-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&gooal=eyJjaWQiOiIxYzdmZDVkMzhiIiwidGFnIjoiQ29vbGVyX0Nhbm5vbl8xMTBfMl8yMDEzIiwidWlkIjoiOWVhODU0ZDE5NWFlZDQ5MDQ3YTgzM2FjNiJ9|YnJvd25nZUB1bWtjLmVkdQ==

Brilliant !!

Share a coke campaign in Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X8Bd3-G6IU