Marketers need to harness media convergence and integrate to maximize the impact of their various communications, on and offline.

Convergence has been brought about by the arrival of mobile and social media. The combination has empowered customers to access the Internet anywhere and discuss it.

The resulting anytime anywhere access to the Internet breaks the isolation of any one type of media form, including radio ads in the car and newspapers in a local subway.

Convergence creates the need to integrate, the process in which all communications from a company or organization — regardless of form — work together to present a unified brand experience for a customer. Integration yields more leads, creating better ROI for marketers. It includes cross promotion of ideas, themes, and calls to action, including participation in social media.

A recent CMO Council study showed that only 9% of respondents believe their interactive marketing efforts are highly evolved and integrated. This online integration issue doesn’t even consider integrating marketers’ efforts in the traditional  advertising, public relations and direct marketing disciplines. – href="http://geofflivingston.com/2012/12/26/4-reasons-to-integrate-marketing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geofflivingston+%28Geoff+Livingston%27s+Personal+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">4 Reasons to Integrate Marketing Now by Geoff Livingston

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