Three steps to mobile marketing mastery
It is no secret that mobile has taken over. In fact, by 2016, research firm Portio predicts that three out of four adults in the...
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How misusing Tumblr might hinder your connection to the teen demographic
Below is a list of five brands using Tumblr well, but first a look into what a popular Tumblr user, Georgia Gore, thinks of more...
So your customers are showrooming? Big deal
Although the media is hailing showrooming as the latest blow to the already struggling high street, it’s been around for years. In the past consumers...
New York Times Weaves Custom Ads Into ‘Snow Fall’-Like ‘The Jockey’
“The Jockey,” The New York Times’ new 10,000-word profile of horse racing legend Russell Baze, will draw comparisons to “Snow Fall” for its immersive web...
Use CRM Data To Build Relevance — And Avoid Message Overload
Media is changing, from the way we consume it to the types of parties creating it. As more CPGs invest in building out “owned” media...
That Cookie-Killing Student? An Ad Agency Just Hired Her
Remember that grad student whose thesis project could destroy digital ad targeting as we know it? She got her degree and just started her first...
Measures of digital marketing ROI are meaningless unless ads are viewable
As things stand, brands are buying thousands of impressions on a cost per thousand basis and blithely accepting the reported click-through rate (CTR) as an...
Web Ads Gone Wild: Publishers Get Desperate
Call it the vicious cycle of online advertising. As the value of standardized Web-ad inventory falls, publishers are offsetting the declines by pasting as many...
Apple’s Charger Take-Back Is a Model for Ongoing Brand Engagement
Apple has asked customers to trade third-party USB power adapters for a nearly half-off discount on its branded accessory. This comes after a Chinese flight...
Fantasy Football Players Are Dream Demographic — If You Can Get Their Attention
In the early ’90s, fantasy football was the equivalent of Dungeons & Dragons — an addictive but not-so-cool hobby you didn’t discuss in public, enjoyed...
Introducing the Annoying-Ads Revenue Model
If you’ve used a free online music service, you know this feeling well: the infuriating moment your Daft Punk playlist is interrupted by an ad...
Yahoo’s Tweaks to 18-Year Old Brand are Underwhelming, Industry Execs Say
Amid an overarching company turnaround under CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo has decided to redesign its 18-year-old logo and devised a 30-day campaign to drum up...
Adtech-enfreude: RadiumOne CEO’s Arrest Brings Out the Haters
The news is shocking. RadiumOne CEO and founder Gurbaksh Chahal was arrested in San Francisco and charged with 47 counts of felony assault against his...
TBWA Creates A Dating Game for Startup Companies
TBWA has creating a dating game–for startups. The Omnicom Group agency has launched a new mobile app, CoCreator, which it’s marketing as a “business speed-dater”...
AOL Said to Be Closing or Finding Partners for 400 Patch Sites
AOL will replace the head of its struggling Patch local-news operation and plans to close or find partners for 400 of the business’s 900 community...
5 Lackluster Brand Instagram Posts
Whether it’s begging for likes on Facebook or spouting bizarre non sequiturs on Twitter, brands are often tone-deaf when it comes to social media. They...
