The Next Logical Step in Real-Time Marketing: Reactvertising
It all started with an Oreo tweet in the Super Bowl — and it hasn’t moved much beyond that. But real-time marketing is still all...
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Beards and beyond: The visual trends agencies made happen in 2014
Just as diets, hemlines and Kim Kardashian’s hairstyle are subject to popular trends, so too are visuals influenced by culture at-large. Designers and creatives —...
Verizon’s New Content Marketing Tech Website Hits A Snag
The wireless industry is facing a branding conundrum: how to get smartphone-adoring consumers to love their carriers too. Verizon’s latest effort, a broad content marketing...
More retailers turn videos into direct sales channels
Buying products from inside a video is not a new concept — YouTube introduced a click-to-buy feature in January 2009 — but more online retailers...
Twitter Beats Revenue Expectations Again but User Engagement Slows
At Twitter, a pattern is emerging: its ad business is growing at a steady clip, but it can’t get the number of users to grow...
Doing digital on a budget: How 5 shops created great work on the cheap
In digital, you either adapt or you die. Metabolisms are faster, the need for flexibility is unparalleled and great things have to be accomplished on...
How Brands Should React to Gamergate: Don’t
Here is the most crucial thing a marketer needs to know about so-called Gamergate. “You cannot win. This is a lose-lose situation.” That’s according to...
Pinterest Taps Weather Channel’s Eric Hadley to Oversee Agency Relations
As Pinterest prepares to ramp up its advertising business, the social network has hired a top marketer to tighten its ties with brands and agencies....
Agencies outline their biggest challenges (other than clients)
Agencies have plenty of problems on their hands. At the Digiday Agency Summit in Austin, Texas, this week, attendees from agencies across the country were...
Weebly Breaks $5 Million TV Campaign: ‘We Believe’
Weebly, a website creation and hosting company, today is breaking a $5 million national TV campaign called “We Believe,” aimed at entrepreneurs who want to...
It’s Official: Snapchat Says That Ads Are Coming
Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, is officially taking the advertising plunge. In a blog post on Friday, the Los Angeles-based company said it was introducing...
Ad tech accelerator targets agency execs as investors
Venture capitalists have poured billions into the ad tech space, but U.K. ad tech startup accelerator Collider is aiming at a somewhat narrower niche: wealthy ad execs....
Canadian agency creates Buzzfeed quiz for interview process
Buzzfeed quizzes are the best way to find out what type of monster you may attract, and what food you should get jiggy with. But are they...
Yahoo Poaches Washington Post’s Kevin Gentzel to Lead Ad Sales
Yahoo hired Kevin Gentzel as head of advertising sales, according to The Washington Post, where he was chief revenue officer. Mr. Gentzel will report to...
What brands think about when they think about Snapchat ads
Ephemeral messaging app Snapchat is getting ads. Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel told Katie Couric during a live interview at the Vanity Fair New...
Apple Watch Makes Its Fashion Magazine Debut — In China
The Apple Watch will makes its media debut in November, gracing the cover of Vogue China. Liu Wen, a 26-year old supermodel, will sport the...
