Politicos Seek Data Clues for 2016 from Virginia Election
Outside of some local races, it may seem like little is happening on the political campaign landscape. Yet across the country and more so across...
Category: Interactive marketing
Three important marketing lessons from Apple’s latest iPhone adverts
1. Creating sensual intrigue To most, hearing would be without question the second most important sense when it comes to video based advertising. Visually striking...
Only a fifth of companies optimising paid for digital media
Our new Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing, entitled Optimising Paid Media, has found that just 21% of companies are carrying out ‘effective optimisation’ of media buying...
How Yahoo Picked a New Look For An 18-Year-Old Brand
Yahoo has refreshed its 18-year-old logo to match the nearly two-decade-old portal’s ongoing makeover under CEO Marissa Mayer. Capping a thirty-day campaign leading up to...
Meet Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s Entry Into the New ‘Smartwatch’ Fray
The next big thing in consumer tech isn’t a smartphone, but a smartwatch. Or at least that’s the growing hope as growth in smartphones cools....
Time Inc. Tries Drawing on Reader Data To Lure Marketers
Time Inc., bracing for a spin-off from Time Warner early next year, is rolling out an ad product called Time Engage that’s designed to use...
TV Ban Looms For E-Cigarette Marketers
Big Tobacco has made a historic return to the airwaves and pages of consumer magazines with ads for e-cigarettes, but the days of regulation-free marketing...
Vevo Hires Nielsen Digital Exec as First Revenue Chief
Like a lot of internet video companies, Vevo is pressing hard for ad dollars that would otherwise go to TV. That might explain why it’s...
Meet Kevin Weil: Twitter’s Ad Architect and Its Killer App
In an earlier life, Kevin Weil was a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford in theoretical particle physics. Today, as Twitter steams toward a public offering, the...
What does a perfect agile marketing strategy look like?
Culture Responsive marketing is still a relatively nascent area, focusing as it does on social media channels to underpin earned media wins. It requires experimentation,...
What Twitter’s Trendrr Buy Means for Social TV
The big news in social media this week was Twitter’s purchase of Trendrr. This is great for Twitter, which acquires great technology just in time...
The Next Big Ad War: Netflix vs. Hulu vs. Amazon
We’ve had beer wars, cola wars and, for those who remember, the legendary Macy’s versus Gimbels rivalry. Right now cellphone marketers are exchanging blow after...
Yep, That’s Just About Every Tech Commercial Ever [VIDEO]
“When I’m watching a commercial for a new tech device,” says the architect, “I’m looking for an ad that’s fun.” “That’s cool,” says the baker....
9 Examples of Brands Engaging in Social Media Banter
As brands strategize about how best to use social media to talk to consumers, they’re also increasingly talking to each other. The hope — whether...
Foursquare in Talks with Tech Firms for Strategic Investment as Ad Business Improves
Foursquare Labs Inc. is in talks with multiple large technology companies about a potential strategic investment, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The...
Facebook Seeks to Clarify How It Uses Member Data for Ads
Facebook is proposing to clarify how it manages user data for advertisements, as part of an agreement stemming from a settlement of a class-action lawsuit....
