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Manipulating the Truth?

November 3rd, 2010

I ran across a few articles this week that just rubbed me the wrong way. On the surface, each seemed pretty reasonable. One argued that TV spots are getting shorter because people have shorter attention spans. Another argued that people don’t have an aversion to TV-like pre-roll ads in online content. And a third argued [...]

Lessons from the Outlook Report

May 25th, 2010

I had the good fortune this year to participate in the creation of the Razorfish Outlook Report, and it was a very enlightening experience. In fact, I was asked to take on the article that probably gets the most scrutiny from the outside, and can raise the most controversial of topics. And this year was [...]

We Need to Collect Answers, Not Data

November 29th, 2009

I have posted several times on the power that data brings to digital advertising. It is truly one of the boons and banes of digital – that it is so highly measurable.

And we are drowning in data. The truth is that we are simply collecting more and more all the time – buzz measurement, [...]

Some Suggestions for Publishers and Media Companies

November 18th, 2009

A recent IAB and Bain study announced last week offers publishers a view into why the digital medium is still struggling to be widely considered a branding medium rather than a direct response medium. It is an excellent study, and outlines a few key areas where media companies need to improve.

Rather than trying to recap [...]

Real-Time Data: Zeitgeist or Chaos?

November 10th, 2009

I’m all for following the zeitgeist. In a previous posting, I talked about the power of observing in real-time, or relatively real-time, the topics of interest that products like Twitter can expose.  I also warned of the dangers we can run into when we over-focus on this data.
Recently, Yahoo disclosed that it is teaming [...]

Obsession With the Wrong Metrics Is Killing Your Brand

October 25th, 2009

The promise of digital advertising lies in the fact that we can understand more fully what happens to dollars spent in digital advertising than we can on any other medium through the data we collect.
The problem with digital advertising lies in the fact that we can understand more fully what happens to dollars spent [...]

Other good articles this past week

December 23rd, 2008

Issues of Interest
Have Students Graduated from E-Mail?
Report: Over-the-top driving viewership
Study: Mothers Know Best for Online Shopping
All I Want for Tweetmas

Digital Marketing News
eMarketer’s Predictions for 2009
Online-Video Ads Show Slower Growth .Article
Online Marketers Wooing Minorities More
Comparison Site Visits Down 15 Percent From Last Season
Burger King’s Whopper of a Virginal Search Slip-up

Digital Commerce News
ComScore Sees No Overall [...]

Week of 12.15.08/Top Stories

December 15th, 2008

DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
Physical store are changing because of digital interventions
Mobile applications, connected screens are all changing the physical retail business. More and more, stores are becoming showrooms. How does this change the way we market and sell?

business week

Why most marketing-driven widgets and apps are doomed to fail - they are not ads!
It’s all about utility. [...]

As “measurable” media grows, be careful not to sub-optimize your digital

December 15th, 2008

We have been telling our clients this for years, but measuring your search separately from your display advertising is a mistake if you are trying to drive sales.

Atlas

Article links:
Downturn Likely to Curb Auto Ad Experiments Online
Online Will Continue To Expand Amid ‘09 Global Ad Recession
Display Boosts Search Performance

Musing:
I have posted about this recently (see posting [...]

Google’s ‘Analytics Evangelist’ Explains Why Websites ‘Suck’

May 27th, 2008

Are you a hippo?  Are you making decisions about consumer experiences even though you are “least closest to the customer”?

pitcure: lorla.com
Article excerpt:   Kaushik: Despite Mounds of Data, Marketers Don’t Understand Consumers. Avinash Kaushik thinks one of the reasons why so many websites “suck” today is because of the hippo — as in the “highest paid [...]

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