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Imagine a day when you had more control over the ads that you see. I’m not talking about better ad targeting technologies that offer you more “relevant” ads based on your previous actions.
I’m talking about the ability to actually select the ads that you watch, and even offer feedback on ads you have seen which [...]
I can still recall all of the words to the Big Mac commercial song. And the Sesame Street theme. And, to the great annoyance of my children, any song written by the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and, yes, even most Duran Duran.Think about it the next time you are [...]
I know, I know. There is more to social media than Facebook. I get it. But really, what is bigger than Facebook? What is more popular than Facebook?
I am growing tired of the commentary that “there is more to social than Facebook.” True. But that’s like saying there is more to search engines than Google. [...]
Coming on the heels of my last posting, I thought the NY Times article on targeted Facebook ads was strangely apropos. Central to the conversation around privacy is the question of what will companies do with my data? In this case, Facebook has found an effective way to turn people off of the promise of [...]
Who woulda thunk it? Facebook has just surpassed Yahoo!  as the 2nd most visited site on the internet behind Google. It certainly validates that social media is huge, and that communication and information surely are the killer apps of the internet.
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But what are the implications of this information? As marketers, we have to [...]
We know all about you, social media. Â You’re the new cool kid on the block. Â Everyone wants to hang out with you. Â Everyone wants to be your friend. Â You’re mysterious and intriguing. Â Not like plain old email over there.
Poor email. Â He used to be the cool kid at one time. Â People used to tie up [...]
I have long held a belief about Facebook and Twitter that I think is potentially bearing some fruit. Most of this comes from observations about how everyday people use the two services, and the nature of the services themselves. And, a recent article I came across on ClickZ seems to be pointing toward some validity [...]
Skittles is getting a lot of chatter regarding its decision to make its web site simply a portal to social media. Â It’s bold, but is it smart?
Excerpt:Â Many marketers are applauding Skittles’s groundbreaking decision to turn its site into little more than a channel to point visitors to buzz and information about the brand on consumer-generated [...]
Some of the comments in the article are really “no -duhs,” but this is a good primer for just thinking through some of the key issues that come up when someone says “we need to do social.”
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An Excerpt: For companies, resistance to social media is futile. Millions of people are creating content for the social [...]
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In a media democracy, which advertising media is most influential?
People are consuming media from all sorts of places, and that is changing the way companies reach out to consumers.
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Mobile coupons, please
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.
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What are the highest ideals in [...]
