Joe’s angle on marketing news you can use.
About a year ago, I wrote a post on mobile that I still think is mostly right. My main argument in the article was that advertisers miss the opportunity on mobile precisely because they think of it as an advertising medium.
That is still correct. I do think that iAd and the coming onslaught [...]
Like evolution, changes come in big pushes, not gradual changes. That’s what it feels like to me over the past few weeks in regards to mobile advertising.
When big changes like this come, things start to feel like they are moving very quickly, and many people’s reactions are to dismiss the changes. Think Twitter and email. [...]
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.
Link to picture
But what are the implications of this information? As marketers, we have to [...]
Look, last week when the iPad came out, I was initially unimpressed. It looked like a big iPod touch and was relatively blah. After reflecting on it for a few days, I believe this device could change forever (or, at least for the next several years) what we expect digital experiences to be and how [...]
For many years, marketers have struggled with what to do with mobile. Â Because mobile phones are so pervasive, so personal, and always with us, they seem like the holy grail of marketing. Â But why has it taken mobile so long to take off?
The latest research from Universal McCann and AOL helps, I think, make it [...]
I have been in several meetings and conversations over the years with seasoned media and advertising veterans (usually those more focused on traditional media than digital) who have a strange attitude toward local advertising. For some reason, local advertising is considered to be the domain of offline advertising – radio stations, newspaper sites, etc. Digital, [...]
DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
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.
thestorytellingshow
Mobile coupons, please
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.
theequitykicker
Â
Social & Marketing - authenticity and attention grabbing
What are the highest ideals in [...]
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.
theequitykicker
Article links:
Cents-Off Coupons and Other Special Deals, via Your Cellphone
Prime Time for Mobile Coupons
Why Won’t Mobile Marketing Learn From Online’s Lessons?
Musing:
Mobile programs in which users can get coupons sent to them based on their location, or based on signing up for a specific [...]
GenerationsOnline/Cyber Monday?/MobileShopping/SocialAndAds
Generational differences in digital: Millenials, GenX, and Boomers
How and what they access is different, but all generations use digital to gather shopping information.
flickr
Do marketers have the wrong Cyber Monday? (And Black Friday is hot online, too, by the way)
Cyber Monday is a created phenomenon. But maybe it’s catching on?
Atlas
Mobile Shopping - changing the [...]
Issues of Interest
2009 to Be Transition Year for TV
Sports Fans Make Great Mobile Targets
Digital Marketing News
Widgets Are Made for Marketing, So Why Aren’t More Advertisers Using Them?
Digital News and Trends
Online Video Viewer Demographics
Retail and Products
What’s Next For Retail In ‘09
Stores become more creative to get shoppers to buy
