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Will Real-Time Bidded Inventory Change Media Planning and Buying Forever?

August 3rd, 2010

It’s hard not to see the tidal wave coming. Ad networks, data re-sellers, and remnant inventory aggregators have long been a major part of the online ad market, but it seems recently they are getting much more press, attention, and ad dollars. As more and more media moves to digital, avoiding the tidal wave will [...]

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 [...]

Tapping the Twitter Zeitgeist

July 18th, 2009

For all of the things that Twitter is or is not, one thing that it does better than almost any other (current) service is tap into the Zeitgeist.

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Regular users of Twitter are well aware of this.  Whether it’s the zeitgeist of the people you follow or of the nation, the attractiveness and addictiveness [...]

Online Tracking: Boon or Privacy Invasion?

July 5th, 2009

Ever since I have been involved in digital marketing (since 1999), the topic of online tracking and its implications on consumer privacy have been discussed.  A recent article in the New York Times and another on ClickZ discuss the latest on the topic.
Some feel that tracking is the great promise of digital - allowing advertisers [...]

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 [...]

Three’s Company Or Three’s A Crowd? Google To Launch “Friend Connect” On Monday

May 19th, 2008

All the big social networks agree that having one central profile is of value to customers.  Too bad they can’t agree on who will own that profile.

picture: Google Images
Article excerpt:    Don’t they say good things come in threes? Well, regardless, we’ve heard from multiple sources that Google will launch a new product on Monday called [...]

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