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Microsoft Honors Consumers' Touchiness about Email with No Ad Pledge

Microsoft pledges not to scan users' email as a way to tailor advertising, according to Tim O'Brien, Microsoft senior director of platform strategy. Speaking at the SaaSCon 2010 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., this week, O’Brien told the audience that Microsoft has a big responsibility in maintaining users' data as part of the company's cloud-hosted applications such as Hotmail (via Network World  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, April 7th 2010

eBay Launches Rainforest Preservation Marketing Efforts

eBay has launched two green initiatives to position itself as a conservationist in the eyes of consumers. The online marketplace has unveiled a new green shopping hub that will help consumers find millions of green products, and launched its eBay Green Team Challenge that commits the online giant to save up to a quarter of a million acres of rainforest for consumers who reuse,   [...]
Posted: Thursday, March 11th 2010

Top Jan. ‘10 Coupons: Kohl’s, Gap

An online coupon for free shipping at Kohl’s and a printable coupon for 20% off a total purchase at Gap were the most popular coupons for the second straight month in January 2010, according to [pdf] coupon aggregator RetailMeNot, which recently released its coupon data report for the month. (via Market  [...]
Posted: Friday, February 26th 2010

Facebook Sees Profit; On Target for $500M Year

Facebook has overcome doubts about whether it can turn a profit, and has turned cash-positive this year instead of in 2010 - as was previously predicted, the social network's COO Sheryl Sandberg said last week at a Churchill Club interview and event in Palo Alto. The company was on target to bring in $500 million in revenue in 2009, a board member told  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, October 20th 2009

Higher Google Earnings Point to Online Ad Recovery

Google's recent earnings increase is a positive sign for the search-engine giant, whose growth is being led by recovering online search ad activity, and could mean at least some future recovery for a larger chunk of the online ad market in the coming months.  Google reported revenues of $5.94 billion for Q3 2009, an increase of 7% compared with Q3 2008. GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2009 was $1  [...]
Posted: Monday, October 19th 2009

Pharma Steps Back from Sponsored Ads

Pharmaceutical companies are struggling to reconcile online marketing techniques with a stepped-up oversight campaign by the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications (DDMAC), which is specifically targeting such activities. While industry-regulatory give and take on marketing is a long-standing and complicated dance, recent events appear to have caused pharma companies to take a step back from several strategies – at least until they can be s  [...]
Posted: Friday, October 16th 2009

Invisible Ads Haunt Marketers

Marketers are becoming increasingly vulnerable to fraud on the internet – both from targeted attacks launched from fake ads, and more recently, from 'legitimate' publishers looking to eke out extra money from advertisers. In 2007, MarketingVOX was snookered by a fraudulent and malicious trojan-horse campaign, while the most recent victim has been The New York Times, after the venera  [...]
Posted: Friday, October 16th 2009

Print Publishers Step Up Mobile Efforts, Big-Time

More than 70% of US print publishers in a recent survey say that mobile is receiving more attention at their publication this year than last, though only about one-third believe they have a well-developed plan for attacking and conquering the mobile market, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), which conducted the research.   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd 2009

Celeb Product Hawkers Don't Sway LinkedIn Users

Though the media feeds consumers a constant stream of minutiae about celebrities' private lives, and celebs who Tweet seem to have legions of avid followers, a new study of LinkedIn users by AdWeekMedia finds that most US consumers say they are not at all swayed by celebrity endorsements of products,   [...]
Posted: Thursday, August 6th 2009

Eye Tracking Shows SocNets Change Search Rules

Online social networkers spend a significant amount of time looking at paid ads on sites such as Facebook and YouTube and often look at these ads before actual search results, according to a recent social media study conducted by Oneupweb, reports MarketingCharts.   [...]
Posted: Monday, August 3rd 2009

Mobile Junkies Hard to Reach with Other Media

The majority of US mobile users who watch mobile video at least once a week spend more time using their mobile device than they do their computer - and represent a unique audience that may not be reachable with other digital media, according to a study from Transpera, conducted by InsightExpress. The study, which measured consumers' reliance on mobile devices for information, found that 62% of mobil  [...]
Posted: Monday, August 3rd 2009

Indy Agency Doner Takes Amazon Upon Its Shoulders

Web retail giant Amazon.com has chosen Doner to produce fresh marketing for its brand, reports Advertising Age. Doner was founded in 1937 in Southfield, Michigan. It is the largest privately-owned ad agency in the United States. Agencies chosen to assist Doner include WPP's Cole & Weber United, Publicis/Seattle -- owned by Publicis Groupe -- and McKinney, which recently repurchased its liberty from Havas. Amazon is histori  [...]
Posted: Friday, August 29th 2008

IAB President to Defend Role of Internet Advertising in Small Business

This afternoon President Randall Rothenberg of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) will testify at a House Small Business Committee Hearing, regarding how internet advertising affects small business growth. "Small business websites are the Mom & Pop grocery stores of the World Wide Web," he stated. "Just as the local retailer anchors a geographic community, these sites anchor communities of interest that span towns, cities, states, even nations. "They do this with their content -- an  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, June 25th 2008

IAB Releases Definitions for Digital Video In-Stream Ad Metrics

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released its 2008 definitions for Digital Video In-Stream Ad Metrics. The document is organized thus: 1. Linear Video Ad With or Without Companion Ad 2. Linear Video Interactive Ad 3. Non-linear Overlay Ad 4. Non-linear Non-Overlay Ad Download the definitions (pdf) or review   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, June 17th 2008

McDonald's Ad Exec Wins Marketing Excellence Award for Spearheading Company Turnaround

Last night, ad exec Jill McDonald of McDonald's was named the UK's top marketer at the Marketing Society Awards for Excellence, beating Phil Rumbol, the man behind the Cadbury Gorilla campaign. Following her arrival in 2006, McDonald led a brand turnaround in the UK and Northern Europe, reports The Guardian. According to the e  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, June 10th 2008

M&M's Indiana Jones Ad Tops 10 Most-Liked, Most-Recalled TV Spots

M&M's Mint Crisp ad, part of a cross-promotion for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, topped the 10 most-liked new TV ads between April 21 and May 18, according to Nielsen. At second was Tropicana's Pure Valencia, followed by a Nissan Ultima ad. Meanwhile, Sega's Iron Man video game ad topped the 10 most-recalled new TV ads for the same time period, followed by a Pizza Hut spot for its new   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, June 3rd 2008

Halo 3, HBO Voyeur, Whopper Freakout Honored at One Show

The One Club hosted its annual One Show ceremony last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. The ceremony honors outstanding ads and campaigns across radio, TV, online and in theatres. HBO/Voyeur, which included an outdoor installation as well as TV and online efforts, won Gold Pencils for Integrated Branding Campaign, Innovative Use of Marketing and overall Campaign work. HBO Voyeur enabled people to explore  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 8th 2008

American Idol Charity Effort Tests Sponsors' PR Savvy; ExxonMobil Proves a Peach

Direct marketing firm SendTec examined the TV sponsors for Idol Gives Back, an event during which American Idol viewers were admonished to donate to charities. Sponsors included ExxonMobil, Ford, Coca-Cola, AT&T, iTunes, Allstate and the M·A·C AIDS Fund. The study profiles how well ExxonMobil, iTunes, Ford and Coca-Cola maximized their public relations. ExxonMobil  [...]
Posted: Monday, April 14th 2008

Time Warner Raises Verizon's Ire for False Ads About FiOS

Verizon has brought a false advertising suit against Time Warner Cable. The company alleges one of Time Warner's TV ads (falsely) suggest Verizon FiOS requires a satellite dish, and that it lacks phone, broadband and video capabilities, reports ZDNet. To compensate for "immediate and irreparable harm" to the reputation   [...]
Posted: Friday, April 11th 2008

Call for Entries Open for ad:tech 2008 Awards

ad:tech expositions, which orchestrates conferences and exhibitions for the global interactive marketing community, has opened the call for entries for ad:tech's 2008 advertising awards. Entries can be made between now and January 11, 2008. Submissions will be taken for the following categories: Interactive Ads Interactive Campaigns Optimization/Search Strategy Websites Submissions can be made ad the   [...]
Posted: Thursday, November 8th 2007