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B2B CEOs Cautious About, But Warming To, Social Media Marketing

B2B Magazine reports that business-to-business (b2b) marketers are increasingly leveraging social media, with the newly ad-friendly LinkedIn ahead by a length. The magazine reveals in its report "B2B Social Media Marketing: A Surge In Adoption" that when b2b marketers were asked to choose the one most important method that they use for their social outreach, LinkedIn was the clear leader at 30%, followed by Facebook   [...]
Posted: Friday, May 25th 2012

Yahoo Rushes To Market With Axis

Yahoo! announced its Axis browser yesterday, and promises a "new experience that re-imagines" the web browsing experience. At first glance, it appears to do that, and the company admits to putting the user experience ahead of ad revenue or the marketer experience.   [...]
Posted: Friday, May 25th 2012

Apple Designer Regrets | Mobile "Crushes" Facebook? | IBM Distrusts Siri

Business Strategies: Apple designer 'winces' over some past product choices Campaigns of Note: LG Electronics USA Debuts 'Only LG' Ad Campaign Customer Experience: Three Myths abou  [...]
Posted: Friday, May 25th 2012

Pandora: Losses Way Up, But So Is Ad Revenue

In a "there’s good news and bad news" themed earnings call on Tuesday, online radio provider Pandora Media reported that its net loss tripled in Q1 2012, but the results and outlook are topping analysts' forecasts, reports BusinessWeek. Bad news: Pandora's loss in the three months through April 30 were $20.2 million ($.12 per share) versus a loss of $9.1 million ($.61 per share) for the same period in 2011. Go  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 24th 2012

Facebook Self Service | Lamborghini Shops PR | iOS/Publishing Non-Fit? | Oracle Goes Social | Yahoo's Axis

Ad Technology: Sense Networks Releases New Predictive Mobile Ad Targeting Services Facebook Premium Ads Get Self-Service Availability  Facebook 'plotting ad-tracking system'  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 24th 2012

Top Global Brands Thrive Despite Economy: #1 Apple Grows 19%

The world's biggest brands have continued to grow in value during the current economic uncertainty, according to WPP company Millward Brown's annual BrandZ "Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands" study. The #1 brand for the second year, Apple, rose 19% in value and is now worth $182.9 billion. IBM grew 15% in value to $  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 23rd 2012

Adap.tv Unveils App Platform To Meld TV, Video Ad Sales

In what it calls a "First-of-its kind offering built for brand advertising," Adap.tv today introduced its new App Center for video advertising, which the compan  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 23rd 2012

WPP’s 24/7 Media and Microsoft Announce "Frictionless" Digital Ad Partnership

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Posted: Wednesday, May 23rd 2012

AOL Patch Wobbles | Brands' Social Currency | Campaign Seeks Torturers | Regulators Target Facebook | Groupon Payout Lawsuit

Agency News: JWT Appoints a Pair of Chief Creative Officers in New York Business Strategies: For AOL, a Costly Gamble On Local News Draws Trouble Taco Bell, BK and Others   [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 23rd 2012

Microsoft Answers Advertisers' Questions About Windows 8

Microsoft has been conducting a press-and-demo tour promoting Windows 8 for agencies and key advertisers over the last few weeks, and it claims positive feedback. A few advertiser questions keep arising, and Microsoft's Rory Otterburn summarized them on Microsoft's blog. Q: What type of ads and formats will Micr  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

Hulu Goes Over-The-Top With Original, Exclusive Summer Slate

Online ad champ Hulu has announced a full slate of new original and exclusive web-based shows that begin premiering on June 4th on Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. The summer slate announcement kicks off with “Spoilers,” a half-hour movie “revue” for movie lovers hosted by filmmaker and podcasting maven Kevin Smith (“Clerks,” “Red Stat  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

Comcast Spotlight Forms Cross-Media Campaign Unit, Comcast Media 360

Cable giant Comcast is going cross-platform with a new business unit. Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast, is launching Comcast Media 360 (CM 360) is a new business unit focused on helping marketers take advantage of rapidly developing cross-platform advertising opportunities. CM 360 will be led by Group Vice President Andrew Ward. Comcast Medi  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

Mullen's "Talent Hub" | NHL Digital Power | POM Deceived | Google Buys Streamer | Facebook Buys Gifter

Agency News: Mullen Opening West Coast 'Talent Hub' Business Strategies: The NHL's Digital Power Play Campaigns of Note: Coca-Cola exec claims   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

Digimarc, House Beautiful Launch First "Pinterest-Enabled" Print Magazine

Digimarc Corporation today announced that House Beautiful, published by Hearst Magazines, is the world's first publication to enable readers to pin images directly from a magazine to their Pinterest boards. House Beautiful is using the new Print-to-Pin solution from Digimarc to enable this capability in the June issue, which is set to hit newsstands to  [...]
Posted: Monday, May 21st 2012

The CW Creates Digital Studio, Announces Fall "Slate"

While the TV networks are feeling threatened by the online video draw, The CW (Home of "Gossip Girl," "Vampire Diaries" and "90210") has chosen to join the bandwagon. The CW has announced the creation of the CW Digital Studio (CWD), which it bills as an "all-new destination for fresh, original content created exclusively for the digital platform." Launching this fall, CWD wi  [...]
Posted: Monday, May 21st 2012

Top News: Nestle Reassigns | Sam's Club Content | GM Drops Super Bowl | China Regulates Android | Yahoo Divests | Facebook Sputters

Agency News: Nestle Reassigns Coffee-Mate, Looks at New Agency for Nesquik Mediabrands Spinoff Network Will Be Called BPN Business Strategies: Sam's Club's Content Marketing   [...]
Posted: Monday, May 21st 2012

IAB Creates "Bar Exam" For Digital Ad Sales

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has established what it calls the first-ever educational standard for digital media sales forces. It believes that the "IAB Digital Media Sales Certification" fills the need for professional benchmarks in digital, on par with the legal world’s Bar Exam and Wall Street’s Series 7. That situation changes with today’s announcemen  [...]
Posted: Friday, May 18th 2012

HubSpot Launches App Version of Marketing Grader Tool

All-in-one marketing software company HubSpot has launched a dashboard web app based on its popular Marketing Grader tool. The idea is to "quickly answers marketer's burning questions at a glance," said the company in a statement. Did growth of inbound links take a nosedive? Does the competition suddenly have a lot more indexed pages? Has the last three months of marketing effort improved effectiveness? Are competitors accruing more Facebook fans faster  [...]
Posted: Friday, May 18th 2012

Top News: WS & Diet Pepsi | Performance Marketing Winners | Kindle Fire Ads | Facebook IPO | Twitter Privacy

Ad Technology: Adometry Leverages Attribution Data in a New Media Modeler Agency News: Weber Shandwick Picks Up Diet Pepsi Branding: For Brand Extensions:   [...]
Posted: Friday, May 18th 2012

Google Predicts 100% Of Campaigns Will Be Integrated, Everywhere

Google is making some bold predictions for what it will deliver ad customers in the coming years, and for online advertising's share of ad and marketing dollars. Neal Mohan, Vice President of Display Advertising, spoke yesterday at the Digital media Summit in New York, hosted by Luma Partners. Mohan updated some predictions he made at last year’s IAB Innovation Days summit, amon  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 17th 2012

"Social Magazine" Flipboard Adds Audio Content, Turns Print Ads Digital

Flipboard, which bills itself as a digital “social magazine,” does not claim to be a leader in journalism. It is not a journal at all, in fact—it culls its content from publications like Vanity Fair and The Guardian. But it is the first to add audio to its digital magazine. And yes, it takes advertising, but only via its publishing partners.  The newest edition of Flipboard (available as an app for iPad, iPho  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 17th 2012

Local Ad Dollars Go Mobile And Online: Who Buys Them, In What Formats?

Local ad spending will experience a compound annual growth of 2.6% through 2016, but online and mobile will lead the way with double-digit growth, compared to TV, radio and print. And technology and retail will lead that growth, with local search leading the formats. That according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View reports, which projects that local ad revenues   [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 17th 2012

Top News: FTC Privacy Scrutiny | Skechers Settles With FTC | Front-Lit Kindle | Facebook: Madison Ave. Skeptical | Pinterest's $100MM Funding

Ad Technology: Microsoft Reminder: Upgrade to Adintelligence v.8 Before the End of May Best Practices: Response: Will We Really Grow Display By Incentivizing Low Bidd  [...]
Posted: Thursday, May 17th 2012

Google Updates/Re-Launches "Our Mobile Planet" Consumer Data Source

Google yesterday, along with the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), announced an update/relaunch of "Our Mobile Planet," the mobile consumer data resource that provides free access to powerful data across 40 countries in 22 languages. "Understanding the mobile consumer is absolutely critical for marketers, and 'Our Mobile Planet puts an invaluable resource in their hands," said Greg Stuart, Global CEO of the MMA. "Users can cr  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 16th 2012

Freemium Creates "Happy To Pay" Customers for Video, Radio, Services

Pandora lets you try it out. So does Audible.com for audiobooks, Norton for security, the New York Times with its 10 articles per month paywall. This is "freemium," aimed at tempting paid subscribers with free content, and it works. A new study conducted by iYogi Insights, the research division of the on-demand remote tech support services provider, reveals that 42% of consumers subscribe to  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 16th 2012