There’s been quite a bit of buzz lately about Vine and Instagram. Video sharing applications like these are revolutionizing the way we share videos socially, giving users the ability to create and share engaging, high quality videos with their mobile devices. Harnessing the power of mobile is what makes Vine and Instagram so successful – […]
With the booming growth in social media, broadcasters are targeting audiences that are increasingly interactive and mobile. Netflix and Hulu have experienced tremendous growth through their ability to stream television shows and movies to viewers on the go. Breakout television programs from channels including the CW, ABC Family and the Discovery Channel have also had […]
One of the key aspects of initial Web planning involves thinking about how various Web browsers can either enhance, or detract, from an intended user experience. Modern browsers inherently have up-to-date capabilities and embrace emerging Web developments, while older browsers like Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) present confounding restrictions and a less rewarding involvement with your […]
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This past February, I turned on the television to see a cruise line commercial showcasing several of the liner’s new features. All in all, the ad was fine – except for one thing: I could only think about the ship drifting through the Gulf of Mexico without running water and little food. The Carnival Triumph […]
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Today, the most creative minds in advertising aren’t necessarily inventing snappy slogans or striking imagery. The new rock stars of advertising are in the media department – using digital technology to reach individual customers with highly-targeted messages. They’re taking full advantage of Big Data and the ability to capture and interpret customer behaviors like never […]
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Mashable recently released an article about the importance of “dayparting” your mobile media buy. It provides some keen insights on leveraging mobile to reach your audience, which is critical not only to mobile, but to any advertising channel. That made us take a step back and think… so many marketers are getting distracted by the […]
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Everyone can agree that the past several years have been extremely difficult. Recently, I’ve been reflecting on something that can take a significant hit during a tough economy: passion. After all, when an economy gets lean, you can find yourself handling new responsibilities, doing less or – in some cases – doing twice as much, […]
YouTube is the second-largest search engine in the world with 1 billion unique monthly visitors, viewing 6 billion hours of video every month. Every minute of the day, there are 100 additional hours of fresh content being uploaded. And the biggest takeaway from this little peek into YouTube? It attracts nearly half of all internet […]
In today’s marketing world of confined budgets, the costly option of consumer ethnography research may seem a luxury of more prosperous times. However, Ramey has recently conducted two projects in which ethnography provided invaluable insights that averted costly missteps and perhaps disastrous results. Arguably, the “costly” ethnography investment could actually generate a return on investment […]
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After bingeing on NBC’s fall show, The Blacklist, it occurred to me there are very real similarities between the way marketers and criminal detectives work. The show’s heroine, Liz Keen (who, btw, is most likely the secret daughter of James Spader’s character Red Reddington), responsibility as an FBI profiler is to create a criminal’s backstory […]
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