Category Archives: Marketing Links

CMO = Chief Modeling Officer

CMO = Chief Modeling Officer

Today Ad Age reported that Best Buy is shifting more advertising dollars to TV this holiday season. The consumer electronics giant wouldn’t give exact figures, but it is increasing its spending by a low double- digit percentage. In 2009, it … Continue reading

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Where Digital Marketing Is Heading in 2010

Where Digital Marketing Is Heading in 2010

At the risk of sounding cliche, welcome to a new decade of marketing. Indeed it is an exciting time to be a marketer. The past decade may prove to be the most pivotal ever in terms of the changes in … Continue reading

Posted in Augmented Reality, Data Driven, Data Portability, Emerging Media, Marketing Links, Mobile, Round Up, Search, Social Media, The Marketing Industry, Trends | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Starting To Like The Bill Gates / Seinfeld Combo…

The TV spots weren’t thrilling me, but this longer piece of content is pretty damn funny! I was beginning to doubt Crispin Porter on the whole Gates/Seinfeld thing until I saw this. Coupled with the Mac-counter image campaign, which includes … Continue reading

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App Store Meet Android Market

App Store Meet Android Market

Marketers and agencies pay attention – the future of mobile is unfolding before our eyes, and it is important to understand the foundational building blocks of how this is all happening and what it means for us… The industry’s been … Continue reading

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It's Not A Magical Parallel Universe, It's Just The Internet (Yes, Social Media Too)

It's Not A Magical Parallel Universe, It's Just The Internet (Yes, Social Media Too)

Thank you to MediaPost for publishing a version of my “Magical Parallel Universe” rant… Did the title of this post pique your interest? Good. This is a hot topic of conversation. Are you a traditional marketer or agency person, or … Continue reading

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Agency Chaos (In case you were living under a rock...or just needed one thrown at you)

Agency Chaos (In case you were living under a rock…or just needed one thrown at you)

As if the fragmentation of media itself wasn’t enough, agencies these days are wrought with such a hyper-evolutionary state of marketing disciplines across the board, it’s often mind boggling. So today I want to revisit one the fundamental reason why … Continue reading

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Square Marketing Pegs and Round Social Media Holes

Square Marketing Pegs and Round Social Media Holes

“We want to do something in MySpace”, “What about Facebook?”, “We need to do a viral campaign”, “What the hell is Twitter anyway?”. These questions are asked by marketers, and answers pondered by agencies industry wide daily. Thankfully “Our CEO … Continue reading

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