Ad buyers want to know their ads are indeed seen by target audiences. Publishers want and need advertising money and one could only think that in order to receive it, they would offer relevant statistics. Well, it looks like things aren't as simple as that, as a new report that analyzed actual buys made across 425,000 sites and included display, video, mobile and social network ads shows.
We make no bones about telling our readers about products we find well worth the trouble, or even ones to stay away from, for the matter. For a few weeks I have been testing Vocus' iContact services for an in depth review, and for a number of reasons. Today an infographic from iContact reveals just some of how come you and I should be interested in email marketing systems.
Nearly half of Internet users now post original images to the Web, and photos and videos become some sort of a “social currency” online, as a new report the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows.
Kraft Foods' Oreo 'Daily Twist' campaign celebrating 100 years becomes a success and has everyone talking about cookies. The celebration of the centennial started in March with the "History" print campaign. The already famous online campaign debuted on June 25th with a bold move: a cookie that had a rainbow filling, thus celebrating the Gay Pride Month. Since then, there was the Shark Week Oreo, the Mars Rover Oreo, the Shin-Shin's newborn cub Oreo and even the Elvis dedicated Oreo.
A rather new type of animated gif is taking online advertising by storm. Cinemagraphs, innovative gifs where only a part of the image moves while the rest remains still, replayed over and over as any other type of gif, are ready to bring a new wave of online banners and display campaigns.
These unexpected companies that invest in Pinterest see something beyond the hard sell for a product when using Pinterest. It all boils down to how they use Pinterest for marketing and lead generation.
Android may continue to be the most widespread OS, but Android itself is not a smartphone. And this begs the question: in the real battle of the smartphones, who is going to win this year?
There's no question social media channels carry not only gems, but also some real "thuds" when it comes to value. All those Google employees sharing looped animation on g+, Facebook game requests out the ying and yang, even Pinterest pins nobody needs or wants. Oh, but those are the negatives. What about random stuff that is sometimes funny, but also characteristically insightful. Okay, there is truth in the hilarity of the PR business too.