ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — In a world where technology is obsolete almost the moment it hits the shelves, as consumers we [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — There’s a good bit of discussion floating around the agency world about the “new breed of creative” [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — “RSS advertising done right:” that’s how Pheedo introduces its services. Pheedo also says it “connects with affluent [...] More...
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Sweepstakes and contests that generate leads are certainly nothing new in online marketing. Ironically it’s not so common as a means of generating leads from online marketers and media buyers. GlobalSpec, established as a vertical search engine for many years, faces the challenge like many publishers of matching specific advertisers [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — If you work in the online marketing industry, or anywhere in the digital media environment, you’ve undoubtedly been exposed to the inner workings of technology departments as well as your very own marketing department. In the old days, the dynamic between the groups was push-pull or pull-push. [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — I’ve heard many marketers say that it’s impossible to effectively target using the Internet, much less diagnose why visitors are not exhibiting a desired response. Visitors are coming from search engines, from links and more links that are in ads, newsletters, e-mail campaigns, various forms of social [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – Face it: consumers may have more control over marketing campaigns than you do. With the rise of social media and social networking over the past few years, a major shift has occurred in online marketing. Consumers have jumped into the driver’s seat, and Web 2.0 tools have [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — As someone who remembers disco (albeit as an elementary school student), sometimes I have to wonder about the intrinsic value of social networks. I don’t feel the need to get “poked” or to have people write things on my “wall,” nor am I interested in having people [...] More...
ADOTAS – It remains to be seen if Microhoo will be resurrected, but in the meantime, it seems that Time Warner Inc.’s AOL has approached Microsoft for a potential merger. And AOL isn’t alone, The Times reports. A number of other companies (none named in the article) have approached [...] More...
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“And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out.”
- Talking Heads, 1985
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Microsoft’s pursuit of Yahoo has drawn into sharper relief the battle lines on a two-front war for digital ad supremacy. On one front: search, and its mighty master Google. On the other: the [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – Among the many passing industry trends, “verticalization” remains a key term in the online advertising industry. Whether it’s the promotion of vertical networks, vertical pay-per-click campaigns, or generally speaking — the verticalization of search — the terms’ use is ubiquitous.
However, one key area in which we have [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – The proliferation of the World Wide Web (WWW), the fall of the Berlin Wall and technological innovations that are driving network, processing and storage capacities have unleashed an unending cascade of changes that have dramatically altered the skills a successful marketer requires to really stand out from [...] More...
ADOTAS – Epic Advertising has been no stranger to controversy. Like most interactive advertising companies getting a foothold in the Wild West — er, online world pre-2004 or so — pretty much anything went at Epic (then AzoogleAds).
Until it didn’t.
As Michael Sprouse, the company’s chief marketing office, told ADOTAS from [...] More...
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — The majority of conversations I’ve engaged in lately at industry events like ad:tech San Francisco centered on one topic: video. One of those chats actually started with, “I can create a home video and slap it up on YouTube. What’s different about your video marketing service?”
My initial [...] More...