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Video on the Web: Where to Start

Written on
September 8th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS — “How much for a web video?” I don’t know about you, but I get that question all the time. Video on the web has officially come of age for advertisers (a long-anticipated event, at least for this former spot director), and everybody wants in on it. Everybody. Of course, a [...] more...

Real time not the only time for brands

Written on
July 23rd 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS — Last month I wrote about how Twitter has ushered in the cultural awareness of what’s possible in real time on the web. The real-time web, while still not searchable, is, in fact, here. And for a marketer, it’s difficult. And that’s putting it lightly. Truth is, it’s hard to [...] more...

Twitter Shift

Written on
June 17th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS — You can’t write a social media story right now unless it’s heavily Twitterized. You can’t read a social media story right now that isn’t Twitterfied. Heck, one of my tweeple, a well-read blogger and Twitterer, just yesterday, tweeted that he sat down to write a story about Twitter, but [...] more...

Time is not on our side, but social media is

Written on
May 19th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS — Like most creatives, the thing I used to want more than anything was: Time. More time to think, more time to tweak, more time to make it perfect before it hit the press or the air. There was a time when our fight against time was either a fight [...] more...

Niches win for online creatives

Written on
March 9th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS — Usually in this column I offer opinions, or report observations. This time, though, I want to put forth a theory, and discuss a little of how I think it impacts creative. Here’s the theory: Mass is gone. Niche is all that exists anymore. We know that traditional advertising was built [...] more...

Engaging People, not Users

Written on
February 6th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — I frequently find myself in conversations with clients and other agency folks about how to reach and persuade people who are on the web. I don’t know about you, but I find these conversations increasingly difficult, because as far as practical reality for most of the products most [...] more...

Dial Up Creative

Written on
January 9th 2009
Author
Ernie Mosteller

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Not long ago I was a panelist in a discussion about the economy, and how it’s affecting online advertising. We’ve all seen, for some time now, a shift in spending away from traditional media, and toward the web. But the group that was gathered at this particular [...] more...



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