Strategies

To reach the customers you need to reach, you need more than a good product and fire in your gut. You need strategy. Creating an effective strategy requires research, planning, analysis, experience, and a thorough knowledge of the online industry - an expert perspective. That's what this column shares.

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Target Sponsors Lyric-Writing Promo to Push Exclusive Album

Feb 19, 2013 - Target and Mindless Behavior are asking teens to rewrite lyrics to a song that will be available exclusively through Target. Comments

The Unofficial Guide to Annual Reviews

reviews Feb 14, 2013 - What is the question you ask yourself each day, and is it the right question? Comments

Lay's Seeks Fan Votes for Fan Flavors

lays-do-us-a-flavor Feb 13, 2013 - In the second phase of its Do Us A Flavor campaign, Lay's is asking for fan votes to save a favorite consumer-submitted chip flavor. Comments

It Takes More Than Translation to Go Global

cnn-mexico-site Feb 13, 2013 - As people move around more and countries become more diverse, offering regional targeted content in multiple languages will become increasingly valuable to organizations - and their customers. Comments

'Do The Jingle' YouTube Contest Generates More Than Jingles for SafeAuto

ayanna-psalmoetry-lewis Feb 12, 2013 - Targeting your audience, optimizing your videos, promotion, and measuring your campaign's effectiveness all are critical pieces when marketing on YouTube. Learn how one insurance company's recent ad campaign did all that and saw views skyrocket. Comments

Honda Innovator Series Drives Online Conversation

honda-innovator-series Feb 12, 2013 - Honda is supplementing a TV spot for its 2013 Civic with a social program focused on innovation. Comments

Overcoming 'Overly Attached Marketer' Syndrome

overly-attached Feb 12, 2013 - What impulse makes marketers think that somehow our brands can become our consumers' whole world? Comments

Puffs, Macy's Push Valentine's Day Promos With Charitable Tie-Ins

puffs-kiss Feb 11, 2013 - This year, two brands - Puffs Facial Tissues and Macy's - are pushing social Valentine's Day promotions with charitable angles. Comments

ESPN Celebrates 'Clutch Moments' in New Campaign

watchespn-clutch-1 Feb 11, 2013 - Sports fans are all too familiar with clutch moments or plays. Season in and season out, their collective joy or despair hangs in the balance as each potentially clutch catch, shot, kick or drive comes and goes. Comments

Why Twitter Will Win: TV

Twitter logo Feb 8, 2013 - Clearly Twitter gets it: TV is here to stay. Part two in a two-part series. Comments

Digitas and LBi Merge to Become Complete International Digital Agency

digitallb-300 Feb 6, 2013 - Publicis group will merge its largest US digital ad agency Digitas, with its recently acquired European entity LBi, to form DigitasLBi. Headquartered in Paris, the combined venture will be led by LBi chief executive Luke Taylor, who has been appointed as DigitasLBi's global CEO. Comments

Internet Marketing Ninjas Hires Chris Boggs as CMO

chrisboggs Feb 4, 2013 - Internet Marketing Ninjas (IMN) has appointed Chris Boggs as the company's chief marketing officer (CMO). In his new role, Boggs will be working closely with the leadership team to help define and grow operations and long-term client deliverable. Comments

Barbasol Looks to Previous Generations In Shave Like a Man Promo

screen-shot-2013-01-29-at-11 Feb 4, 2013 - The 94-year-old shaving cream brand is hoping to boost brand awareness with a campaign focused on the relative manliness of different generations. Comments

Expedia App Imbues Travel Pix with Emotion

expedia-findyourstory-app-011 Feb 4, 2013 - The latest iteration of Expedia's "Find Yours" campaign lets people turn their travel photos into multimedia videos complete with music and Google Earth flyovers. Comments

With 3 Stellar Keynotes, SES London 2013 Is Shaping Up

ses-london-2013-logo Jan 31, 2013 - The final conference agenda for SES London 2013, which has just been updated, features three keynote speakers who tackle the latest trends and challenges facing the online marketing industry, 36 sessions on hot topics, and 72 expert speakers. Comments

Context Is Not King or Queen; It's Just Necessary

crownimage Jan 31, 2013 - The concept of optimizing helps us break out of the mentality of shooting a message at a person and instead finding out if our content was actually useful. Comments

Coke's Super Bowl Promo Uses Fan Votes to Decide Which Outcome Will Air

coke-mirage-60-12 Jan 30, 2013 - Coca-Cola's 2013 Super Bowl promo is using fan votes to determine the outcome of an initial ad that will live online until game day. Comments

Strider Reaches New Audience Via Mothering.com

huddler-strider Jan 29, 2013 - "If your toddler can walk, your toddler can ride a Strider." That's a message that Strider Sports, a Rapid City, South Dakota-based maker of balance bikes-tiny, sporty looking vehicles that eschew pedals in favor of a kid's own feet-felt wasn't getting out to enough parents. Comments

Gillette Wants Americans to Kiss and Tell

gillette-kiss Jan 29, 2013 - Gillette's Kiss & Tell campaign includes a documentary, a microsite and live events. Comments

Agency Profile: Performance Is Key for Convurgency

justinconvurgency Jan 28, 2013 - "No win, no fee" is a line that we've all heard somewhere before. And while these few words are generally associated with litigation claims, this has been the theme of the business model that has yielded the success that interactive marketing agency, Convurgency, enjoys today. Comments

USA Network Asks Suits Fans for Cines

usa-suits Jan 28, 2013 - The network is calling on fans of the show Suits to submit animated GIFs via Cinemagram. Comments

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