NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium
Media

NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium

8y Mike O'Brien

NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium

Video has been the theme of this year's NewFronts. Along those lines, YouTube announced new channels and programmatic capabilities, as well Google Pre...

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The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering, new Pinterest partner, NewFronts
Media

The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering, new Pinterest partner, ...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering...

This has been a big week in digital, as many industry giants had their NewFronts in New York. Still, Pinterest and Instagram have newsworthy items of ...

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How to use emotions to create viral, shareable video content
Asia

How to use emotions to create viral, shareable video content

8y Sophie Loras

How to use emotions to create viral, shareable vid...

What makes great video content and how can brands ensure it reaches the right audience? Read More...

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NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main focus for AOL
Media

NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main focus for AOL

8y Mike O'Brien

NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main...

It's all about content for AOL, per the media giant's NewFront event. But AOL is focused on distribution, formats and data, rather than just the conte...

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The Digital Download: Another volume of video vignettes
Media

The Digital Download: Another volume of video vignettes

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Another volume of video vign...

The past week in digital was once again dominated by video: interactive videos on Facebook and Instagram, YouTube's live streaming and Amazon challeng...

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The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yahoo speculation
Media

The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yahoo speculation

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yaho...

This week in digital has seen some exciting events, in addition to a new IAB tool and Wall Street analysts picking their horse in the race to acquire ...

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Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy
Strategies

Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy

8y Tessa Wegert

Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strat...

People are more likely to support brands that share their values, so cause marketing can help the world and the brand's bottom line - as long as it's ...

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Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens
Acquisition

Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens

8y Sophie Loras

Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kon...

Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens kicks off next week and the highly sought after tickets are generating a buzz on social media for the event's sponsors. Read ...

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The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chatbots
Media

The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chatbots

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chat...

This week featured a lot of video offerings, in addition to Microsoft reintroducing Tay after her disastrous debut and Google giving AdWords its first...

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The rise of branded 'edutainment'
Content

The rise of branded 'edutainment'

8y Tessa Wegert

The rise of branded 'edutainment'

Blending amusing storytelling with information previously only found in product demos, 'edutaining' content is beneficial to the consumer and brand si...

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The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability win the week's news
Media

The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability win the week's news

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability wi...

This week's viewable and transparent happenings include Spotify's new mobile ad format, new insights from Facebook and the IAB, and Adobe's data ambit...

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Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other challenges
Agency Spotlight

Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other challenges

8y Sophie Loras

Snapshot: Crisis management in Indonesia and other...

Indonesia has one of APAC's fastest growing digital landscapes, but brands remain unprepared when crisis strikes, says industry pioneer, Harry Deje. R...

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The reality of virtual reality
Media

The reality of virtual reality

8y Joe Laszlo

The reality of virtual reality

A lot of today's virtual reality is actually virtual virtual reality. The technology may take off, but like "the year of mobile," it will happen slowl...

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The present and future of online video ads
Media

The present and future of online video ads

8y Idris Nagri

The present and future of online video ads

As an advertising category, video seems unstoppable. It’s gaining ground on Facebook and Instagram. As a creative canvas, it’s full of po...

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Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline product
Media

Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline pro...

8y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovat...

Absolut Vodka has remained relatively unchanged over the past 137 years, but Afdhel Aziz works to keep it innovative through the creation of Absolut L...

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The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest and Atlas, Meerkat goes social
Media

The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest and Atlas, Meerkat goes soc...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest an...

This week's digital news round-up includes the usual enhancements to social platforms' ad offerings, in addition to an agency shake-up and a new direc...

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Video: Seth Godin talks titles, transformation, Trump
Video

Video: Seth Godin talks titles, transformation, Trump

8y Mike O'Brien

Video: Seth Godin talks titles, transformation, Tr...

The countdown to ClickZ Live New York is on and with five weeks to go, our keynote speaker, renowned marketer Seth Godin, stopped by our office for a ...

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Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvares talks about pulling heart strings in advertising
Acquisition

Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvares talks about pulling he...

8y Sophie Loras

Throwback Thursday: Grey Group India's Leroy Alvar...

Stories with a strong emotional pull are a key theme when discussing powerful and memorable ads with Leroy Alvares, president, digital services, Grey ...

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What makes China ripe for virtual reality?
Asia

What makes China ripe for virtual reality?

8y Sophie Loras

What makes China ripe for virtual reality?

China has the potential to be at the epicenter of VR innovation and adoption. In fact, it already is. Read More...

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The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google and billboards get futuristic
Media

The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google and billboards get futuris...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google a...

Here are five of the biggest deals from the world of digital marketing this week, such as the enhanced targeting from LinkedIn and... billboards? Read...

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Why programmatic video is the next big thing in APAC (and what brands should do about it)
Asia

Why programmatic video is the next big thing in APAC (and what brands shoul...

8y Andy Radovic

Why programmatic video is the next big thing in AP...

Programmatic is yet to fully mature in Asia, but it has seen significant advancements over the past few years, and advertisers need to be ready. Read ...

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ClickZ cases the candidates: the journey from search to site
Search

ClickZ cases the candidates: the journey from search to site

8y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ cases the candidates: the journey from sear...

There's a lot of crossover when its comes to search and website, so the final "ClickZ cases the candidates" tackles two facets of digital marketing at...

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Comedy Central CMO: shareable or die
Conference Coverage

Comedy Central CMO: shareable or die

8y Yuyu Chen

Comedy Central CMO: shareable or die

At Social Media Week Walter Levitt, chief marketing officer for Comedy Central, shared how the TV network managed to engage with 18-to-34-year-old men...

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Throwback Thursday: Giant Spoon’s Jon Haber on cheese and dogs
Agency Spotlight

Throwback Thursday: Giant Spoon’s Jon Haber on cheese and dogs

8y Yuyu Chen

Throwback Thursday: Giant Spoon’s Jon Haber on che...

Instead of talking about famous campaigns from big brands, Jon Haber, co-founder of Giant Spoon, shares two commercials that have never left his mind....

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ClickZ cases the candidates: Social
Social Media

ClickZ cases the candidates: Social

8y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ cases the candidates: Social

Though there was quite a chasm in our assessment of the candidates' email and branding skills, all five candidates are pretty proficient social media ...

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The digital download: Yahoo axes various content channels and more
Content

The digital download: Yahoo axes various content channels and more

8y Yuyu Chen

The digital download: Yahoo axes various content c...

News of the week features Yahoo’s new digital strategy, Twitter’s improved search capabilities, ComScore’s cross-platform measurement and Kate Middlet...

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The digital download: Video reigns supreme before Valentine's Day
Media

The digital download: Video reigns supreme before Valentine's Day

8y Mike O'Brien

The digital download: Video reigns supreme before ...

Video was a big topic in this week’s industry news, as Twitter and Instagram introduce new offerings,  and YouTube released its monthly list of ...

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