TV Is Dead...Not!
Advertisers must keep a cool head with technology and its constant march of improvements. Dec 9, 2008
Developing a Human Asset Strategy
Four ways to grow the value of a customer database. Here are some lessons from Barack Obama's campaign. Nov 18, 2008
Using Performance Advertising to Learn
Not having a social media advertising plan in 2009 is going to sound as crazy as not having an SEM plan this year. Nov 4, 2008
Is It Time for Social Search?
Search is poised to get bigger over the next year, while the most potentially valuable sites out there (think MySpace and Facebook) are built around getting groups of people interconnected. Aug 26, 2008
Driving Offline Sales via Online
Tips for showing the marketing value of an e-commerce site and ensuring your offline sales team is in sync with the online customer. Aug 12, 2008
Three Places to Measure the Value of Friends
As marketers amass friends in online social media, here are some approaches to measuring the value of a friend, in real dollars. Jul 29, 2008
Marketer/Starmaker: 15MB of Fame
Online marketers can give people the space and the opportunity to be famous. Here's where they can begin. Jul 1, 2008
Advertising's Plans for the Summer
Four places where you will find digital advertising during your travels in the next three months -- and well beyond -- if things work out. Jun 17, 2008
Go Viral or Bust
Tactics to help spread your marketing campaign message. Jun 3, 2008
The Fluid Dynamics of Branding
An online "collective experiment" reinforces how a brand belongs to the community. May 20, 2008
Grand Theft Advertising: Revisiting In-Game Ads
Video games are the single hottest spot in the media solar system for innovation and experimentation. What CMOs need to know about them. May 6, 2008
Churn, Churn, Churn
Most campaigns focus on gaining new customers. Why churn should be a top priority instead. Apr 22, 2008
Want Results? Cut the Complexity!
For every step in a marketing and advertising project, there's a conversion. Do the math. Mar 25, 2008
Search and the Transparent Revolution
Google Analytics's Benchmarking Service opens the door to online advertising's black box. Will it make advertisers stronger? Mar 11, 2008
The Brand Fan Marketplace
Three ways marketers can keep brand fan sites strong and consistent. Feb 26, 2008
The Technology of Connections
Social graphs represent an amazing opportunity not just for people with friend connections but also for brands. Feb 12, 2008
The Internet and the Coupon Problem
If there was ever a business problem interactive technology could solve, it's the problem of coupons. Jan 14, 2008
Politics and Search Engine Position
How are the presidential hopefuls showing up on their respective search engine results pages? There's one clear winner. Dec 17, 2007
The New Digital Altruism
How social networks may be a fundamentally different medium for advertisers. Dec 3, 2007
Look, It's TV!
How Hulu.com and the Google-Nielsen partnership are helping the television industry adapt and evolve. Nov 5, 2007
PPC Not Dead After All?
The ad model reaches middle age, getting a facelift from targeting and optimization. Oct 22, 2007
RIP, PPC
Rich media ads, video units, and even simple banners that are very well targeted are getting excellent results. Is it time to eulogize pay-per-click advertising? Oct 8, 2007
A Fresh Look At Ad Networks
Online ad networks may not be the first buy for many campaigns, but they deserve a lot more respect from marketers. Jun 4, 2007
Advertising to Digital Natives
Marketing to the generation that's always known the Internet means we need to listen, not tell. May 21, 2007
Make Your Own Category
Match online content to your audience's ad expectations and create a new category of ads and consumers. May 7, 2007
The New Vertical Search
Instead of searching the "now," search the yet-to-be. Farecast uses data to generate both understanding and deeper value. Oct 9, 2006
Clique-Through: Deep Reach With Small Audiences
The advertising industry's focus on viral marketing belies our obsession with reach, sometimes at the expense of effectiveness. Sep 11, 2006
Crowdsourcing
Beyond consumer-generated media into the next big creative concept in marketing. Jul 17, 2006
Marketing Haiku
Six haiku: One for each of the most significant trends in online advertising and marketing in the first half of 2006. Jun 5, 2006
A Bigger, More Blended Industry
How interactive agencies operate in the near future will be affected by the influx of new employees. May 22, 2006
Secrets in a Networked World
The more people who know a secret, the less valuable it becomes... especially online. May 8, 2006
The "More Me" Internet
The Web is a tool for self-actualization. And that's great news for marketers. Apr 24, 2006
CGM as an Advertising Tactic
We're in the midst of a marketing revolution in which the consumer has control. But advertisers still must find ways to gain control to help achieve their goals. Apr 10, 2006
The High Cost of Bad Clients
Clients are an agency's lifeblood. But that doesn't mean they're all good. Mar 27, 2006
New Media, Same Problems
Understanding media is comparatively easier than understanding marketing. Mar 13, 2006
Last-Mile Marketing
Break all the rules? The spirit may be willing, but the processes are weak. Feb 27, 2006
Marketer's Paradise: Owning the Channel Itself
Connecting the magic :30 spot with a Web site is a great way to leverage the eyeball investment. Now Bud prepares to take this a step further. Feb 13, 2006
Trademark Bidding on Google
How brands can minimize competitive threats now that others can bid on trademarked keywords. Apr 19, 2004
Inclusion and Its Discontents
Yahoo's new Site Match program put the company on the brink. How the company can convince marketers, and consumers, it's doing the right thing. Mar 22, 2004
Advertise During War Time?
Absolutely. Reasons why, and four critical considerations for marketers who continue campaigns in difficult, uncertain, and sensitive times. Mar 31, 2003
The Life-Stage Marketing Opportunity
Think brand preference is determined when we're young? You're missing half a dozen opportunities to touch loyal consumers. Mar 17, 2003
Seeking the Online Golden Snitch
Leave paradigm-shifting products for later. It's time to solve the problems we already know about. Jan 27, 2003
Balancing Preference and Persuasion
There are three types of online currency. What are they -- and what do you want consumers to spend on your site? Jan 6, 2003
The Spontaneity Mandate
Spontaneity: Consumers want it, the Web's the place to get it. What it is, who's using it well -- and how to get it into your campaign. Dec 16, 2002