RSS is one of those technologies that has a relatively enigmatic name for a very simple concept. The idea that you can provide a feed of content that others can subscribe to is the ultimate simplicity. Yet so far, RSS has been used primarily to push content that is offered by one group to many
Continue reading »First Time Here? Take A Quick Tour …
MORE POSTS
The Online Travel Marketing Paradox
There is a problem with every online travel resource out there today – and no one seems to realize it. Over the past decade, online travel resources have been reinventing how people in the US are planning, booking and organizing their trips – all while the role of travel agents has been redefined and in
Continue reading »The Future of Online Communities: A Panel and a Poll
This coming weekend, I will be moderating a panel during Community Next, a very interesting day long event focused on the evolution of online communities. The topic of the panel is on exploring some of the smartest do-it-yourself tools out there for “creating, analyzing, and marketing your own online community" and I will be joined
Continue reading »IdeaBar: CGM, the SuperBowl and a New Model for TV Advertisi ...
The Superbowl is the real start to the new year for the advertising industry. Just as the Chinese new year comes on a delay from the celebration of January 1st, the Superbowl manages to turn public attention to advertising in a way that is far beyond the other 364 days of the year. As the
Continue reading »The 2007 Marketer's Sneak Preview Guide to SuperBowl Ad ...
Add to: | blinklist | del.cio.us | digg | yahoo! | furl | rawsugar | shadows | netvouz As the days count closer and closer to the Super Bowl this weekend, the hype about the ads is reaching the typical fever pitch that it always does each year as every news media outlet turns it’s
Continue reading »Mahindra Uses Blogs to Sell Tractors – Now What's ...
For any marketer still questioning the value of blogs and social media for their brand and customers, here’s a case study worth paying attention to. Mahindra has been getting some great press recently for stealing market share from Deere. Aside from the impressive fact that they have managed to take on a longstanding "American" brand
Continue reading »Chalkvertising: Watch Julian Beever Create One of his 3-D Pa ...
As a follow up to my earlier post about our campaign for Aveeno working with Julian Beever, we just posted a video on YouTube showing how Julian creates those amazing 3-D pavement drawings of his. You can see all of his previous work in a Flickr Gallery, and the video is below:
Continue reading »IdeaBar: "Beaconvertising" And New Social Media Ph ...
This post is not about the iPhone. You might have heard that many people believe the latest innovation from Apple will not only revolutionize the mobile phone industry, but maybe even the future of mobile marketing. Whether it does or doesn’t, in the short term, it’s easy to forget that ideas for innovation may come
Continue reading »Google Celebrates Australia Day With An Aerial Maps Mashup
For those that haven’t been keeping up on their Aussie daily news ticker, today is Australia Day – and to celebrate, Google has launched an innovative campaign where they have been photographing Sydney Harbor from the skies through the course of the day and posting images on a mashup site for anyone to see. The
Continue reading »Sneak Preview: Rembrandt TV Ad to Break on Desperate Housewi ...
In a rare move, I am actually posting two days in a row about real client projects (I know, it’s shocking). For those who know me and this blog, I don’t often talk about client work – mainly because our corporate blogging policy prevents it, and much of our work is either confidential or we
Continue reading »