Even if We Share Less, Facebook Is Cultivating a Virtual Landscape to Retain Our Attention
You have got to hand it to Mark Zuckerberg for staying a step ahead. As sharing is on the decline on Facebook, along with younger users (<25 years old) the company is moving into VR in a big way. This technology will offer users new ways to leverage their personal...
Publishers Tell Ad-Blocking Browser to Back Off
This is a battle that is just beginning. Opting into to ad content is going to become a reality, if marketers do not provide relevant and personal content ALL THE TIME. Consumers are looking to the same rights they enjoy with email, but will they get it?
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Starbucks Turns Snapchat Selfies Into Playfully Fun Ads to Promote Its New Loyalty Program
As media channels become more prolific, the need to adapt your campaigns around their features becomes imperative. This is a great example of how, as people turn to dark social channels like Snapchat, brands can become more relevant.
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We're Finally on the Eve of the Virtual Reality Era, and Here's Why That Scares Marketers
Don’t worry about marketers… they will figure out exactly how to leverage Virtual Reality… the speed at which we change the way we entertain ourselves will only be matched by the speed with which it can be monetized by marketers!
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5 Times the Next Big Thing Failed to Kill the Last Big Thing
When I was growing up in the Ad business in the 90’s, you always heard the stories of the prognosticators who were talking about the demise of medium or business model. While this article pays tribute to this concept I don’t take the story at its full face value. Today we do...