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The Trouble With 'Viewability' as a Metric for Digital Ads

The Trouble With 'Viewability' as a Metric for Digital Ads

Viewability is a step in the right direction, but it's not the silver-bullet metric for digital that some hope it to be.

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The Real Impact of Do Not Track

The Real Impact of Do Not Track

The big winners will be the biggest American internet companies with their huge databases like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay, and Yahoo.

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Why Social Media Needs TV and TV Needs Social

Why Social Media Needs TV and TV Needs Social

More and more brands are using social as a megaphone to bolster broadcast campaigns, driving earned media that lowers their cost per impression.

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Chase Shows How Not to Manage an Online Charity Campaign

Chase Shows How Not to Manage an Online Charity Campaign

Chase's contest has become a model of what -- and what not -- to do in a corporate philanthropy campaign.

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Is Mobile Currency Really Making Cash Obsolete?

Is Mobile Currency Really Making Cash Obsolete?

The recent launch of iOS6 and Passbook is wrought with opportunity for relationships built on new cultures of currency.

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How Startups Work Best With Brands: Focus On the User

How Startups Work Best With Brands: Focus On the User

If your startup aspires to be ad-supported, remember your audience: it's the consumer.

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It's Time to Refresh Your Facebook Marketing Strategy

It's Time to Refresh Your Facebook Marketing Strategy

In the maturing world of Facebook, marketers need to shift their thinking, dollars and processes.

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Stock Advice: Sell Facebook, Buy Amazon

Stock Advice: Sell Facebook, Buy Amazon

Amazon can deliver targeted ads that will trump the social trending analysis that Facebook and other social networks can create.

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Happy Billion, Facebook! Now About That 'Chair' Ad ...

Happy Billion, Facebook! Now About That 'Chair' Ad ...

Facebook is more than chairs, it's more than basketball games, it's more than laughs and stories.

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Bots Don't Have Cash or Credit Cards

Bots Don't Have Cash or Credit Cards

Publishers are being victimized, and it's time to put an end to nefarious, fake traffic.

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How Should Your Brand Partner With A Startup?

How Should Your Brand Partner With A Startup?

Identify startups that are working on big and particularly difficult problems for your organization that you can't or won't solve.

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Guess What? Online Political Ads Don't Turn Voters Off. They Work

Guess What? Online Political Ads Don't Turn Voters Off. They Work

Consumers don't love political ads, but a survey shows that for many, online versions fall between a necessary evil and a useful resource.

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How to Build a Smarter Smart TV: Understand the Viewer

How to Build a Smarter Smart TV: Understand the Viewer

So what's in the mind's eye of that elusive smart TV consumer? This is what 10 years of loitering at Costco has taught me.

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Does Every Marketer Need to Build an App for Mobile?

Does Every Marketer Need to Build an App for Mobile?

Marketers definitely need a mobile-optimized or mobile-specific website. But do you really need to build a mobile app?

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What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach You About Building a Brand That Lasts

What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach You About Building a Brand That Lasts

Bruce Springsteen knows a brand must embrace change, while reinforcing values and emotional bonds that tie it to its customers.

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Viewable Impressions Are the Future of Metrics: Are You Ready?

Viewable Impressions Are the Future of Metrics: Are You Ready?

A request for viewable metrics is going to end up in an RFP on your desk very soon. Here's how to get ready.

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Furby Ushers in Era of Attachment Marketing

Furby Ushers in Era of Attachment Marketing

One consumer brand has a strong grasp of attachment marketing today: Nike.

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Getting the Auto Industry Up to Speed on Social Media

Getting the Auto Industry Up to Speed on Social Media

Auto makers need to adapt their organizations to step up use of social media to improve messaging, engagement and service.

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It's Time for the Mobile-Ad Industry to Start Taking Privacy Seriously

It's Time for the Mobile-Ad Industry to Start Taking Privacy Seriously

Mobile startups: big brands take privacy very seriously and you must too if you want to grow your business with them.

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No, Brands Aren't People -- and Consumers Don't Want Them to Be

No, Brands Aren't People -- and Consumers Don't Want Them to Be

A survey shows that only 23% of consumers have brand relationships -- and they are already fans of the brand in question. The rest aren't interested in a relationship, regardless of whether they like a brand or not.

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