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Is Your So-Called 'Native' Advertising Really Native?

Is Your So-Called 'Native' Advertising Really Native?

Bad 'native' ads are worse than banners because they destroy trust between people and their content.

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Online Video's Biggest Lesson for 2013: It's All Just TV

Online Video's Biggest Lesson for 2013: It's All Just TV

It's the year the industry realizes what consumers have been telling us all along: 'online video' is really just television.

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The Fast Follower Digital Gameplan

The Fast Follower Digital Gameplan

Astute brands don't try to be trailblazers; instead they follow the path that's already been hacked by tech startups.

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The Verdict for Brands in PeopleBrowsr vs. Twitter

The Verdict for Brands in PeopleBrowsr vs. Twitter

Twitter has spent this year evolving from an open platform to one that is sealed off and tightly controlled.

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A Modest Proposal on 'Viewable' Ads

A Modest Proposal on 'Viewable' Ads

What's wrong with viewable impressions? Simply put, they can't be measured consistently enough to serve as a currency.

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Microsoft's Trojan Horse: The Xbox in Your Living Room

Microsoft's Trojan Horse: The Xbox in Your Living Room

As Google taught us to search and Apple to swipe, with its Xbox Microsoft can teach the value of continuity across all screens.

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Got a Facebook Brand Page? Here's How to Keep it Legal

Got a Facebook Brand Page? Here's How to Keep it Legal

The rules for promotions, sweepstakes, data collection, advertising and sponsored stories, explained.

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Why Facebook's Naysayers Are Dead Wrong

Why Facebook's Naysayers Are Dead Wrong

A chorus of skeptics have come out after Facebook's algorithm change reduced the reach of organic posts. Here's what they don't understand about marketing.

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Welcome to the End of Black Friday…and Cyber Monday

Welcome to the End of Black Friday…and Cyber Monday

Walmart, Target and many others opened their doors on Thanksgiving evening effectively making Black Friday nothing more than a branding position. Meanwhile, tablets will moot Cyber Monday.

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Follow the Google-Facebook Road to Search-Social Synergy

Follow the Google-Facebook Road to Search-Social Synergy

The imperative is clear: marketers must begin integrating search and social-media campaigns, expanding brand bonds with individuals.

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Having a Mobile Strategy Is Like Having a 'Laptop' Strategy 20 Years Ago

Having a Mobile Strategy Is Like Having a 'Laptop' Strategy 20 Years Ago

Having a 'mobile strategy' understates the importance of mobile.

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Supporting The New Four-Year Career

Supporting The New Four-Year Career

The world is changing fast, which is why we should embrace and support the four-year career.

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'Native' Ads Are Fine, But Viewable Ads Are Better

'Native' Ads Are Fine, But Viewable Ads Are Better

What we need to turn our attention to is how to get great content and ads surfaced and seen.

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What's Really Happening on Facebook (and What to Do About It)

What's Really Happening on Facebook (and What to Do About It)

Changes to Facebook's EdgeRank algorithm mean marketers need to adjust their content strategies. Here's how.

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'Viewable' Ads Are Worthless If Your Website Is a Cluttered Mess

'Viewable' Ads Are Worthless If Your Website Is a Cluttered Mess

What advertisers really want is a measure of how well their ads have stood out.

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Google's Fight to Kill Search by 2020

Google's Fight to Kill Search by 2020

In the war on search, the most interesting battle will be the one Google wages on itself.

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Why Is the TV Ad World So Hard for Silicon Valley to Understand?

Why Is the TV Ad World So Hard for Silicon Valley to Understand?

What is it about the TV ad business that has so resisted Silicon Valley's attempts to disrupt it?

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How to Keep Your Pinterest Brand Page Legal

How to Keep Your Pinterest Brand Page Legal

Thinking of creating a business page on Pinterest or converting an existing page to one for commercial use? There are some important differences to consider.

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The Original Social Networker? Your Insurance Agent

The Original Social Networker? Your Insurance Agent

Social-media initiatives by Fortune 500 insurance organizations are models of forward-thinking for CMOs.



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There Are Actually Just 36 Kinds of People on Facebook

There Are Actually Just 36 Kinds of People on Facebook

It pays to know your Facebook archetypes and what makes them 'like,' or make trouble, for your brand.

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