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Some of Our Favorite Ad Campaigns of the Year

Posted by in Business, Marketing on December 30th, 2010

2010 was one of the most tumultuous years in recent history as far as consumer spending goes. A bad economy along with DVD and certain cellular phone tech becoming antiquated made for a roller coaster year for people trying to sell consumer products. In recent years having a great ad campaign that stretches across all forms of media has become a necessity. It’s not enough that your advertising has to play well on TV. Now it has to play on Facebook, Twitter, Smart phones, TV, and YouTube. Here are just a few of the campaigns that did that exceptionally well…

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Can The King of All Media Save Satellite Radio?

Posted by in Business, Featured, Friends, Marketing on December 14th, 2010

Howard’s got a very loyal and dedicated following that looks like it will follow him anywhere. So clearly if they didn’t resign him they would have more than likely lost a good portion of their audience.

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Netflix Streaming Video Surpasses direct mail DVDs

Posted by in Business, Featured, Friends, Marketing on December 7th, 2010

If you are a father of 2 and your kids are itching to see Harry Potter and you could click a button at home and get the new Harry Potter for 35 dollars in your house you’re probably very happy considering that you’re spending more than that on snacks and tickets.

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A Medium in Flux: Advertising and Comic Books

Posted by in Featured, Friends, Marketing on November 21st, 2010

The biggest drain on the comic industry at this moment is piracy…figures have hit over a million downloads per issue while some of those very same issues struggle to reach 6 figure sales.

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A Smart Advertiser is A Smart Consumer Part 2: Brought to You By The Letter I

Posted by in Business, Featured, Friends, Marketing on November 12th, 2010

Continuing with the last week’s idea that a smart advertiser needs to be a smart consumer I’d like to expand on that and talk about the recent developments with the IPod and tablet PCs.

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Rah! Rah! Team!

Posted by in Business, Featured, Marketing, News on November 9th, 2010

We’re proud to announce that the new ‘Milk’ campaign has launched

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Transitional Media: Is Blu Ray Destined to Go the Way of The Laser Disc Player?

Posted by in Business, Friends, Marketing on November 7th, 2010

At best within three years digital download sales will have eclipsed Blu Ray and DVD sales.

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Show how it works

Posted by in Design, Marketing, Usability on November 4th, 2010

Make it easy for people to learn about your product. Show them how it works. Don’t just tell them.

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Getting Your Social Media Ready for the Holiday Season

Posted by in Business, Featured, Marketing on October 15th, 2010

Getting the word out about your upcoming deals early gives you time to let the word of mouth grow and that’s the goal of having a social media presence in the first place. It’s like having a head start in a marathon.

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Internet Streaming: The Nail in the Coffin for Cable?

Posted by in Business, Featured, Friends, Marketing on October 7th, 2010

Many young people are choosing to forgo paying for television in favor of just using the internet to get their entertainment.

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