April 10, 2013
Marketers who shift from storytelling to story-giving create a more interactive customer experience.
March 01, 2013
Game time: Who wins when it comes to marketing, Sony's PlayStation 3 or Microsoft's Xbox 360?
February 25, 2013
"Got the time?" is a question that takes on new meaning in the context of Crispin Porter + Bogusky's new socially based campaign for Diesel Timeframes.
February 06, 2013
Texting, the written word writ large, is here to stay—at last until the next big shift.
January 01, 2013
Soon, popping the top off a bottle of Strongbow Gold might be an interactive experience.
December 26, 2012
Water: 350 gallons. Evaporated milk: 22 cans. Yellow food coloring: a whole bunch— but naughty or nice, it didn't much matter at Marcus Thomas this holiday season.
October 22, 2012
The first order of online business for any direct marketer is to chase eyeballs. And eyeballs, it turns out, are an increasingly moving target.
September 01, 2012
To drum up excitement for the premiere of its rebooted 1980s cartoon sensation Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in September, Nickelodeon joined forces with Tribal DDB Worldwide's New York arm.
September 01, 2012
Tourism Ireland encouraged Londoners to pack a bag this summer and head over to Ireland to "Escape the Madness" wrought on the city by the Olympics.
September 01, 2012
Voyeurism meets interactivity in IKEA's "In the Kitchen" initiative, a digital effort that uses entertainment to demonstrate the practical nature of an IKEA kitchen.
September 01, 2012
During the Olympic Games, the London Eye was a huge mood ring, changing color based on what people were tweeting about the Olympics.
July 01, 2012
A viral campaign orchestrated by Warner Bros. and DC Comics rewarded loyal Batman fans with a preview of a preview.
July 01, 2012
Pepsi's latest Twitter initiative, part of its larger Live for Now campaign, is designed to attract loyal customers and reach out to new prospects.
June 01, 2012
Nissan España's multiscreen ads allow players to virtually park its new compact SUV using mobile devices.
May 22, 2012
With the increasing sophistication around interactive technology comes a new pool of projects attempting to replicate our natural environment.
May 01, 2012
Brazilian soft drink company Guaraná Antarctica used Facebook likes to power cars driven to the Carnival festival.
March 27, 2012
Who isn't looking for ways to boost site revenue? Here are five ways to help you do just that.
March 23, 2012
Ford Motor Co. has launched a gamification campaign to promote its new prime-time reality TV show "Escape Routes," airing March 31 on NBC, confirmed Aaron Miller, Ford product communications coordinator. The campaign includes a microsite and social media elements.
March 14, 2012
In his first public speech since the hacker collective Anonymous attacked his firm in December 2011, George Friedman, CEO of Austin-based intelligence firm Stratfor gave a defiant presentation.
March 13, 2012
Today has been a madhouse for journalists like me who are covering South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW). Major announcements (and rumors of big announcements that may be coming soon) have everyone scrambling to track down facts while also covering sessions and everything else that's happening here.
March 11, 2012
South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive finally began to look and feel more like a festival. People poured out of the convention center and filled the streets of Austin. Music could be heard everywhere, and that transformed some of the grumpiness of the previous couple of days into gleeful celebration.
March 10, 2012
I saw a presentation on a new mobile wallet application called the Isis Wallet. It's a very elegant mobile commerce platform that, according to product literature, is backed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.
March 08, 2012
In all, SXSW Interactive offers attendees more than 5,000 educational sessions, keynotes, networking events, and parties.
March 01, 2012
WPP Group's branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications division reported full-year 2011 like-for-like revenue growth of 6.9% to $10 billion, the holding company said Mar. 1. The unit, which includes direct, digital and interactive marketing agencies, also reported a slight like-for-like revenue decline in the fourth quarter. Havas, which also reported 2011 financials on Mar. 1, said revenue increased 5.6% organically to $2.1 billion, compared with the prior year.
March 01, 2012
For users who give Heineken access to their Facebook profiles, the brand's highly original "Serenade" app allows them to craft personalized love songs.
March 01, 2012
The Toyota "It's a car!" Facebook campaign features promotional videos, an interactive game and a trunk-full of awful jokes.
March 01, 2012
With each individual able to carry their business around with them on a tablet or phone, b-to-b marketing has sought a number of ways to reach on-the-go executives.
February 29, 2012
Social interaction equaled real money this holiday season. So says a new report from social marketing agency Mr Youth.
February 08, 2012
Would you go shopping in the back of a taxi? If you hail the right cab during Fashion Week, you just might get that chance.
February 01, 2012
Digital agencies are coming along fairly well when it comes to mobile marketing strategy and execution — so says Melissa Parrish, senior analyst at Forrester Research and author of a recent report independently ranking the nine U.S. digital agencies "that matter most and how they stack up."
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What's in our mailbox this month: fitness postcards from Retro Fitness, American Woman Fitness Centers, Union's United Taekwondo Academy, and Bally Total Fitness. (We're totally pumped.)
Social data can improve a brand's bottom line and customer relationships. Just ask brands Infiniti and Diamond Nexus.
Here are three must-have data sets that every marketer should include in his or her email strategy.
