Tag Archives: marketing

Pizza Shop Buys First Ads on Facebook

Guess how that turns out. On today’s show, we follow a couple guys who run a pizza shop in New Orleans as they buy their first Facebook ad. We visit a business in New Jersey that sells Facebook “likes” in … Continue reading

“98% of Facebook is women telling each other how great they look.”

And the science behind that claim is represented in a Facebook Power Users infographic. Female Power Facebookers Post Statuses More Often 6: Number of status updates the average male facebook user made. 21: Number of status updates the average female … Continue reading

“These people are weird”

Bob Hoffman’s skepticism on Social Media marketing: Yes, I know there are examples of brands that have been successful with “conversational” social media strategies. We always hear about them. We never hear about the thousands of failures. Yes, I also … Continue reading

The Ad Pipeline

…one of the first indications of whether Apple is capable of continuing its explosion of creative energy without Jobs at the helm may be found in its advertising. The product pipeline will take years to screw up. But the ad … Continue reading

I feel like I live in an entirely different world

Social media ranks lowest in factors that would encourage people to buy more digital downloads. Another of Crupnick’s slides showed that Twitter recommendation ranked low on a list of reason a product or service was purchased. The top reasons for … Continue reading

“Forever” Dies Hard

On De Beers and the true value of diamonds. If you get engaged and don’t want to go the diamond route, what are the alternatives? Some other rock? How is that any better? “Forever” Dies Hard

Rob Delaney’s Progressive Commercial

By posting this I’m falling for Progressive’s trick, but it’s Rob Delaney.

Slutty Ads Work

From an anonymous GoDaddy employee on Reddit answering questions about GoDaddy and SOPA. You wonder why GoDaddy uses slutty comercials? The answer is that they WORK. They perform several times better than non slutty ones. Its kind of a thing … Continue reading

The Empire Wants A Rebrand

Startup marketing firm? Make a mockup for the Empire from Star Wars. They want a rebrand that isn’t so…evil looking. Will go viral.— Dan (@subtonic12) December 27, 2011 If I were starting a new marketing and design firm from scratch … Continue reading

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