Social Network Data: How Far is Too Far?

One of the most thought provoking articles that I’ve come across in a while appeared in the January 21, 2008 issue of AdAge Magazine (http://adage.com/abstract.php?article_id=123200). Essentially the article talks about two very different worlds that are rapidly converging within the social network space.

Good Art Still Sells

We recently learned one of our TV spots created for MTD’s Cub Cadet brand was one of the five least TiVo’d (read: least deleted) spots of their most recent tracking period. To me, that’s really exciting and significant. It proves a big hairy audacious theory: if we create great ads, whether TV, digital, print, whatever, [...]

Going from a “C” to an “A”

Search Engine Marketing, blogs, pop-ups, pop-unders, linking strategy, permission marketing, deep linking, folksonomy, micro-blogging, email marketing… Know a lot? Know a little? Don’t know what you don’t know? You’re not alone. A recent USA Today/Responsys interactive poll finds that most marketing professionals gave themselves a grade of “C” when asked about their understanding of e-marketing. [...]

The Question of Integration

It occurred to us that a lot of marketers (including us) use the “I” word but often in very different ways. We use the word so often that sometimes we don’t realize we are using it. I asked around for a definition of Integration and heard the following: “It’s all marketing functions working together”; “It’s [...]