Marketers Ponder the Worth of Twitter's Ads
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Marketers Ponder the Worth of Twitter's Ads

16y Christopher Heine

Marketers Ponder the Worth of Twitter's Ads

In the last three months, the micro-blogging site has introduced Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends to monetize traffic. But are advertisers getting ...

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House Rep Bobby Rush Introduces Alt Web Privacy Bill
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House Rep Bobby Rush Introduces Alt Web Privacy Bill

16y Kate Kaye

House Rep Bobby Rush Introduces Alt Web Privacy Bi...

UPDATE: The IAB sees the bill as a step in the right direction compared to a previous privacy bill draft. Read More...

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Barbie Treats Fans to Scavenger Hunt on Foursquare and Twitter
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Barbie Treats Fans to Scavenger Hunt on Foursquare and Twitter

16y Lisa Lacy

Barbie Treats Fans to Scavenger Hunt on Foursquare...

"Cross-country vacay" aims to promote new Barbie Video Girl doll. Read More...

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'Boots on the Ground' Strategy Drives Living Social Into 25 New Markets
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'Boots on the Ground' Strategy Drives Living Social Into 25 New Markets

16y Christopher Heine

'Boots on the Ground' Strategy Drives Living Socia...

The collective buying platform places at least two reps in each city to scout out businesses. It's moving into Canada for the first time, as well as m...

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Gannett Finally Gets on Board with Yahoo, Following Paper Competitors
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Gannett Finally Gets on Board with Yahoo, Following Paper Competitors

16y Kate Kaye

Gannett Finally Gets on Board with Yahoo, Followin...

The relationship adds 81 Gannett paper sites to Yahoo's local arsenal, the majority of them serving markets the rest of Yahoo's newspaper consortium d...

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Google Loses Search Share to Yahoo, Microsoft in June
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Google Loses Search Share to Yahoo, Microsoft in June

16y Jack Marshall

Google Loses Search Share to Yahoo, Microsoft in J...

ComScore says gains are result of contextual search links placed on Microsoft and Yahoo properties, rather than user migration from Google. Read More...

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Google Sees Q2 Revenue Jump, Unveils Display Deal with OMG
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Google Sees Q2 Revenue Jump, Unveils Display Deal with OMG

16y Zachary Rodgers

Google Sees Q2 Revenue Jump, Unveils Display Deal ...

Google will co-develop a "trading desk" for Omnicom Media Group in a deal potentially worth "hundreds of millions." Read More...

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Yahoo to Switch to Bing's Organic Results Next Month
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Yahoo to Switch to Bing's Organic Results Next Month

16y Jack Marshall

Yahoo to Switch to Bing's Organic Results Next Mon...

Yahoo plans to use Microsoft's back-end technology for organic search results from August or September, and for paid search ads by November. Read More...

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Attribution in Real-Time Audience Targeting
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Attribution in Real-Time Audience Targeting

16y Xuhui Shao

Attribution in Real-Time Audience Targeting

How can we move beyond the last ad attribution model? Read More...

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Yahoo and Zillow Solidify Partnership, Creating Large Real Estate Ad Net
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Yahoo and Zillow Solidify Partnership, Creating Large Real Estate Ad Net

16y Kate Kaye

Yahoo and Zillow Solidify Partnership, Creating La...

The deal, to be implemented later this year, makes Zillow the exclusive sales partner to existing real estate sales advertisers on Yahoo. Read More...

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Crispin Absorbs Sister Agency Zig, Moves Into Canada
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Crispin Absorbs Sister Agency Zig, Moves Into Canada

16y Douglas Quenqua

Crispin Absorbs Sister Agency Zig, Moves Into Cana...

Zig, whose clients include Molson Canadian and IKEA, will be rebranded CP+B Canada. Read More...

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YouTube, LG Crowdsourcing Project Seeks to Capture 'Life in a Day'
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YouTube, LG Crowdsourcing Project Seeks to Capture 'Life in a Day'

16y Douglas Quenqua

YouTube, LG Crowdsourcing Project Seeks to Capture...

Sponsorship is part of LG's "Life's Good" marketing campaign. Read More...

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Knicks Purchase Bing Ads for LeBron, Landing Pages Shoot Air Balls
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Knicks Purchase Bing Ads for LeBron, Landing Pages Shoot Air Balls

16y Christopher Heine

Knicks Purchase Bing Ads for LeBron, Landing Pages...

James and four other key free agents have been part of the New York Knicks' recent Bing paid buys. But the wrong landing page has been served to inter...

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Tribune Launches Digital Marketing Services Unit
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Tribune Launches Digital Marketing Services Unit

16y Jack Marshall

Tribune Launches Digital Marketing Services Unit

Publisher follows the likes of Gannett and Hearst into digital marketing services arena. Read More...

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Facebook Defends Ad Offerings as Another Privacy Lawsuit Surfaces
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Facebook Defends Ad Offerings as Another Privacy Lawsuit Surfaces

16y Kate Kaye

Facebook Defends Ad Offerings as Another Privacy L...

Facebook's COO defends the firm's online ad practices, as a new Canadian class action suit contends that Facebook shares users' personal information w...

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Local Ads Hit Moving Target: The Connected Car
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Local Ads Hit Moving Target: The Connected Car

16y Susan Kuchinskas

Local Ads Hit Moving Target: The Connected Car

A look at the evolving potential of in-car advertising, including efforts by Navteq, Google, and AOL-owned Mapquest. Read More...

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LeBron's Twitter Launch Outplays Promoted Tweet for 'Despicable Me'
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LeBron's Twitter Launch Outplays Promoted Tweet for 'Despicable Me'

16y Christopher Heine

LeBron's Twitter Launch Outplays Promoted Tweet fo...

LeBron James' official Twitter account hauled in 150,000 followers in five hours, while Universal Picture's new animated movie barely topped 360 follo...

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AMC, Deep Focus Bring Back Enhanced 'Mad Men Yourself'
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AMC, Deep Focus Bring Back Enhanced 'Mad Men Yourself'

16y Douglas Quenqua

AMC, Deep Focus Bring Back Enhanced 'Mad Men Yours...

Once again, fans of the series can create avatars in the style of the show's opening sequence. Read More...

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Murphy's USA Creates Loyalty Program With Location-Based Service Whrrl
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Murphy's USA Creates Loyalty Program With Location-Based Service Whrrl

16y Christopher Heine

Murphy's USA Creates Loyalty Program With Location...

Discount gas brand installs Whrrl signage at stations near many Walmart stores. Read More...

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How Ubisoft Leveraged Video to Tackle a Wii Category Leader
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How Ubisoft Leveraged Video to Tackle a Wii Category Leader

16y Zachary Rodgers

How Ubisoft Leveraged Video to Tackle a Wii Catego...

"Your Shape" title faced entrenched competition in Wii fitness category. Here's how video ads helped. Read More...

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Pepto Launches Big Facebook Push Leading to July 4th Festivities
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Pepto Launches Big Facebook Push Leading to July 4th Festivities

16y Christopher Heine

Pepto Launches Big Facebook Push Leading to July 4...

The upset stomach remedy brand picked up 38,700 fans yesterday for its new Facebook page. Pepto is looking to create a social media audience in conjun...

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Big Numbers for Kraft's 'Real Women' Video Contest
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Big Numbers for Kraft's 'Real Women' Video Contest

16y Douglas Quenqua

Big Numbers for Kraft's 'Real Women' Video Contest

CORRECTED: Live event ended a three-month Kraft program that garnered some very impressive numbers. Read More...

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Hearst Goes HD in Ads for Gillette Venus
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Hearst Goes HD in Ads for Gillette Venus

16y Lisa Lacy

Hearst Goes HD in Ads for Gillette Venus

Ads for Gillette's Venus Bikini Kit aim to provide a stunning experience by nesting HD video within extra large ad formats. Read More...

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Lindemans Launches 2D Barcode Campaign to Capture In-Store Wine Shoppers
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Lindemans Launches 2D Barcode Campaign to Capture In-Store Wine Shoppers

16y Kate Kaye

Lindemans Launches 2D Barcode Campaign to Capture ...

After a break from consumer marketing, the wine brand today launched a travel-oriented campaign, the first of a series of seasonal efforts aimed at bu...

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Clear Channel And USA Today Dial Up Branded Mobile Codes
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Clear Channel And USA Today Dial Up Branded Mobile Codes

16y Christopher Heine

Clear Channel And USA Today Dial Up Branded Mobile...

Clear Channel's weekly mag Time Out New York is using the system this summer to drive downloads of its iPhone and Android apps. Read More...

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Amazon to Acquire Deal-A-Day Pioneer Woot
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Amazon to Acquire Deal-A-Day Pioneer Woot

16y Christopher Heine

Amazon to Acquire Deal-A-Day Pioneer Woot

The online retail giant signs deal to buy Woot and stakes a claim in the burgeoning daily deals marketing niche. Read More...

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MTV Music Inks Online Video Ad Deal With Warner Music Group
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MTV Music Inks Online Video Ad Deal With Warner Music Group

16y David Ward

MTV Music Inks Online Video Ad Deal With Warner Mu...

Deal may help MTV compete better with Vevo and YouTube when it comes to selling ads around music videos. Read More...

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