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The Ad Smackdown: Facebook Vs. Google Which brand turns people off?

Can Facebook make a commercial for itself without turning people off? While not every response so far has been a thumbs down, the social site’s messaging certainly appears primed to draw…

May 13, 2013, 10:34 PM EDT

How to Attract Eyeballs to Branded Content Millions more pageviews

Web publishers and big brands are starting to feel the pull of Gravity. The four-year-old Web personalization tech firm, founded by former Myspace COO Amit Kapur, helps publishers surface more relevant…

May 13, 2013, 10:28 PM EDT

These Are the Biggest Hurdles Facing Social TV 2013 could be the breakthrough year

TV has a new love—that little blue Twitter bird. And like any new infatuation, the promise of what’s to come is almost too good to be true. Most recently, the Grammys…

May 13, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT

Klout Perks Crosses 1 Million Claims, More Than 400 Campaigns Company considering sponsored answers product with Bing

Nearly three years after Klout launched Klout Perks as its first paid product for brands—letting marketers like Chevy reward influential users with offers like a weekend-long test drive—more than one…

May 13, 2013, 1:05 PM EDT

Michael Shannon Finds Television 'Tremendously Uninteresting' Prefers a Discman

Specs Who Michael Shannon Age 38 Accomplishments Stars on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; currently appearing in films Mud and The Iceman; plays Superman nemesis General Zod in Man of Steel (in theaters June 14); member…

May 10, 2013, 12:05 AM EDT

Brands Are Giving Precious Ad Real Estate to Tumblr Like Facebook a few years ago

Brands are starting to plug Tumblr into paid ads, just like they did with Facebook a few years ago. In what could be an industry first, Champs Sports may put its…

May 6, 2013, 10:18 PM EDT

Hispanics Are the Most Digitally Savvy Group A marketer's dream

There is no doubt the digital media universe continues to shift and evolve with the constant introduction of new platforms and ways for consumers to engage. Marketers looking for a…

May 6, 2013, 10:17 PM EDT

DoubleTree's New YouTube Channel Is Super Social Initiative will be supported by an elaborate contest and paid digital ads

DoubleTree today is announcing an unusually interactive YouTube channel called DTour, which encourages online and mobile viewers to share videos, Instagram photos, Facebook posts, tweets and general tips from their…

May 6, 2013, 12:01 AM EDT

LinkedIn Pivoting From One-Off Marketing Deals to Content-Based Ads Marketing biz swelled 56 percent to $74.8 million in Q1

When it comes to LinkedIn’s suite of revenue streams, Marketing Solutions (read: advertising) is the Theodore to Talent Solutions’ (job recruitment) Alvin. While Talent Solutions generated $184.3 million in Q1…

May 2, 2013, 8:06 PM EDT

Only 30 Percent of Brands' Pinterest Engagement Come From Own Pins Based on study by Digitas and Curalate

Marketers may like steering the conversation around their brands, but Facebook and Twitter have upended that strategy. Now it seems Pinterest is putting the brand-driven approach away almost entirely. Seventy percent…

April 30, 2013, 12:48 AM EDT

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