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16 Humiliating Twitter Brand Fails in One Painfully Hilarious Chart Do not be this stupid

Twitter is a brilliant place for brands to connect with consumers. It's also a brilliant place—unparalleled, perhaps—for brands to absolutely humiliate themselves with idiotic posts. The infographic below collects 16…

March 27, 2013, 10:27 AM EDT

Smirnoff and Absolut Show Their Support for Gay Marriage on Facebook Vodka brands out in front on a historic day

As thousands of consumers changed their Facebook profile pictures to equals signs Tuesday in support of marriage equality—a topic the Supreme Court is considering this week—two vodka brands led the…

March 26, 2013, 9:47 PM EDT

Facebook Exchange Rolls Into News Feed Testing expansion with TellApart, MediaMath, Nanigans

Last summer, Facebook began letting advertisers retarget users with ads on the social network based on their off-Facebook browsing behavior through Facebook Exchange (FBX). For as much praise as the…

March 26, 2013, 1:24 PM EDT

Silent Film Festival's Trailers Use Instagram Scrolling to Simulate Look of Old Movies Everything new is old again

I'm sure some folks will enjoy Cossette's Instagram campaign promoting the Toronto Silent Film Festival, but I think it works better in theory than in practice. The flipbook-style fusion of…

March 26, 2013, 11:31 AM EDT

NBCUniversal Goes It Alone With Non-NewFront Event Digital upfront pitch will have stronger mobile focus

NBCUniversal last month broke with the Digital Content NewFront posse of upfront presenters (taking its place: CBS Interactive). Now the company is planning a stand-alone, non-NewFront event it has dubbed “Digital.Amplified.” The…

March 26, 2013, 9:15 AM EDT

Three Brands That Used Data to Transform Their Media Strategies Creating efficiencies

We all know consumers have never been so digitally connected, generating a limitless amount of data as they click, search and scan throughout each day. So it’s no wonder Big…

March 25, 2013, 10:02 PM EDT

High Velocity Trend Processing With Sparks & Honey CEO Terry Young knows just how to squeeze the Twitter firehose

March 21, 2013, 1:35 PM EDT

Best March Madness Promoted Tweets So Far Nike, Capital One and Bing score, while Walmart air-balls

Say that Valparaiso upsets Michigan State or Harvard takes out heavily-favored New Mexico in today's first round of the NCAA Tournament. There's almost no question that #Valparaiso and #Harvard would…

March 21, 2013, 12:07 PM EDT

Klout for Business Is Only First Step to a Serious Marketing Platform Company could add social ad buying, customer data to product

Social marketing can be wasteful. Depending on how often someone checks their Facebook News Feed or Twitter stream, they might rarely see a brand’s message unless it was paid to…

March 20, 2013, 4:34 PM EDT

Even Millennials Worry About Their Online Past Their friends are spilling secrets

With social networking on the rise, people have quickly come to realize that keeping their private lives private is increasingly out of their hands. A survey by JWT found that…

March 19, 2013, 10:35 PM EDT

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