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Michael Ian Black's Twitter Ad for Dos Equis Does Gangbusters Thanks to All the Haters Comedian reposts it as revenge

Michael Ian Black is not the most interesting man in the world, but he might be the most interesting beer endorser. Last Friday, the comedian, who has 2 million Twitter…

May 16, 2013, 12:09 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

Coke Zero Mother's Day Twitter Stunt Lets Forgetful Sons Off the Hook Original social play ropes in 10 classically trained painters

Attention, forgetful sons: If you wake up this Sunday and realize you didn't get your mom anything for Mother's Day, don't panic. Coke Zero will be there for you. In a…

May 10, 2013, 12:01 AM EDT

Twitter Vines Get Shared 4x More Than Online Video Researcher says nascent tool packs branding punch

Marketers love them some Twitter Vines—and for good reason, it turns out. Unruly Media's research reveals that branded Vines (see Doritos example below) are shared four times as often as…

May 9, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT

The Onion Explains Twitter Hack Humor site offers serious advice for avoiding attacks

The Onion—a publication that doesn't even offer real news—seems like an odd target for the Syrian Electronic Army, but the satirical news site claimed its Twitter account fell victim to…

May 9, 2013, 11:52 AM EDT

Huggies App Sends You a Tweet Whenever Your Kid Pees in His Diaper Parenting awards await

Today in useless marketing-driven product innovations, we have Huggies TweetPee, a little sensor dreamed up by Ogilvy Brazil that affixes to your baby's diaper, syncs with an app and tweets…

May 8, 2013, 1:15 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

Mountain Dew Uses Twitter Ads to Promote Apology Marketers chime in on if it's the pro move

Mountain Dew today purchased Promoted Tweets to push its apology for the highly controversial Tyler, The Creator video on Twitter. In a story that was broken by Adweek, the PepsiCo…

May 2, 2013, 5:55 PM EDT

Twitter Opens Ad Demand Floodgates With Self-Serve Expansion No change in frequency of ads served, says exec

Twitter extended its self-serve platform to all U.S. users today, opening up the demand floodgates even more than when it rolled out an ad API earlier this year. Conceivably accommodating…

April 30, 2013, 4:17 PM EDT

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