As iAd Shuts Down, Apple May Be About to Get a Shot of Advertising Redemption
Only Apple can go from total failure to new product rollout with applause… this story defines the details of their new inApp Ad platform. Let’s hope is becomes the same story as the Apple Newton to iPhone story!
As Publisher Reach on Facebook Goes Down, Video Is Going Way Up
We have finally moved from Content is King to Video is King when it comes to social marketing. Learning how to communicate in 5 second snippets is a core competency and required skill set. Where is your video messaging?
Mobile Ad Study Finds Interstitials Only Slightly Better Than Banners for Being Seen
The bottom line of this story is that the most people don’t want to be sold with advertising… they want to be entertained and informed. Regardless of the vehicle. It continues to get harder and harder to move from breaking through the clutter, to driving the content and discussion forward.
Buzzman Launches Productman, Another Sign That Brand Innovation Is Ripe for Agency Growth
Linx has always helped our clients create new products and services to build greater PODs and to innovate stale lines. It appears that our age old model is now a new business model for agencies as the build out divisions to exploit their creative prowess.
Why It's Time to Kill Advertising as We Know It and Start Building 'Storyworlds'
Storytelling has always been the role of advertising, however as brands now have their own personas it has become the primary role of marketers. Today we can tell stories on screens of all sizes and we can now add Augmented and Virtual Reality to our mix of storytelling. This is a great view of the […]
How Brands Are Using Social Media to Make a Splash With Summer Fridays
Using calendar events is not anything new, especially in retail, but leveraging half day Friday’s in the summer with key marketing messages is new. The bottom line… better to create connection with lifestyle issues that build them scratch.
