Archive for the 'Consumer Brands' Category
Google Announces National Click-to-Call Mobile Ads
Published by Stephanie March 12th, 2010 in Advertising, Consumer Brands, Demographics, Innovation, Interactive Advertisement, Mobile Marketing, Online Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Technology.Most people are starting to carry full-Internet browsing phone in their pockets, so Google has launched the new “click-to-call” feature for Google AdWords. iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Palm Pre users should start seeing the first wave of this new feature in the very new future. While these ads won’t appear automatically, companies using Google for [...]
Facebook Landing Pages
Published by Stephanie March 10th, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Consumer Brands, Design, Email Marketing, Interactive Advertisement, List Growing, Mobile Marketing, Online Advertising, Retail Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology.Websites like Best Buy, Victoria’s Secret, Lacoste and DSW are jumping on board the train of Facebook Landing Pages.
Facebook Landing Pages allow you to create custom (and simple) HTML pages for direct landing from emails and promotions. Think of it as a mini-site within a Social Media site.
Facebook Landing Pages are used to promote deals, [...]
Digital Marketing & Traditional Print Ads, Combined?
Published by Stephanie March 3rd, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Consumer Brands, Fashion, Innovation, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Shopping, Online Advertising, Retail Marketing, Technology, digital publishing.The NY Times reported today that Condé Nast will be releasing several of their magazings in full-length versions, as iPad applications. These will be available to iPad users, just like a traditional magazine, at a fraction of the weight and waste. “The first magazines for which it will create iPad versions are Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair,The New [...]
Interactive Shopping Center Directory Applications
Published by Stephanie March 1st, 2010 in Consumer Brands, Fashion, Innovation, Interactive Advertisement, Retail Marketing.Every shopping center in the world has several in-store directories. They are broken down so visitors can find the place they are looking for and can get a sense of where they currently are in relationship to the center. But the hardest thing about in-store directories, is knowing where to find them (in the store). [...]
Dealing with Negative Feedback via Social Media
Published by Stephanie February 23rd, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Consumer Brands, Fashion, Innovation, Interactive Advertisement, Online Advertising, Retail Marketing, Shopping Center Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology.So, you finally came to the agreement that Social Media is the way of the future, but you’ve started to notice that while you and your associates think highly of your products, services, centers, stores, or other, there are some people out there on the Internet are saying something different.
Is the best practice to dump [...]
The Perfect Wedding Location… A Retail Store?
Published by Stephanie February 22nd, 2010 in Branding, Consumer Brands, Demographics, Online Advertising, Retail Marketing, Social Networking, Technology, Virtual world.Everyone knows that Apple Stores are among the most frequently visit stores in malls and shopping centers world-wide, but who would have seen this coming? The following video will become legendary in retail spaces across the globe, if for no other reason, because it is the first of it’s kind.
Josh and Ting Li tied [...]
Advertising Through Social Media is Booming More Than Ever
Published by Stephanie February 17th, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Consumer Brands, Retail Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology.PricewaterhouseCoopers reported in October that Internet advertising revenues totaled $10.9 billion for the first half of 2009. It’s been estimated that Facebook alone took in $435 million of that total. But for a site with nearly half a billion users, a quarter of which spend more time within the network than watching television, these numbers [...]
The Mobile Marketing Revolution.
Published by Stephanie February 10th, 2010 in Advertising, Branding, Consumer Brands, Design, Mobile Marketing, Online Advertising, Retail Marketing, Technology, Virtual world.It’s here.
Apple has finally (and formally) announced that the iPad will be coming out in late spring, 2010. In additions to competing with electronic books (like Amazon.com’s Kindle, Barne’s & Noble’s Nook, Sony’s Reader Digital Book, etc) as a reading device, purchasers will also be able to browse Safari, check their email, watch YouTube videos, [...]
Handmade Shoes, Designed by Consumers
Published by Riley February 10th, 2010 in Consumer Brands, Design, Fashion, Innovation, Mobile Shopping, Personal Shopping, eCommerce.‘Shoes of Prey’ is an Australian website where die hard shoe fans can design/create their very own pair of dream shoes. When you hunt for the perfect pair of shoes, you typically already have a pair in mind. Avoid disappointment when retailers cannot provide you the shoes of your deepest desires because ‘Shoes of Prey’ [...]
The eReader War
Published by Stephanie February 8th, 2010 in Consumer Brands, Personal Shopping, Retail Marketing, Virtual world, eCommerce.Starting Wednesday, February 10, the Nook (by Barne’s & Noble) will be on the shelves of Barne’s & Noble’s retail locations. Until now, the Nook has only been available for purchase online, however to compete with the release of Apple’s iPad (scheduled for March/April 2010), they’re shipping the Nook to their retail stores. It’s said [...]


