Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“Fans” and “Friends” Are More Likely to Purchase Products
Published by Stephanie March 16th, 2010 in Advertising, Consumer Brands, Shopping Center Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology.Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies recently published a new study that shows that “friends” and “fans” of brands - via the social media spaces of Twitter and Facebook - are more likely to purchase the products of those brands that they “follow” or “fan” online. They are more likely to also refer these [...]
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, [...]
Geo-Fences + Mobile Phones = Powerful Real Estate Marketing
Published by Stephanie March 8th, 2010 in Advertising, Demographics, Innovation, Interactive Advertisement, List Growing, Mapping, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Online Advertising, Personal Shopping, Retail Marketing, Technology.Chris Thorman writes for Software Advice which specializes in helping organizations find the right software for their individual needs. He has shared his article “Searching for Real Estate Made Easy: Geo-Fences Plus Mobile Phones” with Dotfusion.
It’s Saturday morning. Joel and Rebecca are walking their dog through a neighborhood in Austin, TX. As they walk, they [...]
Parking Made Easier
Published by Tim March 3rd, 2010 in Innovation, Technology.Hate trying to find that parking spot and finding the correct amount of change for the meter? Well, there is hope. San Francisco-based Streeline has developed new technology that allows commuters to use their mobile phones to find a parking spot as well as pay for it.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Virtual Makeup Mirrors
Published by Riley February 16th, 2010 in Fashion, Innovation, Personal Shopping, Technology, Virtual world.Shiseido’s has wowed the public in the past with their range of make-up that is capable of turning any plain Jane into a stunning beauty, but today they provide that wow factor via a different route - the Digital Cosmetic Mirror. This device allows users to test make-up without having to so much as use [...]


