How Much Is Your Emoji Worth?

Did you celebrate World Emoji Day on July 17? With so many unofficial “holidays” to keep track of these days, you might not have heard about this new addition that falls between National Macaroon Day (May 31) and National Tequila Day (July 24). As marketers, we definitely had to pay attention this time, because the day […]

Facebook Competes with Google: Graph Search

Continuing a trend of using members’ profile information for such purposes as targeted advertising, Facebook is now taking those analytics and applying them to a user-friendly new tool: targeted searches. It’s known as Graph Search. Yesterday, Facebook revealed that it’s now in beta testing for an internal search option that allows users to receive results […]

Getting Feedback On Your Marketing – Part 2

Last week we started to talk about how receiving feedback is one of the easiest and most essential parts of getting the most from your marketing efforts. The phrasing of the word “feedback” makes people think of this step as something that comes after a point of contact with your target audience – but in […]

Are Ads Getting Too Personal?

Big Brother isn’t just watching you. He’s also trying to sell you something. A 2009 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley found that two-thirds of participants opposed the idea of targeted ads. And it’s no longer about you falling into a general category and being sent ads that […]

Google AdWords: New & Upcoming

Starting this month and continuing over the next few weeks, Google AdWords is introducing some changes that are meant to make it even easier to use the popular website-promoting and ad-placement tool. As ever, the latest slew of updates targets two critical factors: becoming more accurate and becoming more user-friendly. The primary adjustment is to […]