Microsoft to Open Marketing Lab in San Francisco
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Daily Deals coming to your Car
Ikea’s Augmented Reality Catalog Will Let You Peek Inside Furniture
Updated: MLB tries major Twitter push for All-Star Game — paidContent
MLB tries major Twitter push for All-Star Game
Majority of Marketers Plan to Increase Mobile Budgets in 2013
Majority of Marketers Plan to Increase Mobile Budgets in 2013
Nike Turns Sweat Into A Currency – PSFK
Nike Converts Fuel To Currency
Dollar Shave Club Enters Razor Wars – WSJ.com
The Dollar Shave Club
Still think social media is a fad?
When clients visit the Lab, they always want to know:Â But what does social media mean to me? And ultimately, they want what Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character asks of Jerry Maguire.
Brands want to know they can prove their investment on social media platforms is a worthy one. They want to know it will reach wide and far–and will be as effective as television and print campaigns used to be. They want ROI, which means somehow, social media will have to prove it can not only connect people, but draw the dotted line to the cash register. They want to know it won’t backfire (we do our best to show how social media can save the day in a PR nightmare, but we also tell them that all content is viral content, for better or worse).
As new media advocates, it’s hard to know that brands MUST play in this space without being able to give them a pile of case studies and years of hard data to go on that show a direct connection to the purchase funnel. Continue reading “Still think social media is a fad?”
Recession marketing gets obnoxious
Things are taking a turn for the worse. No, I’m not talking about the economy; I’m talking about the marketing about the economy.
As is often the case, it starts with a good thing. In this case, it was the brilliant Hyundai Assurance program (kudos to IPG’s Initative folks for that one). A great idea, the program really spoke to the concerns that the country was having at the time. It decreased the risk in buying one of the key big ticket items. Many other car companies followed suit. And until now, this was all a good thing.
Now Virgin Mobile is bringing the concept to wireless companies with their “Pink Slip Protection†offering. Continue reading “Recession marketing gets obnoxious”
Six hot media trends in 2009
Each year the IPG Emerging Media Lab issues its picks for the top trends in emerging media. Particularly for marketers, its an easy, painless way to get a finger on the pulse of a constantly changing landscape.
How we come to these trends is a journey in and of itself. There are endless brainstorms, weeks of handwringing, then drafts and more drafts. Ultimately, what emerges is a brain trust of sorts–one that comes out of spending a lot of time with new media, and an eye to the future…but not too-distant future, or we couldn’t call them 2009 trends.
You can download a copy of the IPG Emerging Media Lab’s 2009 Digital Trends, or check out this abridged rundown…cause this is where we’re placing our bets and putting our energy this year:
