Archive for September, 2009

Eric Shutt: Ad Experts Offer Social Media Tips at NYC’s Advertising Week (The Huffington Post)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Presenters at IAB’s MIXX Expo, a key event at NYC’s Advertising Week, confirmed that advertising’s future is now squarely focused on social media.

UK internet advertising spend overtakes TV for the first time (TVNZ)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Spending on internet advertising in Britain grew 4.6% in the first half of 2009, outperforming the wider ad sector

Search Advertising PSAs in Bing Alert Consumers to Scammer Threat Online (redOrbit)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S.

Faith Hill Fragrance Smells Success Online (BrandWeek)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Faith Hill Parfums is sniffing out consumers with a series of Webisodes, online discussions and print advertising. The new Web series will feature the singer discussing questions, some submitted by viewers, on the theme of “The Beauty of Being a Woman.”

Search Advertising PSAs in Bing Alert Consumers to Scammer Threat Online (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission , the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Western Union, today launched a series of online public service announcements designed to help protect consumers from scams related to mortgage foreclosure rescue offers and promises of credit repair and advance fee fraud, also known as lottery scams.

Nielsen Selected to Provide Online Currency for the U.K. Digital Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

NEW YORK & LONDON—-The Nielsen Company announced today that it has been appointed by UKOM, the U.K. Online Measurement body, as its official partner to create the country’s first currency for planning advertising campaigns on the Internet.

Click Forensics First to Bring Real-Time Audience Quality Measurement to Online Publishers and Ad Networks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas—-Click Forensics®, Inc., today announced the release of an enhanced version of its online audience quality monitoring platform that for the first time allows ad networks and publishers to instantly identify good and bad advertising traffic in the real-time click stream.

Epicenter Network Unveils New Corporate Web Strategy to Support Online Properties (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Epicenter Network, an emerging leader in the Internet marketing and advertising space, today announced a rebranding of its corporate Web site to help accommodate future growth in its stable of online advertiser and marketing affiliate services.

Debate over different forms of online advertising misses the point (ZDNet)

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Publishers have been debating the merits of one type of online advertising over another, but they are missing the point: none of it works. . .

Make money as a writer, artist or photographer selling your work online (Louisville.com)

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Whether it’s the Catholic priest who’s in an accomplished photographer, the Baxter Avenue advertising executive who paints or the Avalon waitress who publishes poetry, the abundance of Louisvillians with creative side gigs is one of the city’s more interesting quirks–and one of the many reasons Louisville’s able to stay weird. If you’re one of those creative types who’d like to quit your boring …