Archive for December 2011

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James Coates

What the New Facebook Insights Means to Marketers

If you've ever used Facebook insights, you're no stranger to its updates and changes. And as you may have heard, Facebook is updating insights again and this time it’s big … really big.

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Chrissy Sievers

YouTube’s Top Ads of 2011

Over the last few years, advertisers have learned a few things on how to truly engage customers. They've started providing consumers the opportunity to become an active participant in campaigns by creating content that we want to share. Ads are earning their way onto screens via votes on YouTube, comments, sharing and liking on various social media platforms. Users are jumping on the bandwagon and creating spoofs or video responses; making campaigns even more successful.

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Ashley Akin

Give the Gift of Season’s Savings

'Tis more blessed to give than to receive ... but receiving is still pretty awesome, right?

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Bobby Stark

Parthenon Creates Smartphone App

Working with our long-term client, the Jason Foundation, Parthenon recently introduced a new smartphone app for the Tennessee National Guard. The app, available for both iPhone and Android devices, provides members of the Tennessee National Guard anytime, anywhere access to critical life resources, on-demand counseling, and on-call suicide prevention. It was introduced on Dec. 13 [...]

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Nicole Provonchee

Taking Another Look at Bing

Have you checked out Microsoft's search engine, Bing, lately? According to Kunal Das, a Microsoft Bing Evangelist, about 30 percent of us using Bing over Google for at least part of our searches. Bing's partnership with Yahoo - Bing serves up all of Yahoo's search results - helped double the company's market share to its current 30 percent.

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James Coates

‘Tis the Season for Holiday Ads

The end of year holiday season is probably my favorite time of year. We have fried turkeys, fake trees, gifts we don't want, annoying family members, and most importantly time off from work. One thing I really enjoy about this time of year is the ads.

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