-
Affinity Circles Goes to the NBA
The Portland Trail Blazers might not be the most advanced team in terms of on-court skill, but the organization just took a step towards being one of the more advanced teams in terms of online technology. The NBA team, which…
-
Agencies
Coca-Cola’s New Enviga to Get Major Consumer Sampling
Coca-Cola’s new green-tea product, Enviga, marketed as a great tasting beverage that will burn calories, is set to begin a very active consumer sampling program in the New York metro and Philadelphia areas.
-
Agencies
New York Incentive Show Dies a Slow Death
After 71 years as a staple in the New York market, the Incentive Show is closing its doors. The closure is being attributed to a gradual decline in the quantity and quality of attendees, which over the years eroded exhibitor enthusiasm for the show. The costs to operate the event also played a role in the demise of a show that brought major brands like Blockbuster, Harry & David, Coach and Bath & Body Works to work the floors at Jacob Javits Center, handing out everything from two-ounce bottles of cucumber melon body lotion to Moose Munch chocolate bars.
-
Agencies
Denny’s Adds Free Kids Meal on Halloween
Denny’s is tapping a Halloween theme to give kids an extra treat.
-
Agencies
Live from PROMO Live: Using Entertainment Ties to Break Through
Marketers will spend some $236 billion in the U.S. on print, radio, online and broadcast advertising this year, fueling consumers’ sensory overload when it comes to marketing messages.
-
Microsoft, Ingenio to Deliver Pay-Per-Call Ads
The mobile advertising game got more interesting on Monday when Microsoft and Ingenio, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in delivering pay-per-call ads to mobile device users, announced a deal.
-
Pixsy and PureVideo Team Up
On Monday, a day that was owned by Google and YouTube’s big news, Pixsy, a “visual search” site that looks for images and videos across thousands of content providers on the Web, announced a partnership with new video search…
-
Almost Two-Thirds of Online Gamers are Women
Late last week, Nielsen Entertainment released its third annual Active Gamer Benchmark Study, and the results indicated that 56% of the 117 million Active Gamers in the U.S. in 2006 played online, and that 64% of these online gamers are women.
-
Google, YouTube Notch Deals, Make a Deal of Their Own
On Monday, Google announced two separate deals with Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Music that will allow Google Video users to view music videos from both labels at no charge, thanks to Google’s ad-supported model. The…
-
Keyword Advertising – to police or not?
On September 28th a judicial decision was handed down in Google’s favor, a decision impacting the multitudes of businesses that engage in paid search advertising. This decision, believed to be the first United States court ruling of…
Author