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Down With Mobile Banner Ads

Brian Wong | Posted 03.05.2013 | Business
Brian Wong

I'm of the opinion that there's a better way to engage people on their phones than taking a billboard (a 70-year-old marketing technology) and shrinking it down to fit a four-inch screen.

Capitalizing on the Digital Explosion

Shruti Eva Saini | Posted 02.19.2013 | Business
Shruti Eva Saini

When was the last time you clicked on an online advertisement? Right. So how can brands up this "win rate" when consumers have a pretty turned off attitude when it comes to online advertising?

Gerry Smith

Google Still Searching for Answers To Its 'Mobile Problem'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 10.19.2012 | Technology

About 1.3 million Google Android devices are activated every day. But while Google's mobile business is booming, it is still looking for a way to g...

How Technology Could Turn the Tides in the Election

Dr. Satwant Kaur | Posted 12.10.2012 | Technology
Dr. Satwant Kaur

Regardless of what has happened so far, innovative use of emerging technologies still has the ability to turn the winds, even at such a late stage in the game.

Move Over Online, Mobile Is the Main Event

David Gwozdz | Posted 12.03.2012 | Technology
David Gwozdz

For so many years, a lot of the companies and ad technology companies building mobile advertising capabilities have been relegated to the cheap seats in the back with little attention or ad dollars allocated to it. Well, that's not the case anymore.

Mobile Takes Center Stage at Advertising Week 2012

Maria Mandel Dunsche | Posted 12.02.2012 | Business
Maria Mandel Dunsche

Mobile marketing is no longer a question of "if" but of "how."

Beyond Spoilers: What the 2012 Olympics Taught Us About Multi-Screen Media in the Twitter Age

Krishna Subramanian | Posted 10.19.2012 | Technology
Krishna Subramanian

With so many people receiving Olympic results ahead of time, either through social media, live streams, or other live sources, the audience for time-shifted coverage should have plummeted -- right? Yet NBC's ratings were as strong as ever.

Why Aren't We Creating Ads Designed Specifically for Mobile?

Sal Candela | Posted 12.12.2011 | Technology
Sal Candela

It seems that many marketers and agencies think that we can just slap some online creative into a mobile-sized ad and somehow that might catch people's interest and get them to tap on these ads.

The Next Step in 'Digital Lifestyle Management': Applications as Personal Assistant

Cary Tilds | Posted 12.06.2011 | Technology
Cary Tilds

Digital applications provide access to information that help us accomplish specific tasks that matter most to us. How can a brand take advantage of this next technology innovation?

Digital Addiction, Social Media and the Future of Marketing

Naomi Troni | Posted 12.05.2011 | Technology
Naomi Troni

The power of mobile devices is increasing, the prices are coming down and the range of apps and content for them is growing -- including videos, live TV and catch-up TV. So the choice for marketers is clear.

Mobile or Mobility

Sal Candela | Posted 12.04.2011 | Technology
Sal Candela

Mobile marketing cannot be narrowly defined as reaching people on cellular phones. The truth is that when we say mobile we really mean mobility.

Advertising: Data Driven, Geo-location, Contextual Ads

Mike Smith | Posted 12.04.2011 | Technology
Mike Smith

There were two shows this week in the city and one message. Targeting. And geolocation technology on mobile devices is a big part of it.

Exclusive: U.S. Mobile Ad Sales to Top $1 Billion in 2011, IAB's Anna Bager

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.14.2011 | Technology
Andy Plesser

While mobile advertising is a tiny slice of the global advertising pie, "its growth is huge ... and exponential," says Anna Bager who heads the IAB's Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence.

Smartphone Users Are Using Their Phones In The Bathroom

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 06.27.2011 | Technology

Not only are people using their smartphones more, but they're using their smartphones to do more, according to a new survey from Google conducted by I...

A New Way For Small Businesses To Track Mobile Ads

Avinash Kaushik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Avinash Kaushik

Over the past two years, mobile search queries have increased by 500 percent. And yet we're slow to catch up to this trend. It's estimated that nearly...

Apple Threatens Search Giants' Mobile Ad Shares

BusinessWeek | Olga Kharif | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! have swiftly lost share in the U.S. mobile advertising market to Apple's new iAd. Independent rivals such as Jumptap and...

Mobile Advertising and the Rise of Digital Coupons (Infographic)

Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Brian Clark Howard

Due to editorial consideration, the infographic and accompanying text have been removed from this post....

A Foursquare Graduation: Jeremy Arnon's Interview with Tristan Walker

Ben Arnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Ben Arnon

Not that Foursquare needs any more free press, but here's my conversation with Tristan Walker, who serves as VP of Business Development at the uber-popular startup Foursquare.