Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0 has some great advice, as always, for those working to understand the new advertising culturescape. Google turned search advertising into the most profitable media business on the web by following the basic principle that advertising must create value for consumers. Search advertising is so powerful because the ads are relevant and USEFUL. The most successful new advertising models will …
New Year For Another Lame Facebook Story
It seems the bone of contention over Facebook's Beacon application was but the tip of the iceberg. Now Wired is exploring the company's "Social Ad" platform and raising more questions about consent and privacy. Have you used Facebook to give a shout-out to businesses you like? Best make sure your profile picture catches your best side, because you might be an unwitting star in those businesses' next Facebook ad …
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Happy New Year George
The context for this contextual advertising dust up, or why this is here. Hat tip to High Jive. …
All Work and Hopefully Some Play
I'm in Boulder today, so I thought I'd take a drive out Diagonal Highway toward Longmont to see where Crispin Porter & Bogusky has set up shop in a nondescript office park. And look, there are a bunch of cars in the parking lot. On New Year's Day. Which leads me to believe it takes extraordinary drive (and an obsessive nature) to reach the top and stay there. …
Hanging A Shingle Is Risky Business
Sally Hogshead shares a story about founding Robaire & Hogshead in 1998 that's instructive for others considering an entrepreneurial venture. My heart ka-boomed in my chest as we stood outside the building, preparing to sign the lease. I turned to my business partner, took a breath, and nervously said I couldn’t go through with it. Not because the building’s recent remodel from a mechanic’s garage left much to be …
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Good Things Happen When You Get Retail Right
There's an interesting personal story embedded inside this New York Times article on Apple's mastery of the retail space. Two years ago, Isobella Jade was down on her luck, living on a friend’s couch and struggling to make it as a fashion model when she had the idea of writing a book about her experience as a short woman trying to break into the modeling business. Unable to afford a computer, Ms. Jade, 25, began …
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Spread Real Wings If You Want To Fly
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Garden & Gun's new editor, Sid Evans, in The New York Times this morning. Here's the heart of the piece: “There’s a kind of arrogance here that anybody who’s not in New York isn’t here for a reason,” Mr. Evans said last week over elk chops and bourbon at Henry’s End, a restaurant in Brooklyn Heights near his apartment. “You really do begin to believe it, that the only smart people …
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When Consumers Are At The Controls
TV is a totally passive medium. The interwebs is the polar opposite. So, it's no surprise to learn that Internet video watchers are 47 percent more engaged by the advertising they encounter than traditional TV viewers. The same study found that viewers were 25 percent more engaged in the content on the shows, as well. [via ars technica] …
