Reinforcing Hulu’s position as one of the world's top 10 direct-to-consumer entertainment brands, the company announced today that it has surpassed 20 million U.S. subscribers and has grown total engagement on Hulu by more than 60%. In addition, Hulu reports that 78% of viewing on the service takes place in the living room, on connected TVs. Hulu’s 20 million subscribers are still less than half the domestic …
Minute Maid Questions What Good Is, Decides, “this is GOOD”
Do you see picture-perfect people enjoying picture-perfect moments everytime you log on to social media sites? How does the highlight reel from other people make you feel? Minute Maid’s new brand campaign is encouraging parents to embrace their perfectly imperfect family moments and show how even though it’s not always Instagram-ready, “this is GOOD.” https://youtu.be/wY0ZYXhYiWQ Minute Maid partnered with …
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Decide To Support Quality—Find A Way To Pay
Imagine if all you ever ate was free food that you found floating by in a fast moving river? In this dystopia, you don't have time to assess what you're eating—if it looks like food you eat it without question or hesitation. Of course, only a desperate or crazy person would live this way. But when it comes to our media diet and what we feed our minds, existing on digital flotsam is just fine. Danny …
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Norwegian Taco Subs Come With A Crunch
I'm not a fan of pre-roll. No one is. Nevertheless, if you're going to go there, you need to understand what works while you're holding people hostage. To promote their Taco Sub—the first sub ever to make a distinguished sound when you eat it—Subway Norway and McCann Stockholm built a narrative around "Good cracks vs. Bad cracks". When done right, even a film about a sandwich can become truly unskippable. …
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Sears Is On The Wrong Screen
Just 11% of Sears sales come from e-commerce. No surprise there. Smart retailers know that TV advertising drives interest and newspaper circulars drive traffic. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sears Holdings Chief Executive Edward Lampert is on another page. He champions the use of digital marketing over traditional TV and print advertising, arguing that digital marketing is more cost-effective and …
Off Madison: Blogging Is The New Busking
OFF MADISON—Blogging is the new busking. Talented writers are presently posted up outside the official news edifice where they're busy bringing their readers a sharper, more personal point of view on a particular topic of interest. In a recent survey, bloggers said it now takes three hours and twenty minutes, on average, to create a post. The length of a typical blog post is now 1,142 words. This is up from 1,054 …
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Smarten Up; Facebook and Your Mobile Phone Make You Dumb
Sean Parker, Facebook's first President, gave an interesting talk recently, where he reveals the thinking behind the machine. https://youtu.be/WIfrMwql6Fo The problem the Facebookers sought to solve: How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible? The "solution" they ended up inventing: "It's a social-validation feedback loop ... exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself …
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There’s Just So Much Digital Smoke Being Blown Up Our Asses
If you haven't yet found time to read BadMen: How Advertising Went From A Minor Annoyance To A Major Menace by Bob Hoffman—his "frightening and highly entertaining look into the hidden, corrupt, and dangerous world of online advertising"—may I suggest an audio preview on the topic, care of Radio New Zealand? “There is a huge criminal underworld that knows how to fake online traffic and fake online clicks and …
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