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Marketing Pilgrim

If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably aware that there’s something special going on in the realm of mobile devices. We’ve even seen up-close examples of businesses and movements using mobile coupons. We’re in the midst of a major transition, but what form will this transformation take? And how quickly is it happening? Luckily, MediaPost [...]

Better Banner Ads: It Is Possible

by Avi on April 26, 2010

According to a survey conducted last month by the Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Adfusion, online banner ads are just about the least effective type of online advertising there is, leading only the reviled category of pop-up ads. The survey asked a sample of 1,053 adults comprising 509 men and 544 women 18 years [...]

After taking a look at an example of stunt marketing, I’d like to take a look at the consequences of distasteful advertising. Not that National Geographic’s stunt marketing for its Explorer documentary is necessarily offensive–my general take, rather, is that this approach is ineffective–but I would understand if some viewers didn’t like the direction of [...]

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Have a Plan: Profits or Problem Solving

by Avi on April 9, 2010

There is no shortage of ways to divide the world. To the usual suspects we can now add, in the words of Marketing Pilgrim’s Joe Hall, profitable vs. pragmatic: We’ve all heard the saying that “necessity is the mother of innovation”. This is true. Most of the popular web applications and software tools are products [...]

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Earning Trust

by Avi on April 6, 2010

Zemoga is a really interesting Colombian-based digital innovation company, whose clients include some big names: Sears, Toyota, HBO, and more. Zemoga is a company that’s worth keeping an eye on, and it’s one that I’ve enjoyed watching over the past few months, not least because they host a fascinating blog, From Bogota with Love, which [...]

Are Ads Bad Marketing?

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by Avi on March 24, 2010

As a marketing blog, we’re very interested in ads. For a long while, ads were just about the only thing marketing was about. But, as we’ve mentioned here before, the traditional type of hard-sell ads we’re used to can be problematic and ineffective. Is marketing really all about ads? And, if it isn’t, is it [...]