Where to go next: mobile banner ad networks

Looking for the next pay-per-click highly targeted place to advertise your business? Pull out your smart phone (please say you have traded-up from your flip phone by now) and visit any website on your browser. Certain sites have plenty of inventory for sale. And just like with online banner ad networks, you can decide who [...]

mGive’s Haiti case study looks at power of mobile donations

Attended the 6th meeting of the Mobile Monday Colorado meetup last night at CU’s Atlas Institute. The meeting focused on one amazing case study: how Denver’s own mGive helped raise nearly $40 million dollars for Haiti disaster relief. mGive occupies an interesting position in the mobile donation space. It sits in the middle of, and [...]

Data, case studies show m-commerce finally hitting its stride

M-commerce is finally hitting its stride. At least according to this very insightful BusinessWeek article from October 11th entitled “M-commerce’s big moment“, which says that the hockey-stick-shaped growth pattern expected for 2010 is already here. And that the forecast for m-commerce has been upped from $544 million to $800 million. The article explains how consumers [...]

Start-ups outsource customer support to online communities

Came across a company called Contxts while I was searching for a free provider of digital business cards. I like these guys since it only took me a few effortless minutes to sign up and then have a working text messaging solution for people to receive my digital business card. If you want to see [...]

BK uses augmented reality to turn me into the King

A previous post talked about the wonders of a new digital marketing tactic called Augmented Reality (AR). Burger King has recently taken AR to the next step, adding it to a new banner ad campaign promoting the $1 Whopper. Play with BK’s highly interactive AR banner – you simply need to have a webcam and [...]

Use Augmented Reality for memorable brand experiences

Digital marketing typically means communicating to people while they’re in digital channels. The emerging tactic called Augmented Reality (AR) is a new take on digital marketing since it communicates to people while they are interacting with boring old paper. It brings digital out of the digital channel. Here’s how AR works. A marketer wants to [...]

‘Best Job In The World’ offers many helpful lessons

One advertising campaign cleaned up at the award shows in 2009, winning in both the PR and digital categories in at least three high-profile shows. Australia’s Tourism Queensland created the  ‘Best job in the world’ campaign to drive tourism on the small island. The campaign encouraged people to submit videos of why they deserve to [...]

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