An exec from AKQA that helped Volkswagen with the launch of their new GTI spoke at the Mobile Marketing Forum recently where he shared some very solid results. The center of their mobile strategy was an iPhone game that allowed the user to pick one of six custom designed cars by VW, including the new GTI.
Read moreHave you ever found yourself confused or overwhelmed by how the internet works, what a web application is and why it's important to use a modern web browser? Google has created a neat online book to help clarify the details for you, and best of all it's written in plain language with the newcomer or novice in mind. They've even included some cool illustrations and animations to guide you along the way!
Read moreThe big announcement of today wasn't very surprising and it appears that Myspace is doing everything they can to be obsolete. Users will now be able to login and carry their Facebook likes over to Myspace; based on their Facebook likes, the will get media recommendations. Because Myspace is primarily entertainment based, or as it is often called MTV 2.0, it is not a bad relationship, but is it too little too late? Myspace themselves have already stated that they should no longer be considered a social network but more of an 'entertainment hub'.
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The rumored official analytics product for and by twitter has apparently launched today with a select group of Twitter users getting invited to join. While there are already 3rd party apps that will give you some analytics for twitter, none of them will be able to provide the level of accuracy that an official tool by twitter can.
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The explosion of mobile device usage in the past few years has made it important that all small businesses claim their Google Places listings, and today's announcement of Google Hotpot is yet another reason for you to explore location-based services if you haven't already.
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With the amount of tweets that have been posted, it is surprising that most people that create an account abandon it within 2 weeks. Why does this happen?
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Yesterday Dave touched on Google's Newest Feature, Google Instant Preview, and how it affects your website. As he pointed out, the design of your site can make or break an organic click-through. Why click on a drab, uninviting site when there are plenty of search results that go to pretty ones?
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This week Google rolled out yet another feature for their search engine called Google Instant Preview, which lets you take a sneak peak at a website before actually visiting it from your list of Google results. There have been extensions for web browsers, such as Mozilla's Firefox, that provided this exact functionality, but now it works across all modern browsers and is supported by Google natively. With that said, you may be asking yourself an important question:
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Inevitably most small businesses that we meet or talk to think of excuses not to blog instead of reasons to blog. Most of these are the same businesses that feel like they should get involved with social media, but only because they hear Facebook and Twitter on TV or from other businesses telling them they should, not because they actually see the value. Needless to say, these businesses are not generally successful at either. Let's take a look at some of the common excuses and why they are wrong.
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A recent article posted online by eMarketer shares some very interesting data for small business marketers. Their article states that more undergrads have a mobile web device than a desktop computer.
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If you are executing digital marketing, congratulations! You are most likely already one step ahead of your competition, and making strides to meaningfully connect with prospects online. But, how do you know if you’re seeing continual success year over year, and improving your metrics?
Without the tools in place to analyze and benchmark your efforts, it is impossible to scale your online marketing and ensure continuous success.
