Best and Worst of Social Network Marketing, 2008

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

Forrester is out with a report this week on the "Best and Worst of Social Network Marketing in 2008." Jeremiah Owyang, who authored the report, has a great overview on his blog -- Web Strategy By Jeremiah. Couldn't agree more with his overall premise: It’s true, most social network marketing isn’t ...

In Defense of Social Simplicity: Why Idiomag Gets It Right

Monday, April 21st, 2008 by Julia Debari

In this age of microblogging and social integration, it is nice to run across a site that has a singular purpose. Idiomag, a music magazine, combines the "web 2.0" mentality of community and integration, with the clear focus of creating a personalized music magazine. So what exactly is Idiomag? "Idiomag is a ...

Behavioral Targeting: From Site Conversion to Acquisition and Beyond

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 by Tim Barnes

Relevancy. 2007 was the breakout year for behavioral targeting for both solution providers and marketers. According to Forrester Research, more than 75% of marketers were either using or evaluating the use of online behavioral targeting last year. A consolidation of tools aimed at delivering dynamic content on clients’ sites as ...

Quick Web Design Hits For Hard Economic Times

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

Last week I had the opportunity to talk to a leading industry analyst about a number of potential small web site investments that marketers and publishers could make to yield the biggest possible pay-off. The premise being, of course, that in economic hard times site owners needed to stretch ...

On Millennials, Marketing and Money: Why design for Gen Y?

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

Do we really need to create unique digital experiences for Gen Y? That's the running debate I've been having with some of my colleagues and industry analysts this week. I've always argued that to create great digital experiences online you need to look past demographics (and psychographics) to focus on ...