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Have you heard of Schema.org and W3C Microdata formats?

Today, Web developers use HTML tags on their pages to tell the browser how to display the content; however, these tags don’t generally include semantical meaning to describe what kind of information is included.  By specifying semantical meaning within the Web page content, search engines can become more intelligent on categorizing the overwhelming amount of searchable information [...]

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Pay-per-view has come a long way

Television meets the Internet with a joint product venture between Google and Sony. Sony’s new Internet TV, powered by Google TV, merges the best features of digital cable with new developments in Internet television and VOIP* technology. Integrating our favorite social networks, search engines and other share points; Google TV and Sony have rolled out [...]

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Google gets further along with “Real-time Searching”

“Time” has been a topic of interest for as long as there has been time to think about the topic of “time”. William Penn said, “Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst” and Jim Bishop said, “Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.” And, Albert Einstein said, “The only reason [...]

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Second acts

So print is dying. But the smart print brands are whistling past the graveyard.  They are assessing their content and figuring out new ways to cash in. Meredith Corporation, the Des Moines based publisher of Family Circle, Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies Home Journal has evolved into a digital  licensing giant. The New Yorker’s [...]

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Summer school

Several years ago, Rich Silverstein of Goodby, Silverstein and Partners remarked that he and others at his agency were going “back to school” on new media.   Rather than milk their award winning traditional campaigns, the agency embraced what the Zen masters call “beginner’s mind.” Now look at ‘em.  They are one of the most prolific [...]

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Ogilvy and Bernbach on web marketing

What would the original “Mad Men” make of the world wide interweb? Here are two quotes, one from David Ogilvy and another from Bill Bernbach.  And some thoughts on how their words can be interpreted today. “Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.”  David [...]

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Lost in the tool box

Great piece by Denise Lee Yohn, a brand consultant, about how marketing is losing its mojo.  Marketing execs are pinning their hopes on new tools, especially in the social media space.   But without a vivid brand identity and positioning, what good are tactics and metrics? She writes, “We need to first think “what,” then “how.” [...]

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Google is Super

If branded experiences are the new advertising, how does a brand play the Super Bowl?  You get 30 seconds to engage 90 million viewers in the flashiest, noisiest television event of the year. Do you join the tired parade of tricky animals, slapstick, bimbos and cute babies? Or do you engage people with a simple, [...]

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Security Threats in 2010

Companies that utilize a public and/or a private Web site for information sharing are constantly under new security threats. And, the problem is getting worse due to automated tools that can distribute their infestations via botnets. In particular, many individuals and companies are seeing increasing attacks through social network sites because the audiences—at these social media sites—are more vulnerable and less knowledgeable on phishing [...]

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Media is creative

I worked at Ogilvy in the 1980’s and knew a media planner named Kristy. She had a sign in her office that read, “media is creative.” Kristy steered clients to MTV before it took off.  She predicted what new shows would be hits and what would bomb.   Kristy had a feel for people and the [...]

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