South by Southwest 2015 (more known nowadays for fostering buzzier, futuristic narratives around topics like wearable devices and robots) has offered attendees interested in the nuts-and-bolts of digital ad targeting plenty of information to chew on. […]
Last week, Facebook acquired — and immediately shut down — personalized commerce search app TheFind. TheFind melded search data to location-based purchase data to better hone product suggestions. […]
Indiana is joining 15 other states in a billboard campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking. About 21 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking. An estimated one-and-a-half million of them are in the United States, many of them minors recruited for prostitution. […]
Digital technology is changing the way advertising is done in the retail space – be it in a bricks and mortar store, online or using smartphone and tablet devices. Advertisers can now speak to consumers with immediacy and relevance using digital display in malls, says Bruce Burgess, Posterscope development director for sub-Saharan Africa. […]
About 1,000 iBeacons using Bluetooth wireless technology are positioned around the Austin Convention Center to share timely updates with festivalgoers. With that many iBeacons you might think SXSW would the equivalent of a digital Normandy invasion, with messages whizzing by hot and heavy announcing the latest updates on trending topics, speakers and festival-related offers. […]
Clearing the way for billboard companies to install digital billboards along at least part of Atlanta Highway could help improve the look of the corridor, an outdoor advertising professional told an Athens-Clarke County Commission committee Monday. […]
CEO of oOh!media, Brendon Cook, says a study of the $4 billion worth of Australian ad campaigns shows out-of-home delivers ROI. Research of more 140 econometric studies of $4 billion worth of Australian ad campaigns, 90% of them including out-of-home components, provides ample proof of the added value that out-of-home (OOH) delivers for advertisers. […]
Thousands worshipped at the altar of Mobile World Congress 2015 in the first week of March. Microsoft won big, collecting 10 awards including best tablet and best of MWC 2015, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg held the keynote, however their notable Californian neighbours were missing. […]
For decades, marketers have used consumer insights to inform creative and communications strategies, and relied on data signals to understand, target and measure audience reach. […]
This weekend, thousands of marketers will flock to the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference to stay on top of the latest innovations in digital and real-time marketing. Indeed, today’s marketing publications are replete with examples of brands, which in trying to hack the culture, actually created PR disasters of their own making. […]
This week Snapchat’s value jumped to US$15-billion after Alibaba invested some US$200-million in the mobile messaging company. It’s something that on day one of SXSW came up in talks across the city because Snapchat is the latest and greatest disrupter. […]
Here’s all the winners from the Digital Signage Expo install and creative awards held Thursday in Las Vegas … In the Apex install awards, there were about 80 entrants and 60 in content (which I think is kind of feeble on the part of integrators and other vendors – awards are great marketing tools, so PUT IN ENTRIES!!!) Anyway … Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Gold: Skylon Tower, nominated by GestureTek Silver: National Museum of Kazakhstan, nominated by Global Display Solutions Bronze: College Football Hall of Fame, nominated by Obscura Digital Business, Industry and Government Gold: NASA – Human Exploration Operations, nominated by GPO US Inc. […]
Even before it could be confirmed in Billboard magazine, the Rolling Stones’ rumored U.S. tour has been validated by billboards popping up around the country in recent days – including one along Interstate 494 near Eden Prairie that points to a Twin Cities date. […]
Back at home and already missing the big blue skies and shirt sleeves weather of LA and Las Vegas. Sigh. Day 2 at Digital Signage Expo was still bat outta hell mode for me, running around looking at stuff and steering clients here and there to see things and meet people. […]
Pushkar Jain, Head (Brand Marketing) at Tata Teleservices, feels the outdoor advertising opportunity is still mostly untapped. Jain is a jury member of the upcoming OOH Conference and Awards 2015 organized by exchange4media, which will be held on March 27, 2015 in Gurgaon. Jain shares his thoughts on outdoor advertising and what it takes to create a great outdoor campaign. […]
