I have recently noticed a banner on a blog run by a fellow marketer. You can see it on your left now.
Each word on the banner carries an enormous power, and all of them together — a powerful emotional message. We are told that this will happen — “4,500 kids will die today.” We are [...]

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Geno on March 31st, 2010

The transitive verb “to mimic” has several definitions, but the first two listed in the Webster’s dictionary are (i) to imitate closely, and (ii) to ridicule by imitation. Semantics is one of my favorite branches of linguistics; and when I look at the below picture I really don’t know which of these two definitions suits [...]

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Geno on February 8th, 2010

I’ll be honest with you: I haven’t watched one second of the Super Bowl. I was shoveling my snow after the super snow weekend. I’m just not a big fan of (American) football (I’m a soccer man). What I did watch, however, were all of the Super Bowl commercials. Those that know me, know that [...]

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Geno on December 18th, 2009

Back in July in my Global Advertising to Shrink, Online Marketing to Grow post I quoted Forrester’s report on US Interactive Marketing Spend which projects a substantial growth of digital marketing in the course of the next 4 years. As this year is coming to an end, it seems appropriate to look into the future, [...]

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Geno on November 25th, 2009

A few days ago a Toronto-based affiliate marketer, Lorne Fade, has published an ad spending infograph based on Nielsen AdRelevance data. Among other things the infograph reflected the distribution of the top advertisers (by impressions and spend) on Facebook:

A day earlier IKEA published a video on how they are using Facebook by kidnapping the platform’s [...]

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Geno on September 5th, 2009

I love beautifully created ads, and one of them was shown to me by my wife as she was browsing through the September issue of the “Parent & Child” magazine this morning. It’s an ad by Nestle, and it’s for their new snack size Drumsticks (they call the new product – Lil’ Drums). It requires [...]

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Geno on September 5th, 2009

I love beautifully created ads, and one of them was shown to me by my wife as she was browsing through the September issue of the “Parent & Child” magazine this morning. It’s an ad by Nestle, and it’s for their new snack size Drumsticks (they call the new product – Lil’ Drums). It requires [...]

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Interesting forecast data (on global advertising vs interactive marketing) has been published a few days ago by Forrester Research and ZenithOptimedia.
Here is my summary:

Global advertising market is expected to decline 8.5% this year (North America – 10.3%)
Overall advertising budgets will decline as well
In 2009 newspaper ad spend will drop 14.7%, magazines – 16.7%, TV – [...]

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Today I have decided to put together a list of posts, articles and discussions I have enjoyed in the course of the past week. Some of them are related to affiliate marketing and affiliate program management, while others address the areas of marketing and advertising that I am personally fascinated with. I hope you will [...]

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Not too long ago I posted images of 5 creative advertising ideas which caught my eye in the past.
Today Jeff Sexton of FutureNow has posted an excellent article on the why, the how, and the what for behind all of these outstanding billboards that blast our imagination, and make it click inside of mind (or [...]

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