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Social Network URLs – the future of advertising?

23. February 2010

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I have been watching a lot of the Olympics and loving it. One thing I have noticed as I watch in real time is a growing trend of brands using social network URLs instead of their own. Below are examples from Uniball and Toyota. I remember seeing another for an upcoming movie [...]

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Talk to your customers – and let them talk to each other

24. September 2009

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Last week my friend Spencer Fry from Carbonmade showed me a cool activity he participates in about once a month. His company sends out a message to its users inviting them into a Drop.io chatroom to discuss Carbonmade which is an online design portfolio company, and talk to the founders. More importantly, users [...]

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Working towards the Triple Play (the last mile problem)

20. July 2009

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Image by LonelyBob via Flickr It seems to me that more and more companies are working towards what the cable and phone companies are calling the triple play package. This is where you get phone, Internet, and TV service all from one provider all with one bill, hopefully lowering the overall price and making things [...]

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Chase (or the decline of customer service)

27. October 2008

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Tonight I canceled my Chase credit card. I have been a member for about a decade. I canceled my account because of a terrible experience I had with customer service. My isssue; I have been using online bill pay for years to pay my Chase card. This month I used the same online bill [...]

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Domino City – Sony Bravia Ad

21. October 2008

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Sony has come out with another colorful Bravia ad embedded below which I just found via ExitCreative As you may remember I have liked the previous Sony Bravia ads and posted both of them here.

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Web 2.0 World Map

24. June 2008

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The folks over at AppAppeal.com have put together a very cool web 2.0 world map showing off the logos of web companies to make a world mosaic. AppAppeal looks at and reviews web apps and does comparisons between them. For a quick example see the Bookmarking section. They spell out the details with short [...]

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Best & Worst Airlines: Follow-Up

10. May 2008

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As a follow-up to my recent post on the “Best & Worst Airlines: 2008,” I wanted to provide an update on my rant about American Airlines. After canceling a day of meetings due to an inconvenient delay, I was told by American Airlines customer service that I could mail a letter to their claims department [...]

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The Best & The Worst Airlines 2008

26. March 2008

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I’ve been travelling a fair amount lately and I’m beginning to get a little too familiar with the different airlines, airports and even gates. I am now starting to base my travel decisions on which airport and airline has the fastest and most comfortable security and boarding process. Most Comfortable Experience Delta at La Guardia is my [...]

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A Slight Problem With Ad Exchanges… (warning NSFW)

23. March 2008

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The idea of Ad Exchanges (Right Media, DoubleClick Exchange, etc.) makes a lot of sense – especially for smaller players who manage display media in-house or independently from an agency. Lately, it seems that several agencies (and Yahoo) have been experimenting with Right Media to get ahead in the CPA view-through game. For example, if [...]

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WSJ: Best & Worst Ads of 2007

28. December 2007

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The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today listing the top 5 best and 5 worst ads of the year. Log-in may be required but check it out if you can! Technorati Tags: wall street journal, wsj, 2007 ads, marketing.fm

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