Today I was digging for some info on ‘display advertising’ and came across the following section:

… pay attention to what was being advertised. … The uniqueness of Facebook was the very fact that everything was displayed on one page, it was easy to read and it didnt take too much effort….Not only that, MySpace faced a slow down once it started to display too much advertising and it was revealed by many polls that users simply didnt…

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Creative Advertising Has a Long Tail

Businesses should always be looking for interesting and creative ways to advertise and market, both online and offline. Clever ads have a long reach. Not only are they attention grabbing in the actual location, clever ads gets spread around via newspapers, magazines (maybe a TV spot), as well as online, via blogs, forums and social bookmarking sites. If its videotaped, as the one below was, you have potential YouTube virality. Brand awareness, baby. Heres a creative approach from India . An

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Toy Fair 2008: DC Minimates

The speculation was confirmed when ASM gave a rundown of talks with DC Direct at Toy Fair, which included the following: … There has been several calls to arms to help show support for the line, but at present it is unknown what effect this will have on the overall marketing decision o f DC….

I tried several more searches on ‘direct marketing’ but after some time I got tired, gave up and posted this entry to ‘Sign up bonus’. Still, I think it was an interesting time.