Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

Coke Debuts First All-Digital Campaign

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 by MShinnick

Coca-Cola announced yesterday the company’s first all-digital marketing effort, aimed at teens and focused primarily on mobile.

Dubbed the “AHH Effect,” the initiative will include digital games and other digital content that can be accessed on mobile devices and desktops.

Coke will also supplement the effort with paid and owned media on Facebook and Twitter to encourage teens to create their own software-based experiences for the brand. 25 submissions will be chosen as part of the AHH Effect campaign.

While this is an admirable effort, the one question that leaps out is how this effort will affect sales of Coke products? Will teens be more apt to purchase a Coke product from this campaign? We’re about to find out.

Programmatic Buying: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 by lblock

Programmatic buying – the latest buzzword that you probably hear everywhere. It has been around for a while now, but it has become increasingly more important as marketers test and find value in its ability to engage consumers throughout all phases of the purchase funnel, from broad reach, low-cost tactics to lower funnel retargeting. So what are the key things to know about and where is everyone headed with this? To help answer these questions, I have spoken with Jay Habegger, CEO of OwnerIQ. Check out the interview at ClickZ.com.

How to Manage Media Fragmentation

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 by lblock

Media fragmentation is more prevalent than ever and it is becoming increasingly more difficult to figure out where best to allocate your media dollars. So how do you plan a media campaign in this new world? Check out my latest ClickZ post to find out.