Moral Fabric: Clothiers Go OrganicAugust 22, 2010 Organic clothing is a fringe product, right? Tell that to the brands and retailers that have started making money on it. Read Full Article
David Carey: The ArchitectAugust 09, 2010 Hearst has tapped David Carey to design the future of its magazine division, and perhaps the entire company. Read Full Article
Home Page ImprovementJuly 26, 2010 Long ignored -- and long annoying -- the humble home page is finally making a marketing splash for brands. It's about time. Read Full Article
Upfront Program Report 2010May 31, 2010 Though buyers see no clear hits on the Big Five this fall, the nets spared no expense to ramp up on scripted shows. Read Full Article
Ford: Moving OnMay 23, 2010 The automaker's one of the hottest brands on the road. So how does it plan on staying there? Read Full Article
Alloy Media's Efficiency ExpertMay 23, 2010 Alloy Media CEO Matt Diamond is creating a next-generation Millennial-focused media company with a disciplined cost structure and ad-friendly product. Read Full Article
2010 Cable Hot ListMay 09, 2010 Each network on the 2010 AdweekMedia Cable Hot List was assessed in the context of eight key categories. Read Full Article
Cable Hot List: 75 Mil. Subs and UnderMay 09, 2010 We may never again see the likes of HBO's heyday, when transformative dramas like The Sopranos, The Wire and Six Feet Under made America renew its love affair with TV, but damn
Nancy Dubuc: The InterventionistMay 09, 2010 Dubuc turned around the ratings fortunes of A&E and History. Now she gets to do it all over again with Lifetime Networks. Read Full Article
Upfront 2010: Top Business CategoriesMay 02, 2010 We look at autos, entertainment, telecom and other segments on the eve of the upfronts. Read Full Article
The Power of OneApril 19, 2010 With singles spending more than ever, why do so many marketers ignore them? Read Full Article
True Green?April 18, 2010 Determining what's really green is tricky. Marketing it is even trickier. Read Full Article
Google: Too Many Moving Parts?April 12, 2010 How the search giant has struggled to expand into other businesses. Read Full Article
Is Friday Prime-Time TV's New Saturday?April 04, 2010 Ratings continue to soften for the broadcast networks at week's end. The good news: They're not quite ready to give up on the night -- yet. Read Full Article
Marketing 0.0: Promos on the CheapMarch 22, 2010 Enterprising brands are discovering that low-tech marketing turns heads. Read Full Article
Toy Pitches Half-Baked?March 15, 2010 With boys more interested in cooking than ever, why do toy brands still market almost exclusively to girls? Read Full Article
OOH Takes FlightMarch 14, 2010 Airports and airlines step up their interactive out-of-home efforts, and clients are buying a ticket. Read Full Article
Dancing With the StarsMarch 08, 2010 You'd think after Tiger Woods that brands would be shying away from celeb endorsers. Well, think again. If anything, their use seems to be making a comeback. At high-profile advertising events like the Super Bowl, celebrities and popular music appeared in 40 percent of the commercials. Industry experts say the draw of big names is stronger than ever, partially because many stars have used social media outlets like Twitter to establish one-to-one connections with consumers. Plus, there's still no substitute for a famous face. Read Full Article
I'm With a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!March 08, 2010 How celeb endorsers have failed in the past and why there may be a better way to deal with it now. Read Full Article
Digital Special Report 2010February 15, 2010 In-depth coverage of the latest news, trends and events from the cutting edge of marketing. Does social sell? What's next for government regulation? How is the industry working to beef up banner ads? Why are firms investing in the local online space? Plus insights from experts like Bob Greenberg, a Q&A with the head of the Center for Digital Democracy. And much more. Read Full Article
Guerrilla Marketing's Newest RevolutionJanuary 11, 2010 Welcome to guerrilla marketing, 2010 style, where the traditional street-level “gotcha” has been reinterpreted -- and made more effective -- through a digital lens. “As technology and the Internet grow, opportunities will grow,” observes Jay Levinson, the “father of guerrilla marketing” and author of many books. Technology, he adds, has become easier to use, “and we surely can’t discount the new mobility of markets.” Read Full Article
AdweekMedia Forecast 2010January 02, 2010 The bottom line looms large over the industry in 2010. In general, it is projected to be a better year than the previous one, but not by much, at least here in the U.S. Still, everyone's up for some good news at this point. At least you can count on the Winter Olympics and the congressional races for a bit of relief. If history is any guide, things won't play out the way you might guess. Disruptive technologies are, by definition, impossible to predict and immensely powerful for that reason. Here are our best guesses of where things are going, barring any unforeseen and inevitable new developments. Read Full Article
Adland's Dot-Com Dog Days: An Oral HistoryDecember 07, 2009 Ten years ago, twentysomethings were CEOs, marketers had unlimited budgets and an obnoxious sock puppet was a brand icon for the future. Ah yes, you remember the dot-com boom, don’t you? So do the execs we tracked down for this fond look back. Here, we present an oral history of advertising's role in the boom ... and bust. Read Full Article
iPhone Apps Put Brands in HandsNovember 30, 2009 Brands face an uphill battle getting noticed in the iTunes App Store, which now boasts over 100,000 applications. It's similar to their challenge on Facebook, only worse because brands do not have a beachhead like they do with their Facebook pages. That's meant few non-digital brands have cracked the most popular apps. Here is a list of the successful brands and apps we feel best fulfill the promise of utility -- as well as some prominent missed opportunities. Read Full Article
Media All-Stars 2009November 16, 2009 Our annual survey of the best and brightest, featuring Universal McCann's global CEO Matt Seiler (shown), named exec of the year. Read Full Article
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