Marketing Smarts

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Facebook Plans to Make Money by Selling Your Data

Starting this spring, companies will be able to selectively target Facebook’s members in order to research the appeal of new products through a polling system called Engagement Ads as demonstrated at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

This could be a major evolutionary step for online marketing, or it may backfire on Facebook and cause major PR problems.  I’m thinking it will work out.

via ReadWriteWeb.com

Digitas Shoots For Photo Enthusiasts With Samsung Camera Phone Campaign

DIGITAS IS AT THE HELM of a recently launched Euro-centric campaign for Samsung’s G800 mobile phone–a promotion aimed at showcasing the phone’s 3x optical zoom camera and its ability to get up close without degrading image quality. To court photography enthusiasts and a demographic Samsung has deemed "trendsetters," Publicis’ digital boutique tapped JPG Magazine to add rich media, video and social networking elements to the campaign. The trendsetters were defined as communicators, bloggers and online content creators: "People who want the next cool thing because of what it can do for them with the features it has, not just because it’s cool," according to Christopher Ray, vice president and associate director of marketing for Digitas.

To Lead Overall Brand Strategy, Digital Shops Have Much to Do

 

Megan McIlroy at Adage.com believed "digital agencies need to develop four core capabilities, according to the report: measurement and analytics, audience research, cross-channel integration and social media" if they want to lead brand strategy."

 

To Lead Overall Brand Strategy, Digital Shops Have Much to Do

Ant Fight Club

Ant Fight Club

Ant Fight ClubCheck out this Ant Fight Club facebook app sponsored by the Samsung G800 mobile camera phone marketing campaign.  It’s really fun.  Join, invite friends, and kick some abdomen! 

Ant Fight Club