The integration of social media posts into search engine results is a natural progression for enhancing search engine relevance and utility. We’re already seeing attempts at social search from Google and Bing as they pull Twitter and Facebook postings respectively into their results.

Google “Search Plus Your World”
In 2011, Google [...]

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Volkswagen’s Barkside is a fun teaser promoting the brands’ involvement in the Super Bowl — as an advertiser. It continues to tap into the Star Wars phenomena and mashes it up with a costumed pet meme to come up with this fun, minute-long teaser ad.

An Ad Promoting…Another Ad?
Super Bowl ads [...]

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Mobile, social, and dynamic information platforms are saturating media spaces, including digital outdoor boards.

After a lull in growth during the recession, Out-of-Home (OOH) vendors nationwide are quickly converting static bulletins or building new structures to keep up with the pace of their competitors and client demand. Even states that have historically [...]

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The purchase funnel is dead.

Many marketers have suspected it for some time now. And there have even been a few attempts to make it official. At Empower MediaMarketing, we have officially moved on.

Why is this historically standard model for displaying how marketing efforts impact consumer purchase behavior no longer accurate? We see two main [...]

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