June, 2014

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Can You Damage Your Ad Agency’s Brand By Ignoring Yours?

Fuel Lines

'“People trust brands that have people they can trust.” Not only will a poor personal brand damage your agency’s brand, I believe a non-existent personal brand does so as well. Steve Farnsworth writes and speaks about how smart companies can effectively integrate social media, PR and content marketing into their marketing mix. He is also the Chief Digital Strategist at Jolt Digital Marketing.

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Ad agency, Cramer-Krasselt resigns Panera Bread in rare public display of acrimony.

Gods of Advertising

'Getting treated like s**t gets old… I got an inordinate amount of traction from a link I shared on Facebook about a leaked memo from Cramer-Krasselt’s Chief Executive, Peter Krivkovich, regarding his agency’s resignation of the Panera Bread account. Claiming the client was “much too much even in this crazy business” what with “the constant last-minute shifts in direction, the behind-the-scenes politics, the enormous level of subjectivity that disregards proof of performance…” Well, it got

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A Journey into the Land of Dr. Oz: Congress Wants to Shed Weight Loss Scams

All About Advertising Law

'On June 17, 2014, Senators, staff, and the public were off to see Dr. Oz testify in Washington, and in the eyes of some Senators, this Oz may encourage as many deceptive tricks as his movie counterpart. Senator Claire McCaskill, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, opened a hearing titled “Protecting Consumers from False and Deceptive Advertising of Weight Loss Products” with an attack on false weight

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Marketers Are Innovators, So Please, No Lagging

AdPulp

'There is a struggle underway for the soul of Adland. Such is the case when power, prestige and privilege slip from an industry’s grasp. It doesn’t help that many young, talented people prefer to work in tech, where the perks are stellar and the challenges never-ending. Hell, wine runs from water fountains in Silicon Valley and other pockets of technical innovation like Boulder and Austin.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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What’s Native Got To Do With It? A Town Hall Conversation At IAB’s Advertising Technology Marketplace

InMobi

70% of marketers still don't know what it is, but according to projections, native advertising will account for nearly $3 billion in spend by the end of this year. This is a powerful statistic, and one that we explored in depth at the IAB’s Advertising Technology Marketplace in New York. Titled 'What’s Native Got to do With It?', the town hall discussion was moderated by Kaylie Smith , Rubicon Project’s Head of Seller Cloud, and the IAB’s Director of Industry Initiatives, Carl Kalapesi.

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The Game Before The Game - Neymar Jr / Beats By Dre epic video

Nick Burcher

Beats By Dre have released a new football / soccer themed video called 'The Game Before The Game.' Featuring a host of famous players, the Beats film promotes the new Beats Solo2 lightweight headphones. The Game Before The Game film focuses on preparation and being ready, with the Beats by Dre product featured at various points. The music track featured in The Game Before The Game is 'Jungle' by X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons and the full list of players included in the Beats By Dre 'The Ga

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Why is it so hard for most agencies to go from good to great? Examining three of Adlandia’s greatest myths.

Gods of Advertising

'From this… To this… I first wrote this draft while I was between jobs, reflecting on some things that had challenged me most when it came to true integration and moving our agency from good to great. Revisiting them now, the following observations are still seldom discussed, let alone acted upon. I’m not sure why. They’re true, more or less, for all advertising agencies.

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Supreme Court Opens Door to Food and Beverage Label Challenges Under Lanham Act

All About Advertising Law

'The United States Supreme Court paved the way today for competitors to challenge FDA-regulated food and beverage labels under the Lanham Act. The Court’s opinion in POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Co. is the latest chapter in a long-running feud between POM Wonderful and Coca-Cola, which arose in 2008 when POM accused Coke of mislabeling one of its fruit juice blend products by prominently displaying the words “pomegranate blueberry” despite the product consisting mostly of less expensive a

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College World Series Is Ideal Venue For NCAA’s Real Time Marketing

AdPulp

'The NCAA College World Series wrapped up last night at TD America Park in Omaha. New national champion, Vanderbilt beat Virginia 3-2 on the strength of a dramatic 8th inning home run from John Norwood. Sporting events of this magnitude offer marketers fantastic opportunities to communicate value to a highly engaged TV audience. But how does a fan capture a moment in the game and share it with others who love baseball?

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InMobi Ad SDK 440 now supports Google’s New Advertising ID

InMobi

Using mobile ads to monetize is an integral part of the mobile apps ecosystem today, with a large number of developers relying solely on advertising revenue to sustain their businesses. For this purpose, certain unique device-level identifiers are sent to ad networks to allow them to serve targeted and more relevant ads. Apart from better monetization, uniquely identifying devices is extremely important as it helps ad networks do conversion matching (attributing app installs to the source), freq

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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Advertising to Baby Boomers: Good To See The Young'uns.

Advertising to Baby Boomers

'Advertising to Baby Boomers. Beginning in 2003, My business blog for Creative Services, Copywriting, Consulting, and Speaking. Youll find all sorts of information about the current trends in advertising and marketing to this unwieldy, diverse demographic. 27 June 2014. Good To See The Young’uns Catching Up. Yahoo Wants You to Linger (on the Ads, Too) By Vindu Goel, New York Times … Marissa Mayer, the chief executive, has decided that one way to reverse that decline (in advertising)

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Changing Washington “Redskins” name not just right; it’s also good business.

Gods of Advertising

'The righteous drum continues to beat louder, calling for the termination of the Washington Redskins nickname, which got a huge assist when the United States Patent Office rescinded trademark rights for the moniker, deeming it offensive to Native Americans. Recently, the above commercial ran during the NBA playoffs. The name is offensive. Period. Anyone who believes otherwise, consider if the Redskins played a game against a team called the Seattle Slant Eyes or Miami Wetbacks.

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Letting go of old ideas: Adland accepts foriegn languages and sub titles.

Gods of Advertising

'Understanding meaning without understanding words… Tim Nudd of Adweek asks if Beats by Dre “just out-Nike-d Nike” with a new five minute film celebrating the World Cup, which begins shortly in Rio. The answer is yes and the reason isn’t the game’s featured stars’ prowess on the pitch but rather what these athletes do before the games. Hence the film’s title, The Game Before the Game.

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Previous post gets most views ever. Devil on my shoulder says do it again!

Gods of Advertising

'“C’mon angel, that leaked memo was pretty sweet.” My last post on advertising agency, Cramer-Krasselt parting ways with client, Panera Bread garnered more views in one day than any other in this blog’s history. On June 13, several thousand of you read my story about a frustrated agency CEO having reached his wit’s end with a client.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Enough with advertising… I’m going fishing!

Gods of Advertising

'Here fishy, fishy… I’m doing something this weekend I haven’t done for a long time but used to do all the time. I’m going fishing! Bass fishing to be precise, on Clear Lake, CA which supposedly has the best bass fishing west of the Mississippi. I hired a guide and booked a cottage right on the lake. I’m pretty stoked. When I was a boy I fished every chance I could, and was pretty damn good at it.

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These days, an advertiser’s own employees might be the most important (and overlooked) audience of them all.

Gods of Advertising

'“Our new campaign rocks and so do we!” I am delighted to report (with a bit of an eye roll) that one of the themes at this year’s B2B marketing conference in Chicago (BMA14 ), was the supreme value of internal stakeholders and employees when it comes to branding. I’m happy because the internal audience is likely the most under-appreciated target market of them all.

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When An Agency/Client Relationship Goes Publicly Stale

AdPulp

'When Cramer-Krasselt decided to publicly break up with client Panera Bread last week, they were quite definitive about labeling the client as difficult. I saw two reactions to this: “Good for C-K,” and “They’re just doing this as a PR stunt, who’d want to hire them?” Frankly, many clients have rightfully earned a reputation for being difficult.

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On helping other agencies in your network you must grin and bear it.

Gods of Advertising

'helping others is scary… Helping a sister agency within your network is a double-edged sword if ever there was one. In theory the helper gets the benefit of participating in important national or global business, which can mean lucrative assignments with blue chip clients as well as face time with your company’s top management. In theory…. The reality is often far less lucrative for the helper.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Not All Press Is Good Press

All About Advertising Law

'In ruling on a motion to dismiss counterclaims brought under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, the District Court of Oregon ruled that statements made by a corporate agent to a journalist may be actionable. In Skedko, Inc. v. ARC Products, LLC , the defendant counterclaimed for false advertising. Both plaintiff and defendant manufacture and sell evacuation devices.

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FIFA World Cup and Mobile Marketing: A Match Made in Heaven

InMobi

FIFA – A Golden Opportunity For Marketers Any world cup or a large sporting event is big for marketers and brands, and FIFA World cup 2014 is undoubtedly the largest marketing platform in the world because of the sheer numbers involved. With a total of 64 matches and 32 teams across 12 stadiums, the entire event is scheduled to take place from 12 June to 13 July 2014 with an estimated 4 billion fans following across television, mobile and social media.

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Are You Monetizing Your Gamers the Right Way?

InMobi

Mobile gamers are a fickle audience and a game that may have been at the top of the charts yesterday, is easily forgotten today, as more and more apps (with minor differences) flood the app stores. It is becoming imperative for game developers to not just consider monetization potential when implementing ads, but also the impact it has on the game play experience.

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NAD Settlements? Yes, They’re Possible and Often Worth Considering

All About Advertising Law

'Many advertisers who appear before the National Advertising Division assume that once an NAD challenge is filed there’s no turning back. The NAD rarely declines an opportunity to review cases, and when it does reject a complaint it is usually for one of the narrow reasons stated in Section 2.2(B)(i) of the ASRC Policies and Procedures. Those reasons include where the challenged advertising is local in nature, subject to pending litigation, exceedingly technical, or permanently withdrawn befor

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Caller Beware: FCC’s Record “Do-Not-Call” Fine Highlights Liability Under TCPA

All About Advertising Law

'Over the past couple of months, we have been waving the caution flag in the air while attempting to warn businesses about the potential liability for violations under the TCPA. In our previous posts , we noted the numerous consumer lawsuits that have been filed against businesses throughout the country, a list which continues to grow on a weekly basis (see our TCPA Update for more recent filings).

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The Other Ski Boot Drops – You Shouldn’t Collude Over Endorsers Either

All About Advertising Law

'For those that have adjusted to the fact that the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice really do care if you agree with your competitors to not recruit each other’s employees (for which, see this recent reminder from DOJ involving E-Bay’s alleged involvement in the scheme among high-tech companies to avoid “poaching” each other’s employees), the FTC just settled an investigation of two ski manufacturers that allegedly agreed not to solicit each other’s endorsers along wit

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U.S. Senators Tell Retailers to Knock It Off with the Outlet Knock Offs (or At Least Disclose the Differences)

All About Advertising Law

'You feel pretty good heading to work wearing that designer outfit you picked up at a bargain price over the weekend at the local outlet center. But what if that deal you got wasn’t a deal at all? Questions have increasingly been raised about the potentially deceptive marketing practices related to the quality and source of products sold by fashion retailers in their outlets or factory stores.

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A Journey into the Land of Dr. Oz: Congress Wants to Shed Weight Loss Scams

All About Advertising Law

'On June 17, 2014, Senators, staff, and the public were off to see Dr. Oz testify in Washington, and in the eyes of some Senators, this Oz may encourage as many deceptive tricks as his movie counterpart. Senator Claire McCaskill, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, opened a hearing titled “Protecting Consumers from False and Deceptive Advertising of Weight Loss Products” with an attack on false weight

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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NAD Settlements? Yes, They’re Possible and Often Worth Considering

All About Advertising Law

'Many advertisers who appear before the National Advertising Division assume that once an NAD challenge is filed there’s no turning back. The NAD rarely declines an opportunity to review cases, and when it does reject a complaint it is usually for one of the narrow reasons stated in Section 2.2(B)(i) of the ASRC Policies and Procedures. Those reasons include where the challenged advertising is local in nature, subject to pending litigation, exceedingly technical, or permanently withdrawn befor

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U.S. Senators Tell Retailers to Knock It Off with the Outlet Knock Offs (or At Least Disclose the Differences)

All About Advertising Law

'You feel pretty good heading to work wearing that designer outfit you picked up at a bargain price over the weekend at the local outlet center. But what if that deal you got wasn’t a deal at all? Questions have increasingly been raised about the potentially deceptive marketing practices related to the quality and source of products sold by fashion retailers in their outlets or factory stores.

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Supreme Court Opens Door to Food and Beverage Label Challenges Under Lanham Act

All About Advertising Law

'The United States Supreme Court paved the way today for competitors to challenge FDA-regulated food and beverage labels under the Lanham Act. The Court’s opinion in POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Co. is the latest chapter in a long-running feud between POM Wonderful and Coca-Cola, which arose in 2008 when POM accused Coke of mislabeling one of its fruit juice blend products by prominently displaying the words “pomegranate blueberry” despite the product consisting mostly of less expensive a

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Not All Press Is Good Press

All About Advertising Law

'In ruling on a motion to dismiss counterclaims brought under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, the District Court of Oregon ruled that statements made by a corporate agent to a journalist may be actionable. In Skedko, Inc. v. ARC Products, LLC , the defendant counterclaimed for false advertising. Both plaintiff and defendant manufacture and sell evacuation devices.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.