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Know Your Audience: Recruiting Latinos to College

A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Research Center titled Second Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants got me thinking about how marketing and advertising agencies will use this research to inform new ad campaigns for … Continue reading

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Who Moved my Hovercheese?

Life passes at megabit speed. We have organized, streamlined and prioritized our days to maximize our time effectively balancing work, school, raising families, exercising, and, hopefully, playtime.  Time-efficiency increases by avoiding commercials watching TV on demand, skipping ads to immediately … Continue reading

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Marketing forever changing: good luck marketers

We’ve all heard the cliché: the arrival of the internet changed marketing forever. But perhaps more correctly, the internet has made it so marketing is forever changing. Some brands like Nike and Apple have embraced this paradigm wholeheartedly, evolving every … Continue reading

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IMC Breakdown – you’re all wrong.

If you’re a fan of Integrated Marketing Communications or if you do it for a living,  you’re probably as sick as I am of knowing that ALL marketing models have gone to hell since “the advent of social media” – … Continue reading

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Blog SEO Keyword Term as URL and Title

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Dart Your Attention

By Ramona Contreras Chiapa I sat reading on the couch earlier this week with the television on providing soothing ambient noise, when a commercial sparked my interest and immediately drew my eyes off the pages I was reading and directly … Continue reading

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Introduction to SEO for Blogging

Introduction to SEO for Blogging Twenty years ago reaching the masses was arduous; as it turns out it still is today, which is why reading a current introduction to SEO for blogging regularly is an important practice for any communication … Continue reading

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Facebook Fatigue

“Facebook fatigue” is a phrase coined to explain a recent wave of boredom that appears to be setting in for many of the site’s members.  If you find yourself needing a Facebook hiatus from time to time because you don’t value … Continue reading

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Super Bowl 2013 Ads Rock Social Media Integration

My favorite Super Bowl commercial this year was for Oreo.  They successfully provided a commercial that was entertaining, and called viewers to action.  Plus their campaign is consistent across Facebook and Twitter.  They got people talking about Oreo online, with … Continue reading

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A Superbowl Baby Called Hope

By Melanie Lawson I, along with millions of other Americans, watched the Superbowl last Sunday hoping the 49ers would win while also looking to see some great commercials. As I was chatting with friends and refueling on snacks before the … Continue reading

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