Monday, June 1, 2009
Put Ad on Web. Count Clicks. Revise.
On a recent Thursday, Darren Herman, the president of Varick Media Management, was sequestered in his SoHo office.
On a recent Thursday, Darren Herman, the president of Varick Media Management, was sequestered in his SoHo office.
Chris Anderson, the editor in chief of Wired, believes in logic the way Tina Brown believes in buzz.
When two Domino’s Pizza employees filmed a prank in the restaurant’s kitchen, they decided to post it online.
Online advertisers are not lacking in choices: They can display their ads in any color, on any site, with any message, to any audience, with any image. Now, a new breed of companies is trying to tackle all of those options and determine what ad works for a specific audience.
Not known for its dark marketing, McDonald’s is more a try-our-new-salad, get-your-Shrek-action-figure, look-at-our-dollar-menu sort of place. For that reason, gamers were surprised to learn that McDonald’s was the sponsor of an enigmatic Olympic-themed online game called The Lost Ring, introduced last month. Nothing about the game was branded McDonald’s, and the game’s Web sites–mysterious and hip, like “Lost” mixed with “The Blair Witch Project”–were a far cry from the golden arches.
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