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The Influence of Social Media on Advertising

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Or: The end of marketing, as we know it, is near… Pt. 2
Think about advertising as a large water park with various swimming pools. In the different pools are the recipients, our consumers. They swim around and talk to each other and enjoy their lives. The advertiser sits in the lifeguard chair (think [...]

Engagement through Vertical Ads Higher than Average

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A new study released by comScore showed that the collective reach of vertical ad networks tracked by comScore has increased substantially in the past year, from 21.5 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience in March 2008 to 57.1 percent in March 2009.
Vertical ad networks target ads to specific audiences online according to [...]

Second Life Attempts to Stage a Rebirth

NEW YORK Like many utopian visions, Second Life was uncompromising in its laissez-faire approach. The virtual world was launched as a platform that allowed users to do pretty much whatever they pleased,