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Digital Works to Lift Brand Awareness and Sales — Without Direct Response
In-store tracking can measure increases in basket size and sales by household segments and connect this to performance of online video, rich media and display. More Info: Click here
The Bellyachers: How Marketers, Politicians Play to Our Worst Instincts
Again and again we are told how bad we have it. And so, convinced that we are in extremis, we bellyache and bellyache, and tune out the rest of the world. More Info: Click here
Marketing’s Biggest Social-Media Blunders of 2011
This social-networking thing takes some finesse. From Anthony Weiner's indiscreet photo sessions to Ragu's off-base attempt at humor, the people and companies who blew it. More Info: Click here
AOL’s New Sales Head: Devil Ads, Video ‘Huge’ Priorities
Mr. Norton's promotion is expected to free up time for Mr. Brody to work on partnerships, such as the one with Yahoo and Microsoft to sell unsold inventory. More Info: Click here
Behind Sprint CMO Bill Malloy’s Marketing Shake-Up
For a telecom exec little known in adland, Bill Malloy sure knows how to make an entrance. He did so this week with a massive agency shakeup. More Info: Click here
Goodness Mfg, El Pollo Loco Part Ways
After less than a year working together, El Pollo Loco and its agency, indie Goodness Mfg, have parted ways, according to people familiar with the matter. It was believed that the split would spark an agency review. More Info: Click here
Sprint and Goodby Are Going Separate Ways
Telecom giant Sprint is severing ties with its creative agency since 2007, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Moving forward, Digitas will serve as the new primary agency for the Sprint brand, managing brand strategy, advertising, digital, offline media, digital buying and analytics. More Info: Click here
Netflix Looks Toward Original Content, Competition With HBO Go
Netflix still has as good a chance as anyone to win the jump-ball for the future of TV, CEO Reed Hastings said Tuesday. More Info: Click here
Gowalla Team’s Move to Facebook Signals New Challenge to Foursquare
Hiring a crack location-based engineering and design team is a sign that Facebook hasn't ceded the space to the startup that owned it first. More Info: Click here
For Ikea, It’s Time to Overhaul Perceptions
With 38 stores in 27 markets and no new stores on the horizon, Ikea is taking a deep breath and looking inward, adding services and letting shoppers know it stocks more than just $3.99 bathroom rugs and blond furniture. More Info: Click here

















