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Escape From Super Bowl Advertising Hell

The quality of Super Bowl ads often rivals the game itself, and yet every year brands will make missteps. Viewers will cringe, be bored, stop watching. Cartoonist Tom Fishburne sketches out the common stumbling blocks that leave brands writhing in the advertising pit of despair. READ»

In Mobile, Majority Of Ad Impressions And Clicks Come From Tablet Users

The iPad might only be 18 months old, but she and her Android siblings are getting users to pay attention and click. Tablets are also taking the lion's share of mobile advertising dollars. READ»

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Content Vs. Advertising: Which One Leads The Gaming Industry?

How will the worlds of advertising and gaming overlap? We ask two young CEOs with opposite approaches.READ»

What Google Goggles Will Do for the Ad Industry

Unsure about what the future of mobile advertising holds? Google and Junaio show just what may be lying in store for consumers.READ»

How Rep. Michele Bachmann Used Mobile Ads to Turn Beer and Corn Dogs Into Votes From Fair Folk

The Minnesota Rep.'s team prepared a TV commercial lambasting her opponent's (alleged) support for taxes on beer, corn dogs, and deep-fried bacon, then they blasted the ad out to people at the Minnesota State Fair as it was happening. READ»

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Apple's iAds: Only for Big Spenders?

One report suggests only 0.24% of users click on advertisements.READ»

AdMob Fires Back at Apple for Banning Them From iOS

Apple's revised ad policy ban seems to mean Google's AdMob is barred from advertising in iPhone apps--and AdMob's pissed about it. The company responded today.READ»

Apple Allows Third Party Advertisers to Sniff Data, but Slams Door on Google's AdMob

Apple's adjusted its iPhone developers agreement concerning how third-party ad apps can collect user data--it's now allowed. But Apple's language dances carefully around the matter, and specifically excludes Google and its recent ...READ»

Facebook Scrambles To Release Cyber Security Tools

Facebook Announces Cyber Security Tools By James Rickman, SustainableVirtualBiZ.com reports as Facebook, the Internet social media network scrambles to is rolling out new enhanced security features for millions of users targeted by ...READ»

Healthcare Web Analytics

Monitoring social media interest and web analytics online, we can gauge the general sentiment (positive or negative) around the whole healthcare issue. Here’s what was found recently, says Corbett:In the ...READ»

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Social Media Live Workspace SustainableVirtualBiZ.com Delivers

Sustainable Virtual Services announces revenue growth over 80%, Q1 2010. The firm employs workers across America offering breakthrough Internet Marketing SEO, Social Media Advertising, Blog Copywriting, Web Content ...READ»

Would You Watch Ads for Free Phone Time? Alcatel-Lucent's Optism Is for You

When the subject of mobile advertising comes up, it's usually something to do with the ongoing smackdown between Apple and Google. And now, here comes another player to the arena that's doing it a completely different way--by ...READ»

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Experiential Marketing Digital Word of Mouth Advertising

The breakthrough findings by SustainableVirtualBiz.com defines companies are shifting budgets to gain superior return on investments from experiential Internet marketing that breaks down the barriers to powerful consumer ...READ»

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Study Confirms Social Media Transforming Business Advertising

New social media data released by SustainableVirtualBiz.com confirms the Internet has surpassed print newspapers and radio, as American’s primary information source. Only local and national television led the Internet as ...READ»

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3D TV Virtual Worlds

How much do you know about new “virtual worlds and 3D TV” technology developments? Maybe, you thought they were just a lot of online video game hype for kids but look deeper into today’s virtual world platforms like Second Life ...READ»

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AdMob: Riding the Mobile Advertising Wave

Omar Hamoui, Admob's founder and CEO, shows us how the mobile Internet space is changing and why his company is growing fast. He gives us a demo of an ad buy and just how many people can be reached in a quick order. Also tells us how ...READ»

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Why Mobile Advertising Has Not Reached Its Potential

Group M released some statistics in 2009 that projected mobile to comprise one half of 1% of total global advertising expenditures in 2009.  It is projected to be about .8% in 2010.  On the other hand, television advertising ...READ»

iPhone Apps--No Longer Just For Productivity and Fun--Now a Real, Viable Marketing Platform

When the iPhone launched two years ago, the media (and pretty much everyone else) called it a game-changer among mobile devices. But the potential impact on advertising dollars and how they are spent is swiftly becoming the larger ...READ»