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Domino’s Creates A DVD With Pizza Smell As Part Of New Ad Campaign

Domino’s Creates A DVD With Pizza Smell As Part Of New Ad Campaign

By Zach Walton May 17, 2013

Domino’s is no stranger to odd and bizarre marketing stunts. It’s latest – a DVD that smells like a pizza – may be one of its strangest (and most brilliant) yet. Creativity Online reports that Domino’s Brazil has teamed up …

TripAdvisor Launches Review Express TripAdvisor Launches Review Express
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TripAdvisor has a new service for businesses called Review Express, which sends bulk emails to customers on said businesses’ behalf. While some have raised spam-related concerns about the product, as far as we can tell, it basically operates like other …

Is International SEO More Important Now? Is International SEO More Important Now?
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Ranking in search engines, particularly Google, is not getting any easier, but how often are you considering the search engines around the globe? Many in the industry see international SEO as only gaining in importance. Do you think it’s more …

J.C. Penney Apology Ad Asks Customers to Come Back J.C. Penney Apology Ad Asks Customers to Come Back

It’s no secret that J.C. Penney has been losing customers over the past year. The company hired Apple exec Ron Johnson as CEO and began turning the department store pricing model on its head. Instead of setting high prices with …

Google Launches Enhanced Campaigns Upgrade Center Google Launches Enhanced Campaigns Upgrade Center
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Google announced the launch of a new upgrade center for upgrading AdWords accounts to Enhanced Campaigns today. The center lets advertisers upgrade several campaigns at once and merge them together. In a blog post, Google explains how to use the …

Outlook.com Gets A New Ad Format Outlook.com Gets A New Ad Format
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Microsoft introduced a new ad format for Outlook.com today, called versaTiles. It’s currently being sold in the U.S. and Brazil, but will also soon launch in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and the U.K. The format consists …

Twitter Ads Get Keyword Targeting Twitter Ads Get Keyword Targeting

Twitter has announced the launch of keyword targeting in timelines as a new feature for its ad platform. It is rolling out today in all languages and markets (where Twitter Ads are supported). The feature is available in the full …

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'Ship My Pants' Ad Seems To Be Working For Kmart 'Ship My Pants' Ad Seems To Be Working For Kmart
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Earlier this week, we looked at a new Kmart ad entitled, “Ship My Pants”. It pretty much came out of left-field. I don’t think anyone would’ve expected an ad like this from Kmart, and perhaps that’s the point. If you …

BlueGlass USA Is Low On Cash, High On Debt BlueGlass USA Is Low On Cash, High On Debt

Digital marketing agency BlueGlass has apparently happened upon some troublesome times. Patrick Price, managing director of BlueGlass EMEA, tweeted out this YouTube video addressing the situation: Follow @Idealizer Patrick C. Price @Idealizer #BlueGlass Update 1: This is where we stand …

Facebook & GM Revive Advertising Relationship Facebook & GM Revive Advertising Relationship

After a highly publicized split nearly a year ago, it looks like Facebook and General Motors are getting back together. GM has confirmed to Ad Age that they have decided to once again throw some advertising dollars into Facebook. “Chevrolet …

AOL Announces Marketplace by AdTech AOL Announces Marketplace by AdTech

AOL announced the launch of a new sell-side platform called Marketplace by AdTech today. With the offering, premium publishers can leverage AdTech’s technology and AOL Networks’ cross-platform ad serving platform, mange blocks and transparency settings at an inventory level, and …

Klout Launches Klout For Business Klout Launches Klout For Business

Klout announced the launch of Klout for Business on Thursday with the tagline, “Find the influencers in your audience.” Klout for Business is a set of tools including Klout Perks and audience insights to help businesses get influencers to share …

Facebook Rolls Out 'Lookalike Audiences' Targeting Facebook Rolls Out 'Lookalike Audiences' Targeting
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Last month, Facebook began testing a new targeting feature for marketers called lookalike audiences. Today, the company announced the global launch. The feature enables marketers to target audience segments with similar common attributes (interests, demographics) to the customers a marketer …

Twitter Improves Self-Service Ad Targeting Twitter Improves Self-Service Ad Targeting

Twitter has just announced some big improvements to its invitation-only self-service ad platform that make it easier for businesses to target the right kinds of users with their paid ads. Now, when deciding who to promote their accounts and tweets …

Mr. Wolfdog is Old Spice's New Marketing Chief Mr. Wolfdog is Old Spice's New Marketing Chief
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Old Spice has just introduced their new chief director of marketing to the world, and he’s a wolfdog. This is going to go places, I can feel it. “Sometimes you gotta eat people, America. That’s how business works.”

The New Facebook News Feed: What You Need to Know The New Facebook News Feed: What You Need to Know
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Yesterday, at an event at their Menlo Park headquarters, Facebook unveiled a radical redesign of their core product: the news feed. Unlike Graph Search or Gifts (two of the last big products that Facebook’s unveiled), the news feed is not …

What Will Mobile Will Bring to Consumers in 2013? What Will Mobile Will Bring to Consumers in 2013?
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The mobile landscape is set to change in a big way in 2013, and though some of the coming changes can be predicted, others will provide big (and perhaps unwelcome) surprises for both consumers and advertisers. As seen at this …