extraawesome bits of media and news for advertising folks.Tumblr (3.0; @adnews)http://adnews.extraawesome.com/<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/343654009/">Mobile Search Trends Show Economic Decline And Rise In Pizza</a>: <p><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/v-enable" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/7185/17185v1-max-250x250.png" alt="v-enable"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.v-enable.com" target="_blank">V-Enable</a>, a voice-enabled mobile 411 system, conducted a study by taking a random sampling of 20,000 searches in major metropolitan areas from customers of several V-Enable partner carriers…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289049http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289049Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:03:57 -0500<a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/343076577/What_Works_(And_What_Doesn_t)_on_the_Mobile_Web">What Works, What Doesn't, on Mobile Web</a>: <p>Remember when your phone couldn’t do much more than make phone calls and send text messages? We’ve come a long way in a short amount of time, but, as Webmonkey Scott Loganbill explores in this…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289048http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289048Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:03:56 -0500<a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/342981565/tivo-to-cash-in.html">TiVo to Cash In on Couch Potato Commerce</a>: <p>TiVo is looking for new ways to generate revenue from its existing subscriber base. 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The magazine will feature an electronic paper cover that will flash “The 21st…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289046http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43289046Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:03:55 -0500<a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1006435">African-Americans, Online and Shopping</a>: <p>Over 3 million new Internet users in three years</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43282434http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43282434Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:22 -0500<a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1006426">Auto Ad Spending Down, Except Digital</a>: <p>Double-digit Web ad growth</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43282435http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43282435Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:22 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/psfk/feed/~3/343571183/arianna-huffington-on-newspapers-citizen-journalism.html">Arianna Huffington On Newspapers & Citizen Journalism</a>: <center><img src="http://www.marktd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/arianna-huffington.jpg" width="454" height="366" alt="arianna huffington" title="arianna huffington" rel="trends"/></center> <p>In a video interview with the Guardian newspaper the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com" title="huff it up" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a> founder says that there will always be newspapers and there will always be online media - it’s just they will…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275146http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275146Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickz/~3/343196760/showPage.html">Forecast: In-Stream Ads and Video Banners to Dwarf Overlays</a>: <p>JupiterResearch sees limited demand for overlay ads, and says advertisers may not be very interested in them in the future.<img src="http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickz/~4/343196760" height="1" width="1"/></p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275143http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275143Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebStrategyByJeremiah/~3/343533511/">Why Social Network Marketing Misses Out: Playing Solitaire at a Party</a>: <p>If you work at an interactive agency or at a brand that’s interested in marketing at social networks, this post is for you.</p> <p><strong>Agencies and Brands unsure what to do</strong><br/> I can see the deal now, and I’m…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275147http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275147Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Futurelab/~3/343500321/brand_as_facilitator.html">Brand As Facilitator</a>: <p>by: <a href="http://blog.futurelab.net/?p=contributors&id=14" target="_blank">David Armano</a></p> <p><strong>Brand As Broadcaster</strong><br/>In this dynamic world of “social media” that we’re all gushing over, it’s healthy to remind ourselves that most brands are still acting as…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275144http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275144Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://mashable.com/2008/07/22/broadband-metering/">Is US Internet Access Being Marginalized?</a>: <p><img height="150" alt="Controlling the flow" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cutting_the_pipe.jpg" width="200" align="right" border="0"/> Every day we hear about how the Web is going to change the movie industry, the music industry and even software usage along with its related data storage. We hear how the Web is becoming…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275149http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275149Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.marketingcharts.com/~r/marketingcharts/~3/343547724/">Top 10 Mobile Phone Websites - June 2008</a>: <p>Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275145http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275145Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebStrategyByJeremiah/~3/343563078/">10 Questions Analyst Relations Have About Social Media</a>: <p>Yesterday, I spoke to a room full of Analyst Relations (AR) and Public Relations (PR) professionals at a large tech vendor. I was asked to lead a discussion about the impacts of social media to…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275148http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275148Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/343376091/how-not-to-pick.html">How (not to) pick a company spokesman</a>: <p>39 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the most famous person in the world.</p> <p>He was an astronaut, of course, but there were dozens of people who could have done the technical work that Armstrong did….</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275150http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43275150Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForresterMarketing/~3/342261965/without-no-ther.html">Without "no" there is no strategy</a>: <div> <p><a href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/analyst/steven_noble" target="_blank"><img width="89" height="89" border="0" src="http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing/images/2008/06/26/steven_noble_forrester.gif" title="Steven Noble" style="margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;float:right"/></a></p> <p>[Posted by <a href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/analyst/steven_noble?" target="_blank">Steven Noble</a>]</p> <p>Most interactive agencies owe their success to their tenacity, not strategy.</p> <p>The cornerstone of strategy is focus, and that involves knowing how to say “no”….</p></div>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184147http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184147Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:31 -0500<a href="http://mashable.com/2008/07/22/predictad/">PredictAd Leverages Israeli Partnerships for Global Growth (Israel Media Tour)</a>: <p><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/predictad-logo.bmp" alt="predictad-logo" title="predictad-logo"/></p> <p><strong>Company Name:</strong> <a href="http://www.predictad.com" target="_blank">PredictAd</a><br/><strong>Founded in:</strong> 2007<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Raanana</p> <p><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/predictadteam.jpg" alt="predictad team" title="predictad team" width="448" height="266"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.predictad.com" target="_blank">PredictAd</a> is an Israeli startup backed by Yossi Vardi that was launched in 2007. Based in Raanana, the company has…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184146http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184146Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:31 -0500<a href="http://blog.scope.is/marketing_safari/2008/07/6-common-mistak.html">6 Common Mistakes Companies Make in Social Media</a>: <p>Stories of failure are more common than success stories when it comes to social media. But since this is a new platform, you can expect a lot of mistakes while people are “getting it”. I’ve listed 6…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184149http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184149Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:31 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BannerblogNews/~3/342500942/virgin_mobiles_what_happens_next.php">Virgin Mobile's What Happens Next</a>: <p><img alt="what_comes_next.jpg" src="http://www.bannerblog.com.au/news/picts/what_comes_next.jpg" width="500" height="285"/></p> <p>Virgin, thanks to Host have launched a new campaign called <a href="http://www.bannerblog.com.au/news/thappensnext.com.au/" target="_blank">What Happens Next</a>. Choose your scene and then direct what happens next. The best entry will get turned into an ad (i think Virgin…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184143http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184143Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:30 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/342468270/are-they-ready.html">Are they ready to listen?</a>: <p>Most marketers forget to ask this critical question.</p> <p>When I was pitching for investors in Yoyodyne (1994/1995) I met with many of the biggest VCs on the East Coast. Same company, same pitch, very…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184144http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184144Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:30 -0500<a href="http://mashable.com/2008/07/22/spleak-verticals/">Spleak Media Network Adds More Verticals and Publisher Content</a>: <p><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/spleak-logo.png" alt=""/></p> <p><a href="http://spleak.com" target="_blank">Spleak Media Network</a>, which started last year with the single launch of <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/02/spleak-media-network/" target="_blank">CelebSpleak</a>, has been adding more and more niche themes to its growing network of communities. The latest to join the…</p>http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184145http://adnews.extraawesome.com/post/43184145Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:34:30 -0500