Okay, so I wrote this post about 10 minutes ago, in a hurry… because I’m pissed. I run a prominent Los Angeles marketing agency / production company, I write lots of articles, I’m a “thought leader.” (quotes intended).
I’m ashamed of myself. I was swept up in my quest to market a new video game and did the unthinkable. I broke the first rule of online video advertising. “Don’t turn women into hamburgers and eat them just for a laugh” Oh sure, it seems innocent enough at first glance… the idea of a…
This guest post is written by Nick Rojas. The basic tenets of marketing will always remain consistent, but changes do regularly occur in the industry. As technology and audience behaviors evolve, marketers need to stay up to speed with current trends as well as prepare for what the future will likely bring. This can be a…
By Tanya Hall, Guest Contributor With much of the business world abuzz about content marketing, smart marketers are taking stock of opportunities for their clients to use the power of story to convey a message and build stronger brands. Conspicuously absent from most content strategies, however, is the granddaddy of all content marketing: writing a book.…
My agency / production company recently produced an animated video for a new product called Swoon. Before that experience, I seldom equated beauty or cosmetics marketing with comedy, but rather pouty lipped stick figures stalking a runway amidst a barrage of camera flashes.
I don’t care of your game involves stacking cherries on top of ice cream before it melts or shooting hookers in the street. Own it.
What’s the best way to market your mobile app or game? I reached out to a variety of experts including app developers, game studios, app summit organizers and extreme gaming machine builders to get their thoughts. Here’s the advice that made the most cents, along with my two pennies’ worth, of course. Charlyn Keating @CharlynKeating…
Following in the steps of funny viral video promos for Old Spice and Dollar Shave Club, is the world’s first curated subscription box for cured meats. Carnivore Club has launched a video to promote the expansion of their services with F-Up Insurance, the newest way to stay protected before committing another transgression. The video shows…
I was in a McDonald’s one day when I saw the cleaning checklist on the back of the bathroom door. I thought, if the guy cleaning the bathroom needs a checklist to make sure he doesn’t forget to sweep or wipe down the sink, we definitely need a social media update checklist to make sure…
Everybody who launches a new product, from Proctor & Gamble to a couple of college grads who thought it up at a bar, is convinced they’ll be rich. If they didn’t think it would sell, they wouldn’t try. Look at some of the morons on Shark Tank. They all believed in themselves and their products…
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