5 Things the DMA Needs to Do to ReBrand Itself

Tweet I spent a few days at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition last week in Boston on behalf of Dukky. Despite the gloomy economy and the shrinking budgets of consumers and marketers alike, enthusiasm about the future of e-commerce buzzed. It seems we’re on the brink of a new frontier – thanks to emerging [...]

TweetTodd Skidmore pulled out the win with his design.  Heather and I, independent of each other, chose his design as the best.  The contest was close between four participants, but I liked that Todd made the laces hot pink.  Hot pink in the laces will allow me to replace them with black after the wedding.  [...]

TweetThe response to my Nike Shox Wedding Contest and your chance to win $50 has been pretty impressive so far. The Back-story… About 6 months ago while discussing wedding plans with my fiancée, I tried to convince her that my groomsmen and I should be able to wear customized Nike Shox as our shoes for [...]

Tweet Recent research by In-Stat found the following: *Almost 20% of game-playing respondents to an In-Stat consumer survey report downloading games from Internet sites other than their mobile carrier’s site. *Of the 2,000 respondents, 29.5% reported playing games on their mobile handsets. *In-Stat predicts the global mobile gaming market will top $6.8 billion by 2013. [...]

TweetLately, I’ve noticed an abundance of women coming out in advertising commercials; and quite frankly, it’s freaking me out a bit.  I mean that red-headed Wendy is now coming to life in the commercials, and she scares me.  As a kid, I had trouble eating my fries unless I turned the box around. Most recently, [...]

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates will be in the new Windows Vista ads.

TweetI went into Starbucks today to nab an Iced Mocha to get my creative juices flowing.  Upon paying, I was granted a receipt that announced my next iced grande beverage would be only $2.  The catch is that it has to be: •    The same day at the same store •    It also has to [...]

A view on how mobile internet devices will affect the future of mobile content distribution.

Aki Spicer, of Fallon, discusses the trends in social media.

Cisco is hosting a webcast on applying Web 2.0 strategies to your business. I think it will be worth a look.

TweetDeclining use of email? Research suggests that teens rarely use email to communicate. They prefer to send text messages to each other. Considering that they are more likely to be in contact with each other during the day by phone than computer, that makes sense. But do you think this will continue once they enter [...]

TweetI was a huge Michael Jordan fan when I was young. I used to try, notice the italics, to imitate him as a kid. I watched the training videos, read the Bios and scraped together what I could on the young Internet. Jordan and Nike have always put together wonderful commercials. They have been consistent [...]

TweetEarlier this year, Howard Schultz decided to return to his vision at Starbucks (SBUX), and everyone is anxious to see if he can turn around the coffee bean behemoth. Hopefully, he can “pull a Steve Jobs.” About a year ago, I gave my McStarbucks theory about Starbucks starting to serve breakfast. Two months ago they [...]

TweetI found this video via Marketing Headhunter. It’s a look at how Facebook and the CIA are connected trying to mine all of our personal data. Yeah, it’s over the top; but it’s still fun and interesting to see…only about 3 minutes so check it out. Tweet