Why Big Brands Are More Socially Fit

Social media has hit the big time -- or at least has become the province of big companies. A recent study on the fitness of social media reported that large and mid-size brands significantly outscored their smaller counterparts, and reveals intriguing insights into the state of social media. ...More

  • Catching Ear: A Conversation With Youth Marketer Tony Hawk

    On the eve of this week's PTTOW! Youth Media Conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif., MediaDailyNews caught the ear of skateboarding star, actor and youth marketing expert Tony Hawk about the ups and downs of reaching today's youth amid the twists and turns of digital media. ...More

  • Social Gaming To Social Good--Brands Matter To Youth Market

    A CSR component used to be a 'nice to have' in a marketing campaign, but today it's essential to a brand's DNA. Companies without a social good element integrated into the business model fail to connect authentically with their consumers. ...More

  • Jeans Full Of Tweets Promote Eco-Friendly Denim

    What's that on your jeans? Do I see a hashtag? To promote its new line of eco-friendly laser-blasted denim, Replay created an in-store and social media campaign that projected tweets onto denim in real time. ...More

  • "Like" Might Just Be Peer Pressure

    According to published studies by Dr. Tina McCorkindale, an assistant professor at Appalachian State University's Department of Communication, "18- to 29-year-olds are the Facebook generation," and it's not the Millennial "likes" that assures ad success, but perks. ...More

  • Attribution: How Organizational Structures Fit

    Can too much data make attribution more complex? Matt Ackley, director of media and platforms at Google, argues that too much data can cloud the outcome and make it too complicated -- especially for execs of business units within an organization who don't understand online marketing. ...More