The practice of collecting and selling consumer data that tracks buying behaviors and monitors physical movements of every internet user is causing serious concern and consternation among the virtually connected. Effective digital marketing techniques depend greatly on understanding and utilizing the vast amount of data generated by social media users and the platforms that collect,...Read More

The revolutionary gravitation to social media has been ongoing for nearly two decades. In 2020, the world’s population used social media platforms for commerce, news, and personal connections and interactions every day. More than 4.2 billion people are active across multiple platforms, each spending an average of 2 hours and 25 minutes per day on...Read More

We are all accustomed to hearing accolades about the success and amazing command the annual National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl has over the American viewing public. The official game score and on-the-field statistics often sideline news stories of far greater significance on Super Bowl Sunday. Geopolitical happenings, natural disasters, and perhaps even global famine...Read More

The first Sunday in February has become as important to the fans of professional football as any holiday is to the masses of believers of religion, love, or memorialization. True believers schedule life activities around the contests between the 32 National Football League (NFL) teams from early September to just after Groundhog Day in the...Read More

Image Credit: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com In the beginning, it promised a new era of opportunity to advance the cause of free enterprise; a new pathway that promised a level field of competition where industries would compete for customers regardless of size, and where small, more disadvantaged marketers could meet larger, better-capitalized players on more even...Read More

Image Credit: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com It was a potentially explosive announcement for social media marketing, but it would appear that for advertisers and marketers, who rely on social media platforms to connect with customers, the news barely received notice. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in December that they would be filing antitrust legislation against...Read More

This year’s mega game was the least watched Super Bowl matchup in 11 years and is ranked as the lowest rated in 16 years. CBS says the broadcast averaged 98.2 million viewers and a 41.1 household rating, almost as exciting as the activity playing out on the field. Even the halftime entertainment failed to excite the dulling malaise...Read More

For marketers it seemed like a gift from the technology gods. Digital marketing, the limitless opportunity to reach out and connect with infinite numbers of potential customers and grab their undivided attention to your messages where they live, shop, walk, play or relax. Never having to worry about printed media’s shelf life, missed delivered copies...Read More

It appears that in an effort to discover success in a made for television series, producers, writers and TV moguls of three major entertainment networks are reaching into the past and the vast library of fairytale literature to find another answer to capturing viewer ratings, an absolute fundamental in a networks ability to establish profitable...Read More

Carving up the marketplace into individualized bites is nothing new and experienced marketers will be quick to advance the benefits of niche marketing to selling everything from grapes to baby grand pianos.  It is a successful strategy often employed by internet dating sites where lonely hearts can find companionship with other lonely hearts from across...Read More