Archive for November, 2008

Search and Social Synergy

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

MODERATOR: Dana Todd, CMO, Newsforce, Inc. PANELISTS: Mike Grehan, Global KDM Officer, Acronym Media Adam Lavelle, Chief Strategy Officer, iCrossing Julie Sun, Senior Manager, SEO, MTV Digital Media Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, SearchEngineLand.com Here is a quick overview of each speaker and their major points. Danny Sullivan: Honestly, I didn't take notes for Danny's presentation because he said the whole ...

Mobilizing and Leveraging Consumer Insights

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Mobilizing and Leveraging Consumer Insights: Best Practices for the Digital and Social Media Age MODERATOR: Jeff Flemings, Senior VP, Renaissance Planning, VivaKi PANELISTS: Kay Madati, VP, Audience Experience, CNN Worldwide Michael Lazerow, Chairman and CEO, Buddy Media, Inc. Jeff Hunter, Innovation Toolkit Director, Cereal Partners Worldwide, General Mills, Inc. Marc Ruxin, Chief Innovation Officer, Digital, McCann Worldgroup ...

Obama, Apple and Ice Cream

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Keynote: Obama, Apple and Ice Cream - Building Brand Passion Among Millennials This presentation was overseen by Samantha Skey, Executive VP, Strategic Marketing, Alloy Media + Marketing. The focus was on the panel of six "Millenials," who can be generally defined as people born between 1980-2000. At this presentation, the Millenials ...

State of the Industry

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The second morning keynote of Ad:tech was a round table discussion with the following: MODERATOR: Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO, IAB KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Tina Sharkey, Chairman and Global President, BabyCenter LLC Rob Master, North American Media Director, Unilever US Rob Norman, CEO, Group M Interaction David Morris, Chief Client Officer, CBS Interactive Rob Norman, an agency guy, started ...

Couch Potatoes, Thrill Seekers and Citizen Journalists

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The first keynote of the conference was presented by: Jonathan Klein, President, CNN/U.S. & Geoff Ramsey, CEO and founder of eMarketer.com Klein dominated most of the available time with his discussion about bringing traditional media out of the past and into the present by taking full advantage of interactivity, social media, and user ...

Ad:tech New York, It’s Gonna Be Huge

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

SEOMFG is at ad:tech this week, and holy crap is this thing huge. There are a full 3 floors worth of exibitors. I spent today roaming around booths and getting a feel for the show. It's hard to explain the theme of this convention because it's such a jumble of ...