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Category Archives: Promotional Marketing
Want to build some brand street cred? Just start a record label.
Brands dabbling in the music publishing arena is nothing new. Starbucks has been playing in the space for over a decade with their Hear Music label, and countless brand promotions have backed artists, tours, and exclusive releases. Where back in … Continue reading
Friday Fun: Eight Topics Making Us Happy This Week.
I took a lap around the office yesterday afternoon and asked Upshotters what’s making them happy (in marketing) this week. Here’s what they had to say. 1. Temporary urbanism. It’s the new term for pop-up retail. We love pop-up retail. … Continue reading
Judging Spokespeople – You Can Too!
It’s Friday. Let’s not get complicated here, but we can still try to learn a thing or two. My topic of choice—the spokesperson. You gotta love how the typical spokesperson has evolved over the years. Even the word has evolved … Continue reading
Upshot Smartshot #7: Twitterphobics Anonymous
Have no fear, help is here! No longer shall there be marketers who fear Twitter! The video above is the latest installment in our Upshot Smartshot webinar series, and complements our recent Potty Posting that introduced the concept of marketers … Continue reading
Silly Rabbit, Egg Hunts Aren’t Just for Kids.
Today’s post is by Jaclyn Gordyan. Senior Art Director and perpetually curious mind, discover more about her at Upshot’s main site. Follow Jaclyn on Twitter @JGordyan. All the Peeps, Jelly Bellys and Cadbury Creme Eggs have been eaten. So what’s … Continue reading
SXSWrapup (Part 5): The Value of a Facebook Fan is Exactly…
Now that you’ve has a few days to enjoy our awesome barcode marketing infographic, it’s time to take a break from the purty pictures and get back to where we left off with our SXSW recap. Once again, we return … Continue reading
SXSWrapup (Part 3): The Location Story
Ok, back to where we left off with our SXSW coverage. As we discussed in our earlier “killer app” conversation, the real focus of this year’s SXSW was getting previous years’ breakouts to iterate and ramp up to a place … Continue reading
Digging a Bit Deeper into AmEx + foursquare
Our SXSWrapup will continue momentarily, but we’ve got one piece of unfinished business to handle first. Before we headed out to SXSW Interactive, we tipped you off to foursquare’s new partnership with American Express (at the very bottom of that … Continue reading
SXSWrapup (Part 1): Last Year’s Breakouts Level Up
Halfway through the SXSW Interactive conference, it appears that our pre-conference assumption was correct: the biggest stories coming out of this year’s SXSW are going to be iterations of the services and applications that broke out in past years. That’s … Continue reading
SXSWarmup
[UPDATE: For more information on the foursquare / American Express partnership mentioned at the bottom of this post, click here.] SXSW Interactive starts tomorrow, which means the battle for blogosphere buzz will be starting shortly… ah, hell, it’s already been … Continue reading