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Mon, Mar 15 2010 09:58AM
Last week, MSN UK announced the official launch of the MSN Video Player . In the 2nd in a series of interviews with Ashley Highfield, Microsoft UK’s MD & VP of our Consumer & Online division, he talks about the premise behind the new video experience...
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Mon, Mar 15 2010 05:21AM
Just a week to go until Search Engine Strategies in New York! The conference looks like being one of the best yet with keynote speeches by David Meerman Scott, Google’s Avinash Kaushik and our very own Yusuf Mehdi . Yigal Elnekave , Robyn Raybould...
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Fri, Mar 12 2010 05:04PM
200 people a day from around the world now add their awkward family photos to the Web site started by Mike Bender and Doug Chenack, www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com Mike and Doug talked about the past year since they hit on the idea during a visit home and...
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Thu, Mar 11 2010 04:30AM
Below is a list of Microsoft speakers that will be out in force imparting marketing insight and best practice at OMMA Global in San Francisco next week. The event will be trying to answer some burning questions: “What effect will an UNBOUND Web...
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Wed, Mar 10 2010 04:31AM
Just back from holiday to find that those fine folks at Search Engine Watch have posted a video interview I did with Lisa Myers from Verve Search after her Social Media 101 session at SES London. In 2 minutes Lisa tells us where companies should start...
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Wed, Mar 03 2010 12:00PM
We’ve been blogging a lot about digital creativity , and we can’t get enough of some of the great online execution opportunities that brands present us in the display field everyday. On our advertising site, we have an Ad Gallery which showcases...
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Mon, Mar 01 2010 07:00PM
It seems that there is not a conference nowadays that does not include a social media track or session. And that's great - many marketers are realizing that social media is just as important as TV, radio, web or other forms of media. This year the...
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Wed, Feb 24 2010 07:30AM
We’ve been writing a few posts recently about creative campaign executions in the UK and US and wanted to highlight some from Asia. Below are three great examples of how display advertising can be engaging, have a “wow” factor and generate...
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Thu, Feb 18 2010 02:05AM
I never tire of hearing Jim Sterne speak at conferences. Known as the “Godfather of online marketing”, he’s president of the Web Analytics Association , a prolific author of books on web metrics and he’s even found time to blog...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 07:09AM
We kick off the second session of the day with Lisa Myers, a 10-year veteran of SEO and PPC and CEO of Verve Search , talking about the fundamentals of Social Media and how to approach this as a first-timer, how to drive a compelling campaign and how...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 01:57AM
We’re at a search conference, but search has no point if customers come to your site and can’t find what they’re looking for. If your site is badly constructed or not designed with conversion in mind, you might as well give up. Traffic...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 12:32AM
The continual chatter on my blog post featuring Nick Utton from eTrade (not a lot of fans of the new babies) got me thinking about how we watch Super Bowl ads. Do you mind anymore if someone is chatting during the break or do you realize you’re...
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Tue, Feb 16 2010 11:58PM
Hundreds of people braved the wet and cold weather yesterday to attend day 1 at Search Engine Strategies in North London. Any one who came in from the freezing elements would have had their cockles warmed by the keynote from Avianash Kaushik, who wowed...
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Sun, Feb 14 2010 05:43PM
The Microsoft Advertising Community Team is over 4 years old and has been engaged in social media marketing since the launch of adCenter in 2006. We often get asked about how our team came about, how we have evolved and what our approach is to interacting...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 12:31PM
Sometimes my job is made really easy by other people. Today that person is Blaise Aguera y Arcas who is a Bing Maps Architect. I first met Blaise back in 2007, when he took me through some of the cooler stuff to demo on Photosynth and Seadragon . Back...
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 04:05PM
In this post I'm going to explore in more detail a theme I've touched on a couple of times before in Facts Are Stubborn Things and Games Advertising Takes Center Stage . And at the risk of sounding insulting - my apologies in advance! - I'm...
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Sun, Feb 07 2010 09:39AM
With just over a week to go till Search Engine Strategies in London, our team have been putting their finishing touches to their presentations. Peter’s session on Bing on the 1st day is really one that’s not to be missed. From the conference...
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Thu, Feb 04 2010 02:45PM
What began as a contest for young creatives at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has resulted in a world premiere video on World Cancer Day ! Last June, we gathered some of the best young creative minds in the industry at our Games Advertising...
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Wed, Feb 03 2010 11:54AM
With the search engine marketing conference season well under way on both sides of the pond , I caught up with Danny Sullivan – editor in chief at Search Engine Land – to chat about his team's upcoming event in March in Santa Clara. What...
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Thu, Jan 28 2010 06:45AM
Today, at 3pm GMT, the MSN UK Gaming Channel saw a bit of advertising history - the first interactive rich media ad built completely on our Silverlight platform. In true “One Microsoft” style, Microsoft Advertising in the UK has worked with...