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What is a facebook fan worth?

What is a facebook fan worth? The question is intriguing. Marketers struggle with the valuation of social initiatives. While no one questions the value of someone advocating your brand, people question the impact of a social campaign.

A brief discussion about toilet paper

Last Tuesday I was in aisle 12 at the local Kroger a sign caught my attention (see visual). It is a sign about toilet paper with a basic question: How do you roll? An interesting question I will talk about in a bit, but the question poses a more interesting marketing challenge: Can you create a brand experience about toilet paper?

Is Kevin Smith influencing your next flight?

The interesting read is not Southwest’s apology, rather the comments responding to the blog entry. Some people applaud Southwest for deplaning over sized people, while others state they will never fly Southwest again. This makes me wonder how much clout does Kevin Smith have in persuading people to not fly Southwest?

Bypass the Banner

First off, banners are a means to an end. Most of the time they are drivers to a site experience. Banners should not be the center point of your campaign, they are more like the icing you would put on a cake. If the cake tastes like s%*# then there is little the icing can do. This is why we need to think about bypassing the banner.

No one gets fired for recommending television …

This is an interesting debate, because the models may hold us back. Subjectivity in creative, in ideas, and in different channels is difficult to measure. As we increase efforts in lesser known areas like digital, social, and mobile, the comfort level of many decision makers decrease. Many people think these channels make for nice tactics, but they wouldn’t bet their entire product launch on them. The prefer the television security blanket.