The FTC and the Irony of “Organic” Search

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters to Google, Yahoo!, Bing and 20 other heavily trafficked search engines warning them they must clearly and prominently distinguish paid search (advertising) from natural search results.

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Reaching Moms: Consider Lifestage, Not Just Media

When marketing to moms, there is a lot of research that talks about how they want to be marketed to. However, there is little talk on when to market to them. We know from the media planning process that general stages in life largely influence media habits and consumption. Age, sex, employment and household income…

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B+L Book Club

We know that “social media” continues to be hot topic. There are hundreds of seminars and conferences dedicated to the subject. There are also hundreds of books detailing the need for businesses to understand how social media can (or more importantly will) impact them now and in the future. If you read only one book…

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Get Involved in the Conversation.

By Lisa Huebner

The one thing I learned in 2008 is that I needed to get up to speed with all things Web 2.0. That’s a hard thing to do considering it evolves every 10 seconds. So in 2008, I became active on Facebook and LinkedIn, created my own blog…

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