In-Image Ads…They’re Kidding, Right?
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The primer reads like condescending farce. Unfortunately, they are dead serious. On social media, articles with images receive 94% more views than those without, according to the folks at digital ad agency GumGum and self-declared creator of the In-image ad...
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Digital Agency Turns to Print to Build Brand
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This U.K. digital agency is launching a print magazine aimed at the tech sector in a move to engage a wider audience.  File this under ‘Music to our Ears.’ Harrison Williams, the founder of the London-based digital agency CHC Digital, had...
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For P&G, Print is Absolutely Critical to Brand Growth
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“We need to connect with our consumers and convince them to try our products and print advertising plays a significant role in driving this consideration.” Global consumer products brand Proctor & Gamble knows that their marketing efforts are about more...
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Harvard Business Review and their Brilliant Throwback Cover
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“For people of a certain age and demographic, it evokes a sensory association that is without compare.”  Lately we’ve been seeing some truly impressive covers coming from the business magazine category, according to one industry analyst. “Look no further than...
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More Companies Back Away from Anti-Paper Claims
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Facing mounting evidence to the contrary, companies are not so eager to take the “go digital, go green” route. It’s a good time to be a tree hugger. Two Sides North America announced last week that more than 65 big...
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It’s Not Print that’s Dead, It’s Patience
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There’s nothing like a dog-eared page to signal real reader engagement. Andy Seibert has seen it all in his 20+ years in brand journalism. “I’ve seen the power of print rise, fall, and steady,” Seibert writes in CampaignLive. “The truth...
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New Book Celebrates the Marketing of the American Automobile
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Designed as toss-asides, the humble marketing brochures have been lauded in a new must-have book for anyone with a penchant for cars, marketing and stunning design. The history of the marketing materials behind the American automobile is the subject of...
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New Dutch Print Magazine is a Truly Beautiful Thing
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The publishers explain why a magazine for and about designers really has to be in print.  A new print title, billing itself as “by, for and about design lovers,” has already garnered strong community support in the Netherlands and the...
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Readers Looking for Real Context and Analysis Turn to News Magazines, not Facebook
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They may get the majority of their daily news from social sites and digital feeds, but research shows that consumers need and want something more substantial, with greater context and understanding. And they trust weekly news magazines to provide that...
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The Risk is Real: How Facebook is Destroying Journalism
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By walling up readers and luring away advertisers, the platform is putting the Fourth Estate in dire straits. Traditional journalism faces a risk so severe that some are calling it the end of the Fourth Estate as we know it....
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