The Top 10 Searches of the Decade

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Tired of reading lengthy analyses of the decade we just left behind?  My employer Razorfish has a solution: a visual depiction of the major trends affecting search engine marketing throughout the past 10 years.   A Decade in Search is a rich media experience that touches upon major trends and events ...

How do you build a digital brand?

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

How do you build a digital brand -- one that lives up to digital's potential for immersion and personalization?   The following two recent Razorfish client launches highlight the roles of creativity and technology -- and demonstrate some of the nuances of branding the digital way. Billboard Billboard posed an interesting challenge ...

Coors Light and organic branding

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Razorfish client MillerCoors continues to introduce product innovations during a recession, including the draft-beer box discussed July 29 in The Wall Street Journal.  My employer Razorfish has helped MillerCoors launch new products, including an advertising experience, "Project:Cold," that showcases the benefits of the new Coors Light cold activated can.  Project:Cold ...

Who are the top 50 social brands?

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Recently Infegy published its March 2009 list of of the hottest social brands on the market -- the names that have the strongest reach across the digital world as measured by a number of factors.  Some observations: The Top 5 are not surprising: Twitter, Google, Obama, the iPhone, and Facebook.  But ...

What Facebook Connect means to marketers

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

My Razorfish colleagues Shiv Singh and Jesse Pickard just published a provocative point of view that analyzes the impact of Facebook Connect on the way marketers operate in the digital world. Shiv and Jesse assert that by extending social media more aggressively to the digital world outside of Facebook, Facebook Connect ...

Best Buy launches Summer Hub

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

How does a retailer like Best Buy build build awareness in the digital world for consumer products like cameras and GPS devices? It's not like you can test a camera on a website. Enter the Best Buy Summer Hub. Built with my employer, Avenue A | Razorfish, the Best Buy Summer Hub ...

Smirnoff, Nike, and Lynx embrace Social Influence Marketing

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

What do a liquor company, sports brand, and a body deodorant have in common? Smirnoff, Nike, and Lynx are all examples of brands in Asia/Pacific that are working with my employer Avenue A | Razorfish to embrace Social Influence Marketing, or employing social media and social influencers to achieve one’s marketing ...

What do you think of the Comcast Facebook group?

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Comcast recently invited me to become a member of the Facebook "Join the Conversation with Comcast" group. A company having a Facebook page or group is all the rage these days. I recommend organizations embrace Facebook to learn more about your stakeholders, share information, and to listen. ...