• Are Location-Based Services Going Mainstream?

    First Twitter asked:”What are you doing?” Then they asked: “What’s happening?” Now the question of the moment seems to be “Where are you?”

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  • Actionable PPC Metrics – SEM Minute

    Our Online Marketing Specialist, Mike Hernalsteen, explains what he calls “actionable metrics”. These are metrics where there are certain actions you can take to improve PPC Performance.

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  • Social Media Drives Big Results for Brunswick

    In a recent effort for our client Brunswick, LoSasso kicked off the Wii-a-Day Giveaway in September. This effort was primarily supported by the launch of a new social media presence for Brunswick on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, developed by LoSasso’s interactive division. While the giveaway continues, the response has been so strong, we couldn’t resist sharing a few key results to-date.

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  • Social Media Around the World

    Although social media has no physical boundaries, online behavior changes from country to country. In the past few months, a number of studies have been conducted that take a look at the difference in social media usage around the globe.

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  • Negative Customer Reviews and Social Media

    A few years ago, when you had a negative experience with a brand, you would share your story with a few friends or family members. In this new era of social media, however, you tweet about it, update your Facebook status, or voice frustration through a negative review on Yelp. With this new way of sharing our experiences, brands are required to become more transparent than ever before.

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  • Super Bowl XLIV’s Most-Viewed Online Ad

    While 106.5 million viewers tuned in to the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl XLIV victory, a great majority also anticipated the creative commercial debuts. This year, many companies topped the list: Snickers featured a football-playing Betty White, Denny’s urged Chickens to lay low, Budweiser created a house completely made of Bud Light cans, and a [...]

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  • LoSasso Hosts Future Generation Y Marketers

    15 students from Luther College made a trip on January 18th to visit LoSasso Advertising in Chicago. As part of a “Marketing to Generation Y” course, the group, led by Business Professor Don Jones, had the opportunity to learn from industry experts and expand their education outside of the classroom. The course has a strong emphasis on social media and selected LoSasso as their agency of choice because of our expertise in interactive marketing and leadership in the social media arena.

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  • Domino’s “Pizza Turnaround” Campaign Addresses Poor Customer Reviews

    Domino’s Pizza puts negative customer commentary front and center in its new “Pizza Turnaround” marketing campaign. The TV commercials feature clips of focus group participant commentary on the pizza’s quality: “bland,” “boring,” “bad,” “the worst imitation of wheat crust,” and the list goes on. The CEO of Domino’s and a variety of Domino’s “employees” address [...]

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  • Technology and Social Media Aid Haiti Earthquake Recovery

    echnology and convenience are playing large roles in raising relief for those suffering from the devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week. Many foundations are using our beloved technology to make giving easier than ever.

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  • How Will Audience Engagement Impact Measurement?

    Only a few days into the new year and there are already many things to look forward to in the world of social media and public relations. More and more brands are abandoning traditional promotional outlets in favor of more social ones. With companies like Pepsi forking over $20m to step into the online arena, measuring a campaign’s success in the social media realm is more relevant than ever before. Assessing audience “engagement” will undoubtedly be a hot topic in 2010.

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  • Social Media is a Bad Place to Act like a Bully

    As a social media marketer, the recent spat between behemoth HP and struggling Kodak underscores how a small player can leverage this space to draw attention and possibly even draw larger competitors into a place that benefits the little guy.

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