EA - Send me the games — I think I’m the 1,000,000th
April 16, 2009
Edit : Hopes Dashed, it appears it was Mike Satre @sinnersatre100 as the winner…
And here is his Twitter Account …
EA offered to send me all sorts of games if I am the 1 millionth follower of Ashton Kutcher, well I stayed up all night.. and timed it right…. massive lag on the twitter site… so there is a small margin of error.. and yes he beat CNN!
I hit submit on the first screen shot, then waited at the overwhelmed Twitter server about 20 seconds or so, I hit refresh again and took the second screenshot.
It appears I am within the proper timeframe… so let’s see if I won or not.. it appears that I have a damm good chance.. considering the lag on the second screen… the chances are I timed it to within seconds.. if not spot on…..
If I’m wrong and missed it by a few people .. then I missed it … and good luck to the winner :)
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Twitter to be bought by Google tomorrow
April 16, 2009
Evan Williams just announced that Google will be purchasing Twitter (in a round about fashion) … below is the tweet.
Tomorrow just became a very big day. (Sorry for the teaser — more later.) Evan Williams from Twitter
EDIT:
Ok clearly I was looking into this too much… His next tweet came in
Yes, the “big day” tomorrow is due to @Oprah. Catch @aplusk on the show (and follow him if you don’t already!) Oh: I’ll be there too!
what a letdown!
Ashton Kutcher, CNN, Twitter and Billboards?? WTF?
April 16, 2009
Tribble Ad Agency Exclusive : I had the liberty of driving past a billboard promoting the Ashton Kutcher vs CNN twitter contest … in Pottsville, Pennsylvania ?? .. and a paid one at that.. and I filmed the thing with my cell phone camera.
Is the CNN vs Ashton Kutcher Twitter Contest worth it? That Billboard alone goes for roughly $2,000/month.. with a minimum of a 3 month contract according to the billboard owner.
uhh… Did I win??
Google Reports 9% profit
April 16, 2009
The AP is reporting that Google (The World’s largest Advertising Agency) is raking in a first-quarter profit of $1.42 billion, or $4.49 per share. That was a 9 percent increase from $1.31 billion, or $4.12 per share, at the same time last year.
Look at the shape WPP group plc is in compared to Google, that tells you what direction the word “advertising agency” is going…
Ogilvy accused of over-billing - lawsuit
April 16, 2009
My friend at Media Bistro, Superspy has dug up the dirt on WPP group plc owned Ogilvy NY… according to the lawsuit (we have seen ourselves and can verify the contents of the PDF file).. that Ogilvy has been accused of over-billing their clients, wrongful termination of the whistle blowers and overall horrific ethics practices within the advertising agency.
In short, it paints the ad agency as a politically filthy institution that is ripe with internal politics and dirty tricks.
Truly dirty stuff… we wish them the best.. or at least what they deserve if proven true. Over-billing clients is a moral crime, if not a legal one.
Chicago Bears runs out of Advertising Cash
April 16, 2009
Evidently the Chicago Bears has ran out of advertising money. This must be a first in professional sports. “The Bears’ ad agency did develop at least one print ad intended to tout Cutler, but after the Bears examined ad budgets in greater detail, the Cutler-themed campaign was axed.” was reported by the Lake County Sun News
This is an ugly recession.
Print Media down 26% for first quarter
April 16, 2009
The New York Times is reporting that print media has taken a nose dive, not that this hasn’t been expected for years, but it’s really crashing at a record pace.
Magazine advertising pages fell almost 26 percent in the first quarter, according to Publishers Information Bureau data released late Tuesday, signaling a difficult beginning to what is expected to be a dismal advertising year.
The problem is that they are saying “a dismal year” when in fact it’s been dismal for a decade, and it will be dismal for another 1/2 decade before it’s not a viable business any longer.
Ask yourself this question, would you open up a new magazine today with a hundreds of thousands of dollars in startup capital, or would you register an 8 dollar a year domain name and 5 dollar a month hosting package as a blog.. and get the same readers?
They’ll learn one day, just not today… sort of reminds me of the traditional advertising agencies, you know… the ones responsible for the 26% decline… because their clients want the $8 dollar a year domain name as well… something the ad agencies don’t understand…
People, this is the new reality …
VISION New site Ready to Go Live
April 16, 2009
Schuylkill County’s VISION’s new website will have a live content management system on Friday, April 17.
How much did CNN pay for their Twitter feed?
April 15, 2009
CNN is reporting that they paid for a twitter feed! In a development unrelated to Kutcher’s challenge, CNN acquired the rights to the Twitter account from Cox this week, said Martin, who would not disclose terms of the deal.
That’s hot stuff, get a mass following by setting up a twitter feed for a media company, a few months down the road they will buy it from you! It’s a new growth industry! …. ha! Parker you owe me cash!
Skyfire makes mobile advertising obsolete
April 15, 2009
I had the time to review the Beta Skyfire Mobile Browser for my Windows Mobile Samsung Blackjack II smart phone. Roughly a month ago I installed the Skyfire Browser with the knowledge that I had to continue to run my advertising agency when away, and away meaning not able to have access to a computer.
I had IM, IMAP Mail, FTP, and now a fully functional browser with an unlimited bandwidth package.
The Good:
Technically the browser is a God Send, it renders flash with no problem. I was able to watch full length movies on Hulu.com and all I can eat YouTube on a 3G network. It’s interesting to be able to see full length movies and TV shows while sitting passenger side in a car.. or in my case walking around in Disney world as my kid keeps running circles to get off a ride.. run around and get back on the ride.
The webpages render almost exactly as they do in Firefox and allows me to do everything from posting to Tribble Advertising Agency to checking up on the latest stock prices on Yahoo and Google Finance to as noted prior, watching full length movies on Hulu.
As promised the browser delivers a full desktop experience.
The Bad:
Skyfire does have some limitations, for example it appeared to have some serious problems with the new Digg “toolbar” feature… and couldn’t move down in the frame.. meaning that I was unable to read the rest of the article, only what was above the fold, and the fold was half “eaten” by Digg.
It also has some problems on CBS.com (though it can read Hulu.com just fine) … it wouldn’t allow me to select the drop downs no matter how I tried to get there.
It doesn’t self upgrade, and when you visit skyfire.com using the skyfire browser it doesn’t identify it as coming from a mobile device, so it doesn’t send you a cab file to download, it sends to an EXE that doesn’t work for mobile..
In order to upgrade the browser, I had to visit skyfire.com using Mobile Internet Explorer.. then skyfire realized I was on a mobile device. This is almost a comical problem, but it was a problem trying to upgrade on the road.
The Ugly:
The ugly has nothing to do with it’s technical features, the browser works.. in fact it’s the best browser I have seen for a mobile device. The ugly however is in their terms and conditions.
Basically skyfire logs everything you visit, and it appears that the webpages are actually rendered on their servers, then you are sent an image of what the site looks like.
This made me think twice before giving in and Going to Paypal to pay an invoice I forgot to pay when I was still near a computer. My fear, possibility unfounded, but real non-the-less was that my username and password are being stored on their servers.
I found nothing stating in their terms and conditions that they do not collect my paypal username and password for example.
Also I wouldn’t visit any site on that browser that you wouldn’t want everyone to know about, because since they do store every url and site you visit, it could be embarrassing and highly problematic to see you on Monster.Com on your company paid phone.
Overall this is the best browser for the mobile market, it renders mobile advertising and mobile only sites obsolete something we have been preaching for years. But now it’s to the point where the skyfire browser is a game changer.
I wouldn’t want to be a mobile only advertising firm right now.
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