Digital Marketing Webinar Insights: Understanding Today’s Back-to-School Shopper

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Steve Parker, Jr. (@sparkerjr)

reach back to school shoppers

When we at ASQ come across a webinar that provides innovative tools that can be integrated into digital marketing strategies, we’ll share our industry research legwork with you. We recently viewed “Understanding Today’s Back-to-School Shopper” and pulled the following four key takeaways from the webinar:…

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Top 5 Favorite Posts from August 28th – September 3rd

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jeff Adelson-Yan (@jeffadelsonyan)

Top digital marketing posts

Last week, Asking Smarter Questions readers brought three new posts to the top five. The focus was on social strategy, mobile marketing technology and QR codes, and the state of the digital advertising industry. 5. Right On Target! Facebook Provides Data-Driven Marketers an Exact Target…

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Travel Marketing: Take Advantage of Mobile Search to Reach Travelers This Holiday Weekend

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jeff Adelson-Yan (@jeffadelsonyan)

road trip travel marketing

Labor Day weekend is notorious for people trying to soak up the final days of summer with last-minute road trips over the long holiday. And regardless of where drivers are going or who they are going with, a smartphone will be in practically every car…

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[STUDY] QR Code Mobile Technology: Gauging Consumer Awareness and Usage

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Steve Parker, Jr. (@sparkerjr)

QR Code Usage Study

In recent years, smartphone use among Americans has skyrocketed. As consumers become increasingly reliant on digital outlets for shopping, information gathering and social interaction, advertiser engagement through print media has become a challenge, to say the least. That’s where integrated marketing, specifically QR codes, come…

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Defining Sexy in the New Digital Advertising Economy

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Steve Parker, Jr. (@sparkerjr)

Bob Garfield Lounge

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview, one-on-one, with the notorious Bob Garfield. Bob is well known in the advertising industry, mostly for his 25-year column “Ad Review” for Advertising Age, which he recently discontinued to focus on a future initiative,…

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