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Facebook Advertising—Key Issues for Spas

Facebook Advertising–Key Issues for Spas By: Saumil Mehta Posted: December 30, 2011, from the January 2012 issue of Skin Inc. magazine. Although Facebook is the home to 700 million users, the owner of a skin care facility needs to calculate the costs and benefits of spending hard-earned dollars on Facebook versus other advertising channels. Just [...]

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OnTray Media Provides Next Generation Advertising Platform

12/26/2011 // Chicago, Illinois, United States // OnTray Media // OnTray Media Public Relations Dept. OnTray Media, the leading provider of customized advertising carriers for food and entertainment venues, now offers 42 unique designs of its patent-pending “OnTray Media” product line. Advertisers and their agencies are able to utilize OnTray Media to deliver targeted, and [...]

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PENSRUS Super Savings for the New Year on Top Quality Promotional Pens

NEW YORK, NY, Dec 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Today’s promotional products and advertising industry is booming with numerous gidgets and gadgets targeted towards specific customers. There are modern electronic devices, eye-catching digital ads, and guerrilla marketing strategies. However, the most beneficial and cost efficient way of catching a customer’s eye as they go [...]

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Fire kills US advertising executive’s girls and parents

An affluent community in the US state of Connecticut is coming to terms with a fire that killed an advertising executives three children and parents. Madonna Badger was unable to save her daughters – a 10-year-old and seven-year-old twins – and her parents as flames devoured her waterfront home. Neighbours said they were awoken by [...]

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Facebook page advertising dead whale’s teeth from Old Hunstanton is condemned

A Facebook page advertising the teeth and jaw bone from a dead sperm whale for sale has been condemned – and the author warned he faces prosecution. The lower jaw of the whale, which washed-up at Old Hunstanton on Christmas Eve, was removed within hours and now a social media page is advertising a full [...]

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RED Sues Arri Over Email Hacking, False Advertising In HD Camera Dust-Up

Upstart digital cinema company RED, which has been the bane of many established camera companies for several years now, has filed suit against Arri, a leading camera manufacturer. They allege that Arri employed one Michael Bravin, a former employee of camera kit maker Band Pro, who hacked the email account of his former employee and [...]

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Transgender people in advertising

Men-dressed-like-women-for-laughs is a tried and true attention-getting device in advertising. In 2010, a Miller Lite commercial featured a guy in a skirt being told to “man up” by choosing the right beer. A 2009 commercial for KGB text service showed a guy forced to dress in women’s clothing after losing a sports bet. A 2008 [...]

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After deaths in Detroit, Backpage.com advertising comes under scrutiny

Four women in Detroit were found dead in two car trunks Sunday. Their connection to a website offering escort services is reviving an ongoing debate about the right of online media outlets to host advertising that many say enables criminal activity. Skip to next paragraph

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Bank Shuts Down Local Online Advertising Company WebVisible For Not Paying Debts

Local interactive advertising firm WebVisible has shut its doors. According to a note sent from the companys CEO to employees, WebVisible ran out of cash, and Silicon Valley Bank is shutting the company down. WebVisibles software allowed advertisers to manage local online campaigns on Google, Yahoo, Bing and others. The companys services were offered directly [...]

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Black History of Game Industry: Advertising in Sports Events

This picture is a real photo, not some PS entertainment.Senna, the famous F1 driver who was once undefeatable on the track did lift such a trophy. It stems from the cooperation between sports and video games. On Nov. 11, 1993, Senna won another big victory after he defeated his old opponent Alain Prost in the [...]

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