Archive for March, 2009

March 30, 2009 0

Screen Time

By IQ in digital

A study today reported that the average American is now in front of a screen for an average of 8.5 hours a day. I guess as a digital marketer I should be excited about that, but is anybody else concerned? If I had not and did not read as much as I do I couldn’t [...]

March 27, 2009 0

I’m not dead yet.

By IQ in Industry

Conventional wisdom (and a lot of data) shows that newspapers are a dying breed, right? Papers are closing down, layoffs, plummeting readership and advertising revenue…all signs pointing to the fact that newspapers are a dead industry.
But there’s a category of newspapers that challenge this assumption (or assertion). Listen to the podcast (or read the transcript) [...]

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March 27, 2009 0

Twouble with Twitters

By IQ in Industry, News, video

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March 25, 2009 0

Beta World.

By IQ in Industry, Innovation, News, design, digital, memes, technology, video

As an interactive producer it is my role to take a client from project inception to launch. At IQ we employ a standard process that is adapted to the needs of each client and project. Often getting a large group of project stakeholders on the same page can prove a more complex part of [...]

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March 25, 2009 0

Ok, I’m a bit anti-social.

By IQ in Industry, digital, technology

I know it’s not cool for an upstanding member of the congregation to in any way doubt an article of faith like social media, but for now you can call me Thomas. Yes, Facebook and MySpace are huge, and yes, Twitter is catching on like wild-fire and yes, people like to talk to people about [...]

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March 24, 2009 2

Predicting Success in an Unpredictable Marketplace.

By IQ in Industry, digital

OK, the economy sucks, companies are scared but lets get on with our lives. The question really is how do you predict success in an unpredictable marketplace? Even more, how do you predict what will be viral or predict what messages will cause a user to spend their precious cash on your product. The answer [...]

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March 20, 2009 0

A Typical IQ Workday!

By IQ in News

It is often times that our folks at IQ are working remotely from locations around the globe. This is one of those times.
 

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March 19, 2009 0

IQ Takes Two IAC’s for Exploring ETFs.

By IQ in Industry, News, digital, technology

IQ Interactive took home 2 awards at the 2009 Internet Advertising Competition adding to their impressive list of accolades over recent months.

IQ won Best Financial Services Website for their work for Barclays Exploring ETF’s and Best Financial Services Email Message for Barclays Exploring ETFs Email.

See the award winning work here:

Barclays [...]

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March 19, 2009 1

Evernote

By Mason Poe in Industry

I love Evernote. I know, love for an application is an odd proposition, but once and a while something comes along that is so helpful and convenient that it deserves a special bit affection.
So, what is Evernote? “Evernote is a software application that allows users to capture information of various types, including text notes, mobile [...]

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March 18, 2009 0

Innovate or Hate

By IQ in Industry, Innovation, digital

Ever since the economy started taking a turn for the worst and we could see the impact it was having on the way brands marketed themselves, I’ve been noodling and having discussions around this topic:  What technologies or platform(s) will define the next era of the Web coming out of these hard times?
There is a [...]

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