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David Berkowitz

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Wearable Technology: The Newest Advertising Frontier | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and ...

Wearable Technology: The Newest Advertising Frontier | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and ...

Advertising Age — You might know how much an impression's worth for your brand. Perhaps you can estimate the value of a click, or social actions such as buzz, likes and shares. But what if you could measure a customer's level of physical activity? What about posture, sleep habits, or even virility? That data's going to become increasingly available to marketers and advertisers as we head into the age of the cyborg. Once a hallmark of science fiction, the human enhanced with mechanical superpowers is quickly becoming mainstream with the advent of wearable technology.

What Grumpy Cat Taught Me About What Really Drives SXSW | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media a...

What Grumpy Cat Taught Me About What Really Drives SXSW | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media a...

Advertising Age — There should be no question as to the most influential personality at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive this year. There's only one entity that had people lining up for three hours just to take photos with her, hold her, and perhaps rub her sweet little head. Grumpy Cat, the alias for a Snowshoe Siamese named Tardar Sauce that became an internet meme thanks to Reddit, has captivated the masses tracking and attending this festival. Clearly this cat is on to something. Is Grumpy Cat's popularity at SXSW just another indicator of the internet's obsession with cats?

What Madison Avenue Can Learn From the Valley

What Madison Avenue Can Learn From the Valley

Digiday — When agencies interact with each other, it can be a high-pressure, cutthroat business. Some of the descriptors that often arise are competitive, hostile and distrustful. Agencies within the same holding company are often the fiercest competitors. But what if all that changed? Recent dealings with peers at other agencies have been collaborative, open and supportive, partially thanks to the formation of the Technology, Advertising & Startup Council, which I co-founded with Darren Herman, Ian Schafer and Mark Silva. While we've all cut our teeth in the agency business, I'm not sure any of us wholeheartedly identify with being "agency people."

Want to Get Value Out of SXSW? Stop Looking for the Next Big Thing | Special: SXSW - Advertising ...

Want to Get Value Out of SXSW? Stop Looking for the Next Big Thing | Special: SXSW - Advertising ...

Advertising Age — Audience Buying Guide 2013 Univision: One for All Starcom MediaVest Group on CES Social Media & Marketing Guide 2012 Cartoon Network Turns 20 The PR Factor 2012 2012 Cannes Lions Journal presented by USA TODAY Guide to Digital Content NewFronts 2012 Cause Marketing Forum Halo Awards 2012 Cable Guide 2012 OMD at 10 In Plain Sight: The Black Consumer Opportunity The Power of Direct Marketing

Your Go-to Guide to Keeping Up With Startups | Guest Columnists - Advertising Age

Your Go-to Guide to Keeping Up With Startups | Guest Columnists - Advertising Age

Advertising Age — Brands will always crave what's new, which might explain the obsession with startups (no matter how long this phase lasts). Marketers tend to seek out what has forward momentum, and startups are businesses that are the most likely to grow rapidly. On the other hand, they're also the most likely to fail. With startups proliferating more rapidly than ever, how can marketers keep track of it all? The best approach is to diversify your investment, and this is especially important given the investment is almost entirely of time rather than money.

How to Use the CES Marketer Matrix - 360i Blog

How to Use the CES Marketer Matrix - 360i Blog

360i's Digital Connections Blog — The Consumer Electronics Show, with its 150,000 attendees and miles of exhibit space, is overwhelming for anyone - even people who have been going for decades. Brand marketers have been paying attention relatively recently and joining in recent numbers, and it can be particularly tough to process what's relevant for them. To help with that, we've developed the CES Marketer Matrix. The CES Marketer Matrix This started as an idea literally on the back (or perhaps front) of a napkin during one morning of the conference. The X-axis shows "relevance to marketers," while the Y-axis shows "awesomeness."

Scoring the 5 Trends for Marketers at CES | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology ...

Scoring the 5 Trends for Marketers at CES | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology ...

Advertising Age — Now that the swarm of 150,000 people who descended on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week has moved on to face some semblance of the real world once again, it's time to look back at which trends mattered most for marketers. Right before the event, I shared a post here, " Five Trends Marketers Need to Watch at CES." Here they are again as a retrospective, with a review of how they played out. 1) TV is no longer the first screen. Television still ruled the show floor.

'Going Clear,' Lawrence Wright's Book on Scientology

'Going Clear,' Lawrence Wright's Book on Scientology

New York Times — That crunching sound you hear is Lawrence Wright bending over backward to be fair to Scientology. Every deceptive comparison with Mormonism and other religions is given a respectful hearing. Every ludicrous bit of church dogma is served up deadpan. This makes the book's indictment that much more powerful. Open almost any page at random. That tape of L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder, that Wright quotes from? "It was a part of a lecture Hubbard gave in 1963, in which he talked about the between-lives period, when thetans are transported to Venus to have their memories erased." Oh, that period. Of course.

Not So Fast - An Endorsement For LinkedIn's Endorsements

Not So Fast - An Endorsement For LinkedIn's Endorsements

Mashable — David Berkowitz is vice president of emerging media for digital marketing agency 360i, where he develops social media and mobile programs for marketers spanning the media & entertainment, retail, travel, and CPG industries. LinkedIn's Endorsements feature, a way to recommend connections' skills with a simple click, seems too facile to be useful. Mashable last week ran an op-ed saying as much by Business Editor Todd Wasserman. Yet this feature may be one of the best uses of game mechanics online, and it remedies one of the major flaws of LinkedIn. The best way to appreciate the value of Endorsements is to browse people's profiles.