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10 Dazzling Benefits of Local Advertising - Part 2

By Scott Olson on Thu, Oct 04, 2012 @ 02:42 PM in newspaper advertising, benefits of print, media distraction

Welcome to part two of our three part series on the 10 Dazzling Benefits of Local Advertising. In part one we told you about the strength of readership in daily and weekly newspapers, how the local media demographics skew to consumers with...

7 Steps to Landing an Interview with a Digital Ad Guru - Part 2

By Scott Olson on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 @ 03:48 PM in digital advertising, adtivity by appssavvy, chris cunningham, appssavvy

Tuesday we posted Part 1 of this two-part series on landing an interview with digital advertising guru Chris Cunningham. Chris is CEO of appssavvy, the creators of adtivity by appssavvy. Part two is below and picks up with step five, 'Be willing to...

7 Steps to Landing an Interview with a Digital Advertising Guru - Part 1

By Scott Olson on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 @ 03:04 PM in digital advertising, adtivity by appssavvy, chris cunningham

Last week we posted an introduction to an Chris Cunningham, CEO of appssavvy and creator of the adtivity by appssavvy platform, a main player in the ever-changing world of digital advertising. But how does an interview like that happen? And what...

Mediaspace Takes Local DR Advertiser MyPillow to National Audiences

By Scott Olson on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 @ 04:15 AM in digital advertising, newspaper advertising, direct response advertising

MyPillow has made it their mission to create the best pillow in the world and partnered with Mediaspace Solutions to get the word out. Since 2010, MyPillow has worked with Mediaspace to place advertising in both local and national publications...

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Changing Digital Advertising

By Scott Olson on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 @ 11:06 AM in digital advertising, display advertising, adtivity by appssavvy, chris cunningham, appssavvy

An Interview with appssavvy CEO Chris Cunningham

The digital advertising space is changing constantly. Nearly every day something new is popping up whether it’s an ad platform, a display method, or recommendations for pay per click. If you don’t...

If Print is Dead, why give it a Facelift?

By Scott Olson on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 @ 02:19 PM in print advertising, newspapers, print

We’ve all heard the stories, seen the headlines and made funny faces when your friends tell you, ‘I work in print advertising.’ Rumor has it the print industry is headed down the tubes and the free-for-all that started a few years ago is a speeding...

Blue Sky Collective launched to advance newspaper advertising

By Scott Olson on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 @ 04:20 AM in mediaspace solutions, newspaper advertising, newspaper

Mediaspace Solutions’ Blue Sky Collective, a group of newspaper ownership groups working together to drive fresh ideas for advertisers, recently launched. The intent of the group is to have regular meetings to identify industry pain points, develop...

How the Valassis/USPS Deal Affects Newspaper Advertising

By Scott Olson on Sat, Sep 08, 2012 @ 10:13 AM in newspaper advertising, newspaper inserts, preprints

Much has been written about the deal between Valassis and the United States Postal Service. Below is Mediaspace's view of the deal along with our viewpoint and the opportunity this deal presents. Give it a read and let us know in the comments how...

How Newspaper Content Can Engage Audiences

By Scott Olson on Tue, Sep 04, 2012 @ 04:10 PM in newspaper readership, newspaper industry, newspapers

Creating Content that Matters

It was recently published that worldwide only 2.2% of newspaper revenues are coming from digital platforms. Did you catch that? Only 2.2%. But this has to change, and newspapers know it. The biggest question is how to...

The One Online Spending Trend You Need to Pay Attention to

By Scott Olson on Thu, Aug 02, 2012 @ 02:33 PM in advertising, online advertising, direct response

It’s been well documented that since the beginning of the Internet, marketers and advertisers have used the platform for direct response advertising. The thought here is ‘People are online. They have their credit cards. If I can get them to...