Kyle is browsing one of his favorite sports websites. He's reading about the new marathon that he'd like to participate in. Suddenly, there it is! In the middle of the article, an ad jumps up at him. It's showing a pair of running sneakers with a special discount just for him. Kyle isn't annoyed by this because wouldn't you know it, he's actually in need of a new pair. He...
Alice just got a new office job. She was sitting at her desk, thinking that she’ll really need to start working out more now that she’ll be sedentary for half a day. Having her trusty smartphone always with her made it easy to find a popular app that has everything she'll need to organize her exercises and lead her through the process. She also thinks that with a job, she’s...
Extraordinary Symbiosis of Word of Mouth and Social Media Let's talk about Lauren. Lauren is a millennial who loves animals, singing, and hanging out with friends. You can rarely see her without a smartphone in her hand, as if it was surgically attached to her, replacing her mouth as the main way of communication. You know, pretty standard stuff. At the moment, she's typing down a message to her close friend...
There goes another good one, Charlie thought as Aimee was cleaning up her desk. She was with them for a year, and if Charlie was honest, it would be pretty hard to replace her. They ended their cooperation on friendly terms. Aimee was honest about the reasons for her notice – the conditions that the other company offered her were better. While Charlie’s publishing company was growing, he still wasn’t...
It seemed to Maya, the product director of the Crisp Tech company, that nobody slept for days. And yet everyone was happy and smiling – their new app was ready to hit the market! Not only did they manage to build out a perfect shopping assistant app that Maya was sure buyers everywhere would use, they also managed to put in place what seemed like a bulletproof marketing strategy that...
“I know what you’re thinking,” says the young man. Craig is his name if Adam remembers correctly. Well, I seriously doubt that Craig, Adam thinks to himself. He’s had nothing but headaches since he decided to start interviewing agencies to outsource support for his new business. He felt like inventing the app and perfecting it was easier than having all these endless meetings. It seemed that all these people knew...
As soon as he got in the morning, Matt was greeted by a nasty client email saying how disappointed they are by video ad performance for their latest campaign. Ouch! What a way to start a Friday morning. Working for a large healthy living publisher he had a fair share of emails like these, but those are the ones you never get used to. The client was asking for inputs on how...
Gary is a media manager of a large auto company which recently issued an RFP for a Q4 campaign. Aimed at promoting a new flagship model, the campaign has a hefty budget attached to it, meaning his calendar was packed with sales meetings. Halfway through the day, he couldn't help but notice he's feeling tired and under the weather, almost as if these meetings were sucking the life out of his...
Tim knew that this assignment waited for him when he came in on Monday, but that didn’t make it any less painful when he opened the folder with all the campaign reports. He’s working for a relatively new publisher, and things are heating up; they keep getting more and more clients. Tim was glad of course, but he didn’t look forward to working on a final results presentation for one...
Sitting at her desk on a late Tuesday afternoon, Amy was positively surprised by an RFP from the client she didn’t even chase. She rushed to open the attached RFP and after a couple minutes of reading, she closed her eyes and said: this is impossible to work with! Getting an irresistible high-demand RFP Amy works for a large publisher that serves as one of the top wedding planning destinations on the...
