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The Connected Mobility of the Millennial Generations

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The Nielsen Global Trust in Advertising Survey, conducted in late 2011, involved 28,000 Internet respondents in 56 countries and found that 92% of consumers "around the world say they trust earned media.above all other forms of advertising--an increase of 18% since 2007." Bottom Line: Your friends are the ones advertising for you.

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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

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By 2002, when I began advertising with Google, the company had become very profitable, thanks to a novel program called AdWords, in which advertisers bid to display their ads whenever the user searches for keywords. If the user then clicks on the advertisement a "sponsored link" Google earns revenue on a pay-per-click basis.

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Who are you?

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As personalization becomes ubiquitous, the segmented profiles that advertisers, publishers and even presidential candidates use to define us may become more pervasive and significant than the identities we use to define ourselves. Advertisers compete in an auction for the opportunity to send ads to individual consumers.

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Word-of-Mouth and Social Media

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Both realize that some of the best word of mouth advertising they could have would be taxi drivers raving about their shows. Word-of-mouth was always the most reliable way to build a business and it still is: Studies show it positively influences a purchase at roughly 82%, compared with paid advertising at about 10% to 14%.

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Microsoft Leadership Shift

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It''s no wonder he missed epic changes, including Web-search advertising and consumer shift to mobile devices and social media. He had an image of himself as, ".big, big, bald, and load" and forced his will on his executives. He says that it finally hit him that he was the problem "Face it: I''m the pattern.".

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Knowing How to Play Your Marketing Cards

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When he learned that his problem was brand awareness, he introduced himself to the entire market, becoming the first domain name registrar to advertise on the Super Bowl in 2004. Now, he's #1. Win in the last three feet. It's a noble calling, spending other people's money - especially when it's your competitor's marketing you're hijacking.

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The Challenge of Change

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Digital Advertising. Operating as a process-focused enterprise requires the implementation of three key elements--a process structure, a governance structure and an innovation plan. Source: David Hamme: Customer Focused Process Innovation: Linking Strategic Intent to Everyday Execution. Related articles. The 21st Century Leader.