Samantha Johnson


Marketing Manager

Three Fresh New Webtrends Apps: Invite, Forms and Sweepstakes

August 26th, 2010

Topics: About, Digital Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Measurement, Social

We’ve got more apps! Today, Webtrends Apps released three new additions to our Apps Suite: Invite, Forms, Sweepstakes. We’re excited about these apps because they provide valuable functionality that you can add to existing apps or launch stand-alone promotions with. We strongly recommend adding Invite functionality to your apps, websites, and mobile pages. This app

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Thom Schoenborn


Former Editorial Director, Webtrends

Ad Age and Wired Ask: “Is the Web Dead?”

August 17th, 2010

Topics: Mobile, Mobile Measurement, Social

Earlier this year, our execs traveled the country talking to analysts and press about our vision: the web is dead, and digital marketers’ attention need to grow beyond it to social and mobile. We borrowed the name of “The Splinternet” from Forrester’s Josh Bernhoff. This decentralized web concept is starting gain traction — in the

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Casey Carey


Former VP of Product Marketing, Webtrends

Web Analytics is Dead; Long Live Web Analytics

July 22nd, 2010

Topics: Innovations, Optimization, Perspectives, Site Optimization, Social

Unlike the instant transfer of sovereignty when the king dies, transition points in industries are much more difficult to discern. A couple of cases in point: When did America stop being a manufacturing economy? What day did record stores lose the fight? When did High Fructose Corn Syrup become a major food group? The Web

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Director, Social Products

Facebook App Adoption of the Top 100 brands

July 22nd, 2010

Topics: Facebook, Perspectives, Social

Facebook apps are popular tools for modern marketers. They allow brands to create engaging experiences for their Facebook fans such as polls, coupons, video channels, and more. Because we talk with a lot of companies about using our Facebook Analytics to track the success of their Facebook Apps, we are often asked for benchmarks about

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Thom Schoenborn


Former Editorial Director, Webtrends

Content Tactics: One Person will Write. Two People will Stare At Each Other.

July 20th, 2010

Topics: About, Digital Marketing, Social

I’m not sure that content creation falls into any categories that our blog readers care about, but as a marketer, creating content is one of those things that’s more art (read: “smoke and mirrors”) than science. Having properly lowered your expectations for this article, here’s a few tips for getting other people to write for

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Marko Muellner


Senior Director of Marketing

The Future of Digital Creative with Deutsch Creative Director Josh Rose

July 7th, 2010

Topics: Digital Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Measurement, Optimization, Partners, Perspectives, Social, User Experience

I fired a few questions at my friend Josh Rose, who’s an SVP/Creative Director for digital at Deutsch. I hoped he might provide an answer or two. But lo and behold, I received this brilliance. Enjoy! Webtrends: Where are the greatest opportunities for real creativity in digital marketing? Josh Rose: I believe that commercial art

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Thom Schoenborn


Former Editorial Director, Webtrends

Iterating in the Real World: Iterative Marketing, Part 3

July 6th, 2010

Topics: Digital Marketing, Optimization, Partners, Services, Social, User Experience

This is the 3rd installment of Justin Spohn‘s Iterative Marketing series. You might want to catch up on the first two: Part 1: The Ishtar Problem Part 2: Culture for Change Optimize the Middle For most of us working in marketing, our time is measured in increments of “campaigns” — discreet units of work with

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