I’ve often wondered, after I talk with someone at Lowe’s or Home Depot about a particular appliance or lawn mower, whether they feel I just pitched them or if I was just being helpful. Sad that we have to be on guard over this. Perhaps if you’re enjoying yourself you should ask, ‘what difference does it make?”

Stealth marketing: When you’re being pitched and you don’t even know it!.

Changing Font To Save Ink : NPR.

Click here: MediaPost Publications Apple Poised To Unveil ‘iAd,’ New Mobile Ad Platform Is Jobs’ ‘Next Big Thing’ 03/29/2010.

Low Tech and no Tech still gets noticed

Marketing 0.0: Promos on the Cheap.

List Of Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, PageRank.

Understanding the metrics is key. This will give you a great background as to how social media marketing is intertwining as a tactic in successful, integrated marketing campaigns.

A New Age for Social Media Marketing.

At UBS Media Week: Forecasts From ZenithOptimedia, Group M Paint Harsh Picture for U.S. Market
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Ad spending will grow next year, albeit by less than a single percentage point, according to two new forecasts being released today. (Read full article)

A Holiday Newsletter for Your Clients
So 2010 is rearing it’s head and that can only mean one thing. OK, it can mean a whole lot of things, but for some, it means that it’s time to reflect on the lessons learned from 2009 and begin looking ahead to what’s in store for 2000 & 10. (Like that? Just trying out something new, feel free to steal it.) (Read full article)

Latest Moves Focus on Real-Time Web, Mobile and Local
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Google lifted the curtain today on a host of new features that incorporate time and place into its search results, including the coming integration of Facebook and MySpace status updates into search results. (Read full article)