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Recent thoughts from FOCi Group as they appeared in our weekly Digiday:DAILY column:

Why Technologists Need Brand Translators

February 10, 2010
During OnMedia NYC last week, I was impressed by the number of brands in attendance, as well as they way they interacted with the agencies, technology providers and other marketers in the audience.


Building Bridges: Integrating New Technology With Existing Assets

January 26, 2010
Unless it’s integrated properly, new technology cannot fulfill its highest potential and, in fact, it can amount to a colossal waste of marketers’ funds.


2010: The Biggest Stories Won't Be In The Headlines

January 12, 2010
As we settle into the second official week of the New Year, and everyone is back cranking on projects big and small, it’s hard not to wonder what’s ahead in 2010.


Making The Case for Better Online Listening Skills

December 23, 2009
We tend to assume that because masses of people are flocking to the Internet, it is, therefore, a mass medium. It's not.


The Brand Protectors: at digiday:TARGET

December 8, 2009
How’s a marketer to wade through the insanity and find quality placement—and the right audience?


Digital Brand Management™ Is The New Discipline

December 4, 2009
Digital can no longer be looked upon as a “post-strategic’ channel or as a simple one-off, add-on or after-thought.


The Merging of Brands and Publishers (revised edition)

November 6, 2009
Brands are no longer content to merely rent access to their consumers from publishers. Instead they are creating their own slick digital hubs that include entertainment, information, communities and more-- offering an experience where they control and ultimately own the links to their customers.


How to Become an Executive Celebrity

October 30, 2009
An interview with FOCi Group's Brandon Gutman


Video: The Merging of Brands and Publishers

Friday, October 23, 2009
High-level discussion from this year's DPAC4 conference moderated by FOCi Group's David Mechlin


The Merging of Brands and Publishers

Friday, October 30, 2009
Today the lines have blurred between publishers and brands living in the digital world.


Using Digital Brand Management With Today’s Consumer

Friday, October 23, 2009
FOCi Group defines Digital Brand Management, provides a four-step process for DBM and suggests why brands need to own digital.


Online Listening Key to Successful Digital Marketing

Friday, October 16, 2009
Here are four steps that FOCi Group follows to help marketers capture, interpret and apply online chatter into actionable and measurable results.


Convincing Your Company to Go Digital

Friday, October 9, 2009
...how a marketer from a major organization packaged and positioned a digital marketing proposal to their leadership team.


Knowledge is Power in Measuring Social Media Success

Friday, October 2, 2009
What’s the value of a tweet by someone with 100,000 followers? Do your brand’s 45,000 Facebook friends translate into anything meaningful?


Advertising Week Spins Marketers’ Heads

Thursday, September 24, 2009
...Ad Week festivities might not have been as advanced as the content from digiday last week; however, it seems to take a lot less to spin the heads of most marketers.


How Marketers Can Approach Social More Seriously

Thursday, September 17, 2009
... many industry watchers believe the answer to online advertising’s oldest problem lies inside social media’s walled gardens: that is, how to bring the estimated $500 billion spent annually on offline brand advertising to the Web.


Marketers Need Alternative Support in the Digital World

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Marketers are realizing that digital is a technologically driven sector and they need an alternative support group to help them achieve success in this new world.


Integrating Technologies to Boost Digital Success

Friday, September 4, 2009
...how a major CPG brand learned how it could turbocharge an existing digital campaign by plugging into a blend of complementing technologies.


Integration 3.0™

The Answer to Delivering Upon a Successful Digital Strategy
Thursday, August 27, 2009
...how an integration unit can lead a trio of talent to execute the plan towards greater levels of success.


Build a Digital Strategy That’s Guaranteed to Deliver

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
What marketers don’t know about building a successful digital strategy will rock their world!


What Marketers Don’t Know Will Rock Their World

August 11, 2009
A huge factor of marketing life today is how social media is changing the game for brands and consumers alike.