Coca-Cola, Ford, Microsoft, McDonald’s, SunTrust and Whole Foods Among First To Join CoTweet Enterprise Innovators Program

SAN FRANCISCO – The world’s leading brands have embraced the power of the real-time web, and CoTweet is playing a key role in their success. CoTweet announced that companies including Coca-Cola, Ford, McDonald’s, Microsoft, SunTrust, Whole Foods and others have enrolled in the CoTweet Enterprise Innovators Program, a new program that includes exclusive Enterprise Edition product features and services that help companies manage their brands on Twitter. The program is available to customers for a fee, demonstrating one of the first examples of a Twitter ecosystem application to generate revenue.
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Leaders in Mobile Analytics, Search and Advertising Unite to Monetize the Mobile Web

SAN FRANCISCO – From CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008, Medio Systems, the leader in mobile search, today announced a partnership with AdMob, the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace. As part of this agreement, AdMob will deliver targeted mobile search ads to consumers using Medio’s analytics-driven mobile search service.

This partnership brings Medio’s strength as the leading mobile search provider and relationships with major mobile operators together with AdMob’s unmatched, diverse ad traffic to deliver highly targeted and relevant ads to consumers on the mobile phone. Medio is partnering with AdMob to ensure consumers see high quality ads and make it easier for advertisers to reach consumers on their mobile phones.
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New Ford Flex and Focus Features’ “Burn After Reading” Interactive Advertising Campaigns to be Shown in PointRoll’s “Demo Limo”

SAN FRANCISCO – PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and leading provider of rich media advertising, and USA TODAY premiered the first expandable, rich media ad units specifically created for the Apple iPhone. The new PointRoll product, initially launching on the USA TODAY mobile site, will feature both the Ford (NYSE: F) campaign for the all-new 2009 Ford Flex; and NBC Universal’s Focus Features campaign for Joel and Ethan Coen’s new movie, the comedy thriller “Burn After Reading,” starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt, which opens nationwide this weekend.
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“JingleConnect” Enables Free Directory Assistance Leader to Extend Network of 130,000 Advertisers to Other Companies Seeking In-Call Revenue

BEDFORD, Mass. – Jingle Networks, Inc., the leader in free advertiser-supported directory assistance and operator of 1-800-FREE411, has launched “JingleConnect,” an in-call advertising network service to connect advertisers with millions of ready-to-buy consumers. Using its own ad-serving technology, Jingle Networks will help advertisers and companies with high call volume earn revenue by selling in-call ad time – a proven way to reach consumers via a one-to-one calling environment.

JingleConnect allows any company with high call volume to easily and seamlessly insert audio advertisements in their calls, by taking advantage of Jingle’s existing base of more than 130,000 advertisers on 1-800-FREE411. Jingle’s technology can distribute audio advertising to other companies that operate call centers, information lines, or any calling environment where their consumers are on hold.
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Online video advertising network SpotXchange announced the addition of Len Bilello. Len, an award winning sales strategist, will serve as vice president of sales, where he will primarily focus on building the company’s broadband video commercial advertising base.

With more then fifteen years of experience, Len has evangelized and sold new technology to key decision makers including online publishers, agencies and clients, in addition to maintaining responsibility for over $40 million in online ad revenue. He has also been recognized by peers and management, winning both quantitative sales awards as well as receiving acknowledgement from colleagues.
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The lists of finalists for the much-awaited OMMA Awards have just been made public. We will take a look today at the finalists in the “Online Advertising Creative” category – I see some of the best campaigns in there so please feel free to give your comments and thoughts on them.

Standard, Flash or Rich Media Banner
Agency: A&E Television / Client: Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels
Agency: IAC Advertising Solutions / Client: Bacardi
Agency: MS3 Marketing / Client: Castrol SYNTEC

Standard, Flash or Rich Media Expandable Banner or Overpage Unit
Agency: Juxt Interactive / Client: Coca-Cola Co./Coke Zero
Agency: Liquid / Client: Paramount/The Spiderwick Chronicles
Agency: Unicast / Client: Warner Brothers/Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Exclusive Pre-Show Event on Sept 19th Focuses on Corporate Blogging, the Use of New Media in Business Environments and Will Feature Fortune 500 Senior Executives

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference and media event dedicated to blogging and new media, will offer companies critical real-world information on integrating blogs into their corporate communications strategy in order to improve customer relations, build community around their products or services, and energize their brands.
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Mobile Advertising Leader Reveals Ads for Web and Application Environments and a Community of Advertisers and Publishers

SAN MATEO, Calif. & NEW YORK & LONDON – AdMob, the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace, announced today that it has launched a global iPhone ad marketplace with new interactive advertising formats that take advantage of the device’s capabilities and mobile context. The new ads include Brand and Performance formats that will function in both the browser environment as well as native applications built for the iPhone. AdMob also announced that it will give $1 million in advertising to developers to promote their iPhone applications, sites and services.

AdMob is launching the developer program to fuel the growth of a new wave of mobile publishers. AdMob has fielded strong demand from advertisers for iPhone ads. As part of the program, AdMob will give $1 million to developers to promote their applications and services. The program is available worldwide. Beginning today, developers can apply to be included in the program at http://admob.com/iphone.
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