Founders of The Ben Barry Agency
Published: May 16, 2012

How models — depending their size, age and race — influence purchasing decisions

Ben Barry, founder of The Ben Barry Agency, wrote his Doctoral Thesis at Cambridge University about fashion models in advertising. Definitely not a topic that gets covered in most PhD Marketing programs. His extraordinary findings are featured in the June…

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TaskRabbit: How To Market To Women Without Losing Men

TaskRabbit

Leah Busque, Founder of TaskRabbit, shared how her company’s site learned how to market to women without losing men. Here are some of the great insights she found while working on her brand. (Full article here on Fast Company): 1)…

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Published: May 15, 2012
Author: Chelsea Clements
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Filed Under: Consumer Habits, Marketing, Research, Websites

4 Ways to Drive Engagement with Facebook’s New Premium Ads

Facebook Premium Ads - Call To Action

As you’ve surely noticed, there are more ad units on Facebook today than there were a few months ago. Not only are there more, but there is also a new, very compelling offering: Premium ad formats. (read the full article…

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Published: May 10, 2012
Author: Chelsea Clements
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Filed Under: Advertising, Marketing, Social Media

Facebook Timeline Eyetracking Study. Where are your users looking? One guess – Your Cover Photo

Mashable Eyetracking study on Facebook Timeline - Cover photos

Great, so you threw up a generic picture of as your cover photo just so you could have something there. You might want to think about this a little more about reading the below study from Mashable and EyeTrackShop. For…

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Published: May 07, 2012
Author: Audrey Keyes
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Filed Under: Branding, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media

Age, Not Gender, Drives Most Social Media Use

WomanSocialNetwork

Netpop Research did released results from their January 2012 study of social media use by age and gender. Here’s what the research showed: Percentage Who Used Site in Last Week: Women 18-34 and Women 35+ use Facebook in the same…

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Published: Apr 25, 2012
Author: Chelsea Clements
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Filed Under: Research, Social Media