Mass marketing vs personalization (infographic)

We're going back to the future, according to Monetate: going back to a time when all commerce was personal.

Lean startups and 4-hour bodies: How Eric Ries and Tim Ferriss tell stories on the web

If you want to highlight a product, build a landing page. If you're an internet marketing guru, make a squeeze page. But if you want to start on online movement -- and maybe sell a few books, speaking events, or other products along the way, create a smart site.

Twitter and marketing company Starcom reach $200M+ ad deal

The deal is for "special access" to advertising slots, as well as research data and new, as-yet-unannounced advertising products, in return for which Starcom has committed to spend $200 million -- or more -- of its clients' money.

Twitter’s new keyword targeting ad product: now Twitter’s starting to monetize your interest graph

Tweets that you read and accounts that you follow are fairly likely to be on subjects that you care about. Tweets that you write are almost guaranteed to be about something that matters to you.

Mobile ads GPS study: How far will you drive for a deal? (infographic)

We'll drive 2.8 miles for just the right sandwich, but 7.1 miles for a great Italian restaurant.

Why email marketers love iPhone users (infographic)

iPhone users open 17.5 percent of their commercial mail, while Android users open 8.93 percent, and BlackBerry owners open only .24 percent.

Facebook marketers: Offerpop’s new tools boosting engagement 84% and loyalty 195%

What kinds of posts do well with your Facebook audience? What topics are most viral for your customers? And how can you find clones of your best fans?

Pinfluencer adds Zappos to client list, powers 250 million Pinterest impressions, and doubles revenue per pin

According to Pinfluencer, the average campaign on its platform boosts brand website page visits per pin by 400 percent, doubles the pageviews per pin, and boosts revenue per pin by 50 percent, from $0.14 to $0.21.

Bob on Twitter, Bo on Facebook, and BJ on Pinterest are all one guy. CrowdTwist helps you sell to him

"There are new channels popping up every week, and consumers are spending time with brands in new places ... engaging with brands like the Miami Dolphins across eight to 10 channels, which makes them look like eight to 10 people."

ThingLink: This is how brands are driving 100% more Twitter engagement

Imagine you could post a tweet which your followers view, engage with, watch video in, listen to audio in, and get detailed information about five or six related details ... all without leaving Twitter.

Gigya launches partner ecosystem to turn social, gamification into cash

So you have a million likes on Facebook and your latest sweet nothing on Twitter was retweeted 10,000 times. How many dollars found their convoluted ways through all those pipes and tubes into your pocket?

Over half of the world’s top 100 brands now on Instagram

54 percent of the world's biggest 100 brands are now connecting with fans and customers on Instagram, and brand adoption on Instagram is growing faster than Google+ and Pinterest.

I’m sexy and I didn’t know it (or, How Tiptopio gets US manufacturers top ranking in Google)

I kind of feel like Fat Bastard in Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me as he's laying back on a couch, shirtless, displaying his abdominal pulchritude, saying "I'm dead sexy!"

Hurricane Sandy blows up Weather.com’s traffic (960M pageviews in 3 days)

Forty-one million visitors. Nine hundred sixty million pageviews. Three days.

30 billion times a day, Google runs an ad (13 million times, it works)

13 million times a day, a product is sold, a white paper is downloaded, some personal information is taken. In short, some exchange of value takes place -- at huge, mind-boggling scale.