Tag: PROMOTION

If you ever find yourself with some time to kill at Copenhagen International Airport, there's a good chance that a company in Switzerland will know exactly how you chose to spend it. SITA, an aviation communications and technology company based in Geneva, recently created a new program capable of tracking passengers' movements, using the Wi-Fi signals emitted from their smartphones and ...

In honor of Valentine's Day, T-Mobile will be giving out all its phones (and smartphones) for free this weekend. Beginning Friday morning, customers will be able to grab any phone from T-Mobile's lineup, including comparatively more expensive models, like the myTouch 4G, HTC HD7, G2 and Samsung Vibrant. The catch, of course, is that you'll have to sign up for a two-year contract, but that's ...

This year's Free Shipping Day was so successful, Amazon has decided to do it all over again. From now until Wednesday, last-minute holiday shoppers can purchase thousands of products from the online retailer, and receive free, one-day shipping. To take advantage of the offer, you'll have to ship all your items to a single address, and make sure that every product you purchase qualifies for the ...

Yesterday, Facebook unveiled a spate of new tools to help brands, companies, and public figures to manage their Facebook Pages with greater ease. Administrators will now find a more navigable, streamlined Page Manager interface, with a left-hand navigation bar that allows users to quickly access and adjust every corner of their Pages. The system also sports a new 'Condensed View' feature, ...

@ Share We're sure that at least a few of you out there have a business, website or maybe a band that you want to promote on Facebook. Operating a standard Facebook profile for promotional purposes is hardly an ideal solution (and we're pretty sure, in the case of a business, a violation of the terms of service). So that's where pages come into play. Pages are distinct from profiles in several ...

Brazil -- land of caipirinhas, Carnival and one of the world's highest crime rates per capita -- will be a bit more like the world of 'The Running Man' starting next week. In one of the scariest advertising schemes known to us, Unilever's detergent line Omo will be placing GPS devices in select boxes of suds throughout the country. According to Advertising Age, "consumers who buy one of the ...

If there's one thing every college student loves, it's saving money. So, as good companies do, Amazon has decided to seize upon this demographic consumer tendency by offering a new program called 'Amazon Students.' The program gives any student with an .edu e-mail address a free, one-year subscription to the company's Amazon Prime service, which normally costs $79 per year. (Non-collegians can ...

If you're a clothing retailer struggling to come to terms with your own intrinsic lameness, you might want to take a page from American Eagle's marketing playbook. According to the AP, the retailer will soon be offering a free smartphone to anyone who tries on a pair of its trademark jeans. That's right. All you have to do is try on a pair of jeans, and you'll be able to choose between a new ...

Do you love coffee and e-books? If so, Barnes & Noble has a deal for you. According to PC World, customers who show a B&N barista an open e-book running B&N's app will receive a free tall cup of coffee. It's a limited-time offer, so hurry down to your local book megastore before it ends (though, they haven't announced when that will be). Barnes & Noble hopes this promotion will ...

We've certainly seen mobile-activated bus stop ads before, but the cool factor on this one was just too impressive to overlook. Tryvann Winter Park, a ski resort that sits just 15 minutes away from downtown Oslo, was searching high and low for ways to better market itself to residents of the bustling Norweigian city. In order to do so, it turned to JCDecaux, which conjured up the brilliant idea ...

For years now, companies have sought to produce the most engaging advertisement on the eve of the Super Bowl here in America. In just a few months, however, they'll be vying for something else -- your clicks. Canadian sportscaster Le Réseau des Sports has confirmed that both SD and HD broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII will feature commercials that are "enabled with interactive functionality ...

Maria Sharapova has already had her greatness spread over a number of Motorola handsets, but now the tennis queen is partnering up with long-time associate Canon in order to make five lucky individuals extraordinarily happy. As part of an elaborate marketing scheme, Canon and Maria (but mostly Canon) are cranking up a contest in which five Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS's are given away. But these ...