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VIRURL Debuts Native Advertising Product

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Santa Monica-based startup VIRURL said Thursday that it has launched its technology, which automatically publishes sponsored content into blogs. VIRURL is part of the move towards the somewhat controversial idea "native advertising", where sponsored content appears as part of a publisher''s news stream. READ MORE>>.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product. Yet these seem to be the least effective attributes of banner advertising.

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The Case for In-Stream Advertising

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The topic of whether in-stream advertising has heated up. Let me lay out my defense of In-Stream Advertising because I believe the topic is really important. People feel angst about advertising in any form – I feel the same feeling about advertising as most consumers. I feel it’s a necessary evil.

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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

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Los Angeles-based MySpace and startup Ad.ly , also based in LA, said today that they have linked in an in-stream advertising deal. helps celebrities, musicians, and other social influencers monetize their Twitter and other activity streams with advertising; the firm is backed by GRP Partners, Greycroft Partners, and LowerMyBills' Matt Coffin.

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Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. California's technology industry possible. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Technology.

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Ezoic Acquires AmpedSense

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Carlsbad-based Ezoic , a developer of advertising technology, announced that it has acquried AmpedSense , a developer of ad testing products for WordPress publishers. AmpedSense's tool allows WordPress publishers to do split A/B testing of ads on blog sites. Financial terms ofthe buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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How To Pull Customers To Your Website With Real Value

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A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Guy Kawasaki, in his classic book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of pull technology. Refresh it often.

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