Are Americans Falling Out of Love with the Box of Chocolates Shaped Like a Heart?
Valentine’s Day spending is up this year, according to data from the National Retail Federation, to $19.6 billion—about as much profit as AT&T made in…
Facebook Losing Lots of Young Users to Snapchat Finds New Research
Facebook is losing young users at an even faster clip to Snapchat than previously forecast, according to new research from eMarketer, reports USA TODAY,…
Twitter Lost US Users, But Finally Made a Profit, Reports The Verge
At nearly 12 years old, and after four years as a public company, Twitter has finally had a profitable quarter, reports The Verge, which…
Tide Topped 2018 Super Bowl Ads According to AAF DC’s Between Downs
An estimated 103.4 million people watched the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl. And, while it was…
Facebook May Turn Watch into YouTube Rival, Reports CNBC
Facebook is talking about expanding its TV-like service, Watch, into a rival to Google’s YouTube by opening the platform to more individual…
Super Bowl Ad Winners and Losers – Best Entertainment vs. Best Ad
By David Warschawski One of the biggest misconceptions about Super Bowl ads centers around the lens people use to judge them. There is a…
“PR, Not Lobbying, Increasingly Choice of Influence in DC”, Reports WTOP
There has been a major shift in the business of public policy influencing in Washington in recent years, and public relations now leads the…
Super Bowl Ads Measure Mood of America
Each year, states an Associated Press story, “Super Bowl ads offer a snapshot of the national psyche. Last year, just after President Donald Trump…
The Value of Super Bowl Ad Teasers: They Stir Up Social Media and Extend Ad’s Shelf Life
By Jim Lansbury Let me start by saying for the record that I hate Super Bowl ad teasers and this Super Bowl ad preview…
Cade Martin’s Postcards from the Edge
Cade Martin, the photographer behind Capitol Communicator’s profile series, has been recognized as one of the top 200 advertising photographers in the world.…
Ads to Advertise Super Bowl Ads: Maybe Not Such a Good Idea After All?
By Matt Smith There was a time—let’s call it the good old days—when, during the weeks leading up to that great…
Facebook to Publish its Privacy Principles for First Time
Facebook is publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their…
Snapchat Takes Secrecy “Very, Very Seriously”, States The Daily Beast
Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously, states The Daily Beast, which added that the company “operates in secret “need to know”-type…
Super Bowl Advertising: Fourth and Long
By Bob Sprague Gladiatorial contests at the Colosseum in Ancient Rome were interspersed with live naval battles, animal hunts, and the occasional Christian dinner…
D.C.-Area Seeing Growth in Marketing Technology Companies, Reports DC Inno
Think of industries in D.C. and it’s all politics, government, and advocacy, reports DC Inno, which added that the “more technically astute…
