A wise man recently told me that “99% of problems are process problems”. While the hyperbole is evident, the point is not. Most organizational problems are not a result of bad people or products, but of bad process. This includes both macro-level procedures that we define to deliver our unique advertising solutions, and micro-level individual [...]

There is no doubt to experienced media professionals that the two most powerful forms of media in the modern world are TV and internet.  Over the last 3 years we have seen these two mediums come together like never before.  The  E-volution is incredibly dynamic and will eventually revolutionize media, again. According to Nielsen’s Broadcast [...]

Changing the film industry one click at a time.

Over the past couple of months there has been quite a bit of banter on the web about whether or not search engine optimization (SEO) will finally fall on its face in 2010. This has been a perennial argument for at least the past ten years, maybe longer. After all, Google keeps updating its algorithm [...]

Well, I am about to take the plunge into the world of smartphones. These hands were made to T9, but my thumbs are getting sore. After weeks of debating I have come to the conclusion that, to me, it is worth it. Worth the extra money I will have to fork over to partake in [...]

Here at Red McCombs Media, online advertising is central to our company. One of the things that has come up a handful of times in recent weeks is a discrepancy between the number of clicks being reported, and the number of visits being recorded by the client’s analytics package. I thought it would be helpful [...]

Is new media advertising simply banners on websites? Video ads? Or maybe new media is sponsored text listing on search engines? Hmmm. Oh, I know, new media is Social marketing. No No No – it’s viral marketing through some catchy, funny or controversial content distributed through video. WOW, how silly of me, it’s got to [...]