Turner PR Presents the Weekly Download: 5.17.2013

Posted by on May 17, 2013 in TurnerPR

Travel on the Rise This Memorial Day and Summer According to TripAdvisor’s summer travel survey, nearly one third of those polled are traveling over Memorial Day and summer—a six and seven percent increase since last year.  Those hitting the road by car are not deterred by gas prices, which are on the decline. Investing in Mobile is Worth it for Businesses With one billion people carrying a smartphone these days, Internet’s second revolution is changing routines for...

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Turner PR Presents the Weekly Download: 05.10.2013

Posted by on May 10, 2013 in TurnerPR

YouTube Launches Interactive Map On Tuesday, YouTube launched TrendsMap, an interactive map to show users who’s watching what and where in real time.  Users can also narrow down searches to specific demographics. Google+ Users Spent 7 Minutes on the Site in March Google+ is catching up to Facebook.  But it still lacks the one thing Facebook has that Google+ doesn’t: time spent.  The average Google+ user spent 6 minutes and 47 seconds on the social media site vs....

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Turner PR Presents the Weekly Download: 05.03.2013

Posted by on May 3, 2013 in TurnerPR

Online Video Ads have Higher Impact than TV Ads Turns out online video ads have a higher impact than TV ads even though TV dominates the advertising market.  Online video ads are a big opportunity for marketers who are trying to get hard-to-reach audiences in the 18-34 range receptive. Mountain Dew Uses Twitter Ads to Promote Apology Mountain Dew’s offensive “Felicia the Goat” commercial, targeted to inner city, urban youth, has been yanked from all channels for its...

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Philanthropic Happenings: 5K Denver Graffiti Run & Water for People

Posted by on May 2, 2013 in TurnerPR

Our very own Tracey Ornelas, her 10 year old daughter Zoey and thirteen other family members and friends joined thousands for the 5k Denver Graffiti Run at Elitch Gardens on April 28, 2013.  Through this local philanthropic project, Tracey raised funds for Water for People. Water For People helps those in developing countries improve quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and hygiene education...

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Turner PR Presents the Weekly Download: 04.05.2013

Posted by on Apr 5, 2013 in TurnerPR

JetBlue Proves That April is No Fool Finally, an April Fool’s promotion we actually loved: JetBlue decided to take a different approach offering people with the first name April a free flight on April 1st (and giving some advance notice on social channels). Report: Who’s Using Social Networks Pew’s new nation-wide survey shows the real numbers of audiencesby media channel. Take a look and see if you can spot the surprises. Facebook’s New APIs Help Brands...

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