The limited roll-out is over and if your Facebook page is set up correctly you should have seen the new “Facebook Offers” feature available on your timeline. The tool is promising and easy to integrate, for both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar businesses. Here’s the scoop from Facebook, along with my thoughts on this new feature below: So there you have it. One simple marketing rule is that brands should talk to…

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands are constantly introducing new products that they hope will take hold with consumers and drive high retail sales volume. But as we know, there are many reasons why most new product launches fail. Consumers don’t fall in love with the product despite what can be multi-million dollar advertising and slotting allowance investments. A great product is certainly mandatory if brands stand any prayer of gaining…

How Does HyperDrive’s Health Care Professionals (HCP) Influencer Seeding Program Work? Developed to leverage Word-of-Mouth Marketing strategies, our HCP Influencer Seeding program helps you tap directly into key influencers of your brand. For brands that can claim specific health benefits and/or targeted to specific audiences with health issues, HCPs have been proven invaluable when it comes to prompting consumer purchase decisions. (Download our HCP Influencer Program Sell Sheet.) This is…

Today I was lucky enough to get distracted by a Facebook Post that led me to this short film. The post headline that caught my eye was “9-year-old’s cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed.” Now what could that possibly mean, I thought. Watch this film for yourself and be prepared to be moved by its presentation. What is so amazing to me is that people are able to leverage social media to…

Spring has sprung! And all of us at HyperDrive are getting ready to gallop out of the gate with our new HorseCapitalTours website – the country’s first online ticketing system for tours of the world’s famous Kentucky thoroughbred horse farms. Partnered with leading tour companies and supported by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA) and the Lexington Visitor Bureau (LCVB) all offering easy access to purchasing tour tickets via various inbound…