Announcing the Digital Signage for Corporate Communication conference #dscorpcomm

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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Out of personal frustration that the major digital signage events and associations pay very little attention to the growing amount of corporate communication networks, I have decided to do something about it.

With the help of Chris Bias and Eli Lilly & Company, I will be hosting the Digital Signage for Corporate Communication conference on August 10 at the Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, IN.

The day-long event will provide attendees tips, tricks and techniques for running an internal digital signage network and improving communication....Read More »

HumanKiosk gets some love from Digital Signage Today

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Earlier this week, our award-winning HumanKiosk was given a pat on the back from Digital Signage Today. The article highlighted how new technology will change engagement through digital signage.

Keith Kelsen authored this article and is also the author "Unleashing the Power of Digital Signage – Content Strategies for the 5th Screen." Pulling a bit from the article, Keith writes:
 

I am always impressed by the impact of technology on media and then the impact that will have on us as viewers and media creators: Even how we define "viewer" is in...

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Digital Signage Content Strategies Summit: Day 2 in Review #DSContent

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wow. You know when you go to conferences and you may not get much out of them but you're still overly complimentary? This is not the case at all. Day 2 of the Strategy Institute's Digital Signage Content Strategies Summit was awesome. And those aren't just my words, but the feedback from other attendees.

Aside from being a consumer myself, I don't have any experience in the retail world and truly am not aware of the challenges they face in the digital world. After yesterday, color me enlightened. Just follow the hash tag #DSContent and you can...Read More »

Some of the best digital signage content advice I've ever read - #dse2010

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
And I learned it all from my online mistress. . . Twitter

I didn't get into Vegas until mid-day yesterday and didn't attend any of the Tuesday Digital Signage Expo events. But thanks to Twitter and those who did tweeted their comments, I followed the #dse2010 hash tag to see what was going on.

So without further delay, here's some of the best advice I've ever read on digital signage content...

Digital Signage Content on Twitter

This fantastic nugget was delivered by Jason Kates of Argo Digital Solutions as part of Tuesday's activities. What's great about the advice, beyond...Read More »

Digital Signage Expo: "Have fun storming the castle!"

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Princess Bride, Billy CrystalDigital Signage Expo is a week away and I'm ecstatic to report that MediaTile will have quite the presence at the event in Las Vegas. To reference a memorable Bill Crystal quote in The Princess Bride, we are "storming the castle."

We have a pretty good sized booth (#1427) at the convention center, but most importantly is that several of us (employees and customers) are speaking at various sessions.

You can check out the full schedule and details of those speaking at panels and Lunch & Learns, but here are the highlights:
  • Wayne Ward, Sprint, VP,...
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Hatian Relief PSAs now available for digital signage networks

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
We've seen Americans respond in positive and dramatic ways to help Haiti and her people attempt to recover from the devastating earthquakes. And getting the word out more and more only helps.

Through a partnership between the Ad Council and MediaTile, PSACasting.org has three different Hatian relief PSAs that are available to download for any digital signage network.

It's important to note that you do not need to be a MediaTile customer to take advantage of these PSAs or others provided by the Ad Council. You just need to log in or sign up on...Read More »

Did you miss last week's Digital Signage supplement in USA Today?

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
USA Today supplement on Digital SignageIf you missed last week's Digital Signage supplement in USA Today, you weren't the only one. The 16-page pull-out supplement only appeared in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. I suppose those are USA Today's major markets because it reached more than two million subscribers.

But unless you're in one of those cities or an industry junkie, you likely missed it. If you're interested, you can download it courtesy of Digital Signage Today.

Publications like this one (and the second time it's happened) is truly great exposure for...Read More »

Wrapping up the Strategy Institute conference (#BuildDSBiz)

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Monday, November 23, 2009
Last week, I was in Chicago for the Strategy Institute Building Your Digital Signage Business. This is the fourth Strategy Institute conference I've been to and it was another solid conference.

If you are interested in a conference "play by play" both myself and David Drain tweeted throughout the show. You can follow along at #BuildDSBiz.

Though there was a sort of a good news/bad news situation with the show. The good news? MediaTile had a 32" Digital Sign in a Box set up there which generated a lot of questions through the two-day show. The...Read More »

Cellular Digital Signage + Banks: A perfect union

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Today's guest entry is contributed by Pegi Patwardhan.

(Pegi started as an advertising executive in 1998 at a b2b technology agency, responsible for all media used in the marketing mix (online, email marketing, direct mail, magazine, events).  Her focus has always been finding ways to shorten the sales cycle for her clients - and has found MediaTile an excellent vehicle for making that happen.)

Banking and digital signage together makes sense.  Customers have a need to know and
learn about their finances. The bank team needs to have...Read More »

The Digital Signage Show Europe - Economic Slow-down or Just the "Traffic Congestion Charge Effect"?

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
While visiting a range of channel and cellular carrier partners last week in the UK and the Benelux region I was able to spend a day at the Self Service Expo and Digital Signage Show Europe at Olympia in London.  One of our value-added solution partners, Box Technologies, was exhibiting there, so I spent a day chatting with network operators and prospective customers as they came across the Box stand.

I also met with Bill Yackey, Editor of Digital Signage Today, who was speaking on both days of the show covering some great statistics and trends...Read More »