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Federal regulators rethinking guidelines on marketing food to children

Federal regulators rethinking guidelines on marketing food to children

A federal proposal that would restrict the kinds of foods marketed to children may soon be substantially changed to address the concerns raised by the food and beverage industry, which has aggressively lobbied against the plan for months. In a statement submitted to a House panel on Monday, a federal regulator deeply involved in developing the voluntary guidelines said the government is taking a “fresh look” at its proposal and rethinking some of its most hotly contested aspects, including how it defines “children.”

 

Marketing MoviesWithButter.com

Marketing MoviesWithButter.com

Long time no blog. Even I wasn’t expecting this long of a hiatus, but maintaining two sites does take a lot of time. I’ve made some minor tweaks to Wopular, but most of my work lately has been focused on MoviesWithButter.com. Here’s what Binh and I have done to promote the site since launching it a couple months ago.

 

Asian Americans face new stereotype in ads

When Asian Americans appear in advertising, they typically are presented as the technological experts — knowledgeable, savvy, perhaps mathematically adept or intellectually gifted. They’re most often shown in ads for business-oriented or technical products — smartphones, computers, pharmaceuticals, electronic gear of all kinds.

 

Criticism of Delta unfair, some travel industry experts say

Criticism of Delta unfair, some travel industry experts say

Travel industry experts say treatment of Delta Air Lines over a pending marketing alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines is unfair.

 

Gov't to urge food companies to limit ads for kids

Commercials promoting sugary breakfast cereals could be put on a strict diet under government guidelines urging food companies to limit marketing of unhealthy products to children....

 

Why Social Media Optimization Needs to Be Done

In this age of advanced technology if you really want to do anything good in your internet marketing career you need to optimize social media keeping in mind your business requirements.

Senh: Damn it. This is spam.

 

How Much Is a Tweet Worth? $500, Says Toyota

The car manufacturer is rewarding those who purchase a new Toyota by January 3 with a $500 debit card for tweeting about it.

 

FTC proposes Do Not Track tool for Web marketing

FTC proposes Do Not Track tool for Web marketing

Federal regulators are proposing to create a "Do Not Track" tool for the Internet so that people could prevent marketers from tracking their Web browsing habits and other online behavior in order to target advertising....

 

Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve federal investigation

Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, says it will pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing ...

 

The Only People Willing to Pay for Twitter Are Users with over 100K Followers

The Only People Willing to Pay for Twitter Are Users with over 100K Followers

So far, I’ve only heard of two people who are willing to pay for Twitter - Guy kawasaki and Roger Ebert. If you search on Google, you’ll probably find more, but those are the only two I’ve read about. They have one thing in common - they each have over 100,000 followers.

 

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