Apr/100
Friday Photos: Changing the World Edition
It's hard to deny the visceral power that images have. The most iconic photography of the last century -- the return-from-war kiss, Muhammad Ali towering over his KO'd competitor, and a thousand other images -- are so well-known because they communicate intense emotion and inspire an emotional response in the viewer in return.
Jonathan Klein, the co-founder and CEO of Getty Images, delivered a TED talk recently about the power of images. As Klein argues, photography can do more than evoke emotions: photography can change the world.
The examples of powerful photography that Klein uses are those that alert the broader international community to human rights offenses, such as in the Abu Ghraib prison, or to the suffering of a population as in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
As Klein argues, images have so much power because they inspire people to make change:
"When we are confronted with a powerful image, we all have a choice. We can look away, or we can address the image... Images often push us to question our core beliefs and our responsibilities to each other."
When we look at some of the publishers that use ISM's technology, we see that they understand and have harnessed the power of the image, which leads us to our Friday Photos feature. Two of our publishers, Design You Trust and AdPunch, have recently featured creative and effective anti-smoking campaigns that, like Klein says, push us to question our beliefs and change the way we look at the world.
First up, AdPunch recently published a feature "25 Ads You Should See Before You Light Up a Cigarette," and we've included some of the most interesting and evocative.
Courtesy of AdPunch
Dec/091
Publisher of the Week: Fashion Copious
This week, Image Space Media would like to recognize Fashion Copious as Publisher of the Week. "A fashion blog peeking behind the shutters", Fashion Copious states that, "from the creative mind comes the extraordinary, the exuberant, & the artistic events of fashion!" Updated frequently, filled with vibrant pictures, you can find the latest fashion information on art, designers, models, magazines, and news.
This blog is a must read for any fashion lover! Click here to visit Fashion Copious.
Dec/091
Publisher of the Week: Illusion 360
This week, Image Space Media would like to recognize Illusion 360 as Publisher of the Week. "Launched on September 29th, 2008, Illusion 360 is the entertainment blog of award-winning online magazine, Scene 360."
Illusion 360 showcases different types of unique art, design, technology, and video. “Our goal is to combine various art forms into one site, showcasing an eclectic group of talented individuals, thus making use of the uniqueness on the Internet and providing a resourceful guide for all readers.”-Scene360 Team
Click here to visit Illusion 360's blog.
Nov/090
Publisher of the Week: Tic Tac Toe Hockey
This week, Image Space Media would like to recognize Tic Tac Toe Hockey as Publisher of the Week. This site is a hockey fan's mecca; loaded with HUGE NHL action shots and blurbs. Updated several times per week, Tic Tac Toe will keep you in tune with what's going on in the NHL and provide awesome action shots, quite literally.
Check out Tic Tac Toe Hockey today!
Nov/090
Publisher of the Week: Kathika Travel
This week, Image Space Media would like to recognize Kathika Travel as Publisher of the Week. The site offers travel tips, how to find the best deals, and information on popular destinations. There is a 'Travel Photo of the Day', with a write-up explaining where the picture takes place and some information about the area.
Under the tab 'Most Popular Travel Posts' are archived posts, which include information on topics such as, "Hotels Under $100 Per Night", "Tips for Surviving Plane Travel", and "Helpful iPhone Travel Apps." The site is simple to navigate through, provides helpful information, and is updated regularly.
Click here to check out Kathika Travel!
Nov/090
Publisher of the Week: Post Your Food
This week, Image Space Media would like to recognize Postyourfood.com as Publisher of the Week. At Postyourfood, you can post pictures of your meals or rate others.
Using PYF is quick and easy, with no registration required! Simply upload a picture of your meal, title it, tag it, and select a related category. If you don't have an image to upload, you can browse through other pictures (which are categorized by breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts, and bizarre foods.) You can rate each image you see by clicking a 'disgusted' or 'happy' emoticon.
Visit Postyourfood.com today!
Nov/090
Publisher of the Week: Sunday Picks
This week, the Image Space Media team would like to recognize Sunday Picks as Publisher of the Week. "Sunday Picks provides all the essential information that every die-hard NFL fan needs. Fantasy Football updates, hot/cold start predictions, injury reports, and game predictions, Sunday Picks has it all. This is the blog bible for all NFL Fans." Updated almost daily, Sunday Picks will keep you on top of your game, literally.
Oct/090
Picad Media Is Now Image Space Media
Welcome to Image Space Media, formerly known as Picad Media. To give our clients a better sense of what we do, we have changed our name to Image Space Media. Our new name better describes with the essence of our services: giving publishers an opportunity to monetize the image space.
Today as we are roll out with our new name as we continue to unveil improvements to our in-picture advertising service. In the next few weeks expect faster loading times on your ads, more keyword possibilities to derive more relevant ads, and better analytics and tools for publisher ads.
We value the partnerships we’ve made with publishers and you can count on the same service with new and improved service modifications. By the end of the year we hope to complete the Beta stage and fully release Image Space Media products. Stay tuned to hear more about how Image Space is growing and is changing the ways in which publishers derive income from online advertising.
Oct/091
Publisher of the Week: The Smart Stylist
This week, the Image Space Media team would like to recognize TheSmartStylist.com as Publisher of the Week. TheSmartStylist brings its readers fashion that is “Trendy & Stylish…the Smart Way.” The site, updated daily, is targeted towards reasonably priced items and steers clear of “over-priced so called fashion.” In times like these, it’s important for a fashionista to be a recessionista!
Bookmark TheSmartStylist now!
Oct/090
Image Space Media’s October Newsletter
In this month's newsletter, we at Image Space are happy to report some exciting news to our publishers. But first, we would like to thank everyone using Image Space's technology for working with us as we make improvements to our service. As always, if you have any comments or questions please send them to carly@imagespacemedia.com. We greatly appreciate your feedback!
Advancements in Image Space's Technology:
1) We have enhanced the speed at which the ads load on our publisher's pages.
2) We recently modified our blog categorization system, adding more keyword possibilities. This means that our ads have gotten more specific and relevant to your site. For example, whereas before a dessert blog using Image Space might have featured general ads for foods or dieting, the ads now might be for chocolate chip cookies. Because of this, our click-through rates have increased. However, this also means that our CPC rates have temporarily gone down as we begin the process of building up our collection of advertisers who provide these specific ads. This temporary decrease is a part of the process of making our ads more specific and giving you a higher click-through rate -- the CPC rates will catch up as we begin selling against the new detailed category list. We ask for your patience as we continue this process.
Organizational News:
1) We have recently teamed up with veteran team from the digital media industry who can help us enhance our ad partnerships and pipe in ads from reputable networks such as Google, Microsoft, etc. For our publishers, this is exciting news as these enhanced ad partnerships will speed up the process of increasing CPC rates.
2) We are still projected to exit Beta by the end of this year with an innovative and robust new product and better reporting tools and analytics behind each publishers' images. Since we are still in Beta, your feedback is very important to us, both so that we can improve Image Media Space's existing services and so that we can better identify needed areas for innovation.
Thank you again for using Image Space's technology!
Best,
The Image Space Media Team