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LOS ANGELES – Feb. 22, 2011 – With more than 500 million active users, marketers know they must have a Facebook presence to keep their brands top of mind with consumers. While many marketers have fully embraced social media and are maximizing their consumer engagement strategies, a new study conducted by advertising agency WONGDOODY shows that there is the opportunity to do more. The WONGDOODY Facebook Global Best Practices Study uncovered a trend that shows a surprising number of top brands do not get the most out of their Facebook marketing efforts.

In the rush to reinvent themselves and better lead their clients through the new marketing landscape, some agencies are changing profoundly; and some are just faking it.

According to Forrester, 78 percent of clients don't believe their lead agency does digital well. And this for good reason: Given the state of the economy, it's been increasingly hard for agencies to turn away any opportunity to earn some revenue. And as client interest and budgets have increasingly turned towards digital, the response within traditional agencies has been to tell their clients, "Yeah, we do that," and then try to figure it out. It's no surprise that the results are often dissatisfying. Agencies discover that digital isn't just another medium like television. And clients discover that "Yeah, we do that," means their key digital tasks are being outsourced, mismanaged, or improperly staffed.

LOS ANGELES – Dec. 8, 2010 – The explosion of social media combined with the mobile movement created an opportunity to connect these trends beyond status and location updates. Interactive agency UNITED FUTURE, the digital arm of WONGDOODY, today announced a new service that combines the best of both worlds, creating "Social TV" with an online service called ChatmeTV. ChatmeTV is a Socializing Network that enables users to gather in virtual groups to chat about television entertainment as they are watching a program in real time, whether it is scripted, reality, sports or news programming.

LOS ANGELES – Dec. 7, 2010 – Advertising agency WONGDOODY today announced it added new talent to its creative department with two hires. Copywriter Brock Johnson and art director Ben Salas will work on clients including ESPN, Mercury Insurance and Activate Drinks, among others.

SEATTLE - Oct. 27, 2010 - On the heels of taking home top honors at the Radio Mercury Awards for its Washington State Department of Health “Dear Me” anti-tobacco PSA campaign, advertising agency WONGDOODY today announced that it is donating the net proceeds of its prize money to two Washington charities.

The TV Academy is opening its doors to more interactive media members.

The org's interactive media peer group announced Monday that it would expand its eligibility requirements, allowing business development, marketing and advertising pros in the world of new media to join.