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Mobile is Much More than Ads

August 3rd, 2011

I just read an article recently about the mobile initiatives craft retailer Michaels has undertaken. While nothing they have done is really earth-shattering from an innovation standpoint, I have to say I like quite a bit the customer-centric approach they appear to have taken and their focus on enhancing the store experience.

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Making Mobile Work

July 11th, 2009

For many years, marketers have struggled with what to do with mobile.  Because mobile phones are so pervasive, so personal, and always with us, they seem like the holy grail of marketing.  But why has it taken mobile so long to take off?
The latest research from Universal McCann and AOL helps, I think, make it [...]

Week of 12.22.08/Top Stories

December 23rd, 2008

DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
In a media democracy, which advertising media is most influential?
People are consuming media from all sorts of places, and that is changing the way companies reach out to consumers.

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Mobile coupons, please
Perhaps the current bad economy will prove to be the mobile tipping point.

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Social & Marketing - authenticity and attention grabbing
What are the highest ideals in [...]

More on digital changing the in-store environment

December 23rd, 2008

Staples is joining the party, too. Digital signs, the availability of internet and wireless in stores, is forcing retailers to adapt.

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Staples to Revamp In-Store Marketing
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Please refer to my previous posting on this subject: Physical stores are changing because of digital interventions
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Week of 12.15.08/Top Stories

December 15th, 2008

DigitalInStore/WhyAppsFail/Search&Display/CyberMonday
Physical store are changing because of digital interventions
Mobile applications, connected screens are all changing the physical retail business. More and more, stores are becoming showrooms. How does this change the way we market and sell?

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Why most marketing-driven widgets and apps are doomed to fail - they are not ads!
It’s all about utility. [...]

Physical stores are changing because of digital interventions

December 15th, 2008

Mobile applications, connected screens are all changing the physical retail business. More and more, stores are becoming showrooms. How does this change the way we market and sell?

business week
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Please Hold, My Cellphone Is Buying a Gift
Online Retail’s Killer Mobile App Hasn’t Offed Anybody Yet
CompUSA’s bold retail experiment
Amazon: Armed to Beat the Recession
Macy’s [...]

Other good articles this past week / 11.17.08

November 20th, 2008

Issues of Interest
The Gen X Online Shopper
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Blogs and the Purchasing Decision
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Digital Marketing News
Facebook Tries to Woo Marketers
WSJ

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Digital Commerce News
Retailers fare poorly in natural search results, Conductor study shows
internet retailer
Social media increasingly used by bargain hunters
biz report

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Digital News and Trends
If RSS Is Niche Media, Why Use It?
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Carriers’ future uncertain in “Wild West” of mobile web
network world

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Retail [...]

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