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Can Content Paywalls Work?

March 23rd, 2011

A slate of recent articles came out recently on the newly proposed New York Times paywall (here, here, and here). A few have been alarming, such as the fact that the paywall has already been breached using only 4 lines of code.  The issue at hand here, however, is not the venerable New York Times itself, but [...]

Week of 12.01.08/Top Stories

December 2nd, 2008

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Trying something new this week - putting articles together in themes and offering my thoughts on the implications.
How do we listen to customers via social without being overly influenced by the voice of the few?
People freaking out about Motrin advertising and the brand’s response begs the question - does listening to chatter give too much [...]

Online shoppers still looking for a bargain

December 2nd, 2008

The good news? Although slowing, ecommerce continues to grow even in a down economy. The bad news? It’s really hard to get shoppers to look past online as being a cheap place to shop.

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Web shoppers will shop a bit more online, but less at stores, studies show
Online Buyers [...]

2008 eHoliday Study — Pre-Holiday Results Released

November 20th, 2008

Survey says what we all know - consumers are looking for bargains this year

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Article excerpt: There has been much discussion of late about some rather stark monthly results and the implications for retail sales this holiday season. Last week we released to Shop.org Members the pre-holiday results of our annual Shop.org eHoliday Study (conducted [...]

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