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Newspapers Battle for Limited Ad Spending

February 16, 2010

The Wall Street Journal is about to launch a New York City Metro section to fill a need for local news and pull advertising dollars away from other NYC papers.  As the New York...
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Social Network Sites Continue to Grow Dramatically

February 15, 2010
Social Network Sites Continue to Grow Dramatically

According to a recent report from comScore, social network sites continued to grow in 2009. Other findings from the report give marketers even more reason to consider social sites for local advertising. With...
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Women Prefer Ads Over Subscription for Social Network Sites

February 4, 2010
Women Prefer Ads Over Subscription for Social Network Sites

Here’s a study from Shes Connected that relates to online newspapers and local advertising. They asked women how comfortable they would be with different ways for social networking sites to make...
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Mobile Coupons Still Not Ready for Prime Time

February 3, 2010
Mobile Coupons Still Not Ready for Prime Time

According to a recent Harris Interactive study reported by eMarketer, consumers attitudes about mobile coupons are still tepid, even though the projections are for rapid growth in the next few years. I...
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Why Did I Get This Ad?

February 2, 2010
Why Did I Get This Ad?

In this blog we talk a lot about localization.  Technology allows us to know where a consumer is geographically when they’re reading an online ad and, much like your local newspaper, we can feed...
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iPad, Kindle and Other E-readers Not the Answer for Newspapers

January 29, 2010
iPad, Kindle and Other E-readers Not the Answer for Newspapers

Anyone concerned about advertising on a local level is interested in the survival of newspapers.  Will the print edition go away?  Will they go completely online?  How do we best...
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It Should be Called the "World Wide Local" as Even Your Tweets are Geocoded

January 28, 2010
It Should be Called the "World Wide Local" as Even Your Tweets are Geocoded

One of the biggest changes in the World Wide Web that I’ve seen since 1995 is that it has become so much more local.  As it...
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Solution to Dealer Dis-locators

January 27, 2010
Solution to Dealer Dis-locators

As the Internet matures brand managers are starting to understand the need to connect consumers from their brand site to their local dealer to complete the sale.  And, most often the first step should be to...
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Newspaper Ads Vs. Online Ads for Bargain Hunters

January 26, 2010
Newspaper Ads Vs. Online Ads for Bargain Hunters

Here’s a new report from Harris Interactive that tells us where consumers look for ads when they’re bargain hunting. Overall, newspapers and magazine advertisements are the favorites with online advertisements coming in...
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The New York Times Announces its Online Fee Strategy for 2011

January 21, 2010
The New York Times Announces its Online Fee Strategy for 2011

A recent article in The New York Times explains how they are going to begin charging for consumers to have access to their online edition in 2011. They didn’t...
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