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What Is It And Why Do I Care?

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A group of very smart web executives and I were talking about content and how to present it to increase engagement.  The discussion centered around defining how we should be thinking about user engagement with content – is it just page views, is it time on a page, is greater time on fewer pages just as good as a lot of quick views, etc.  I tried to simplify it down to the basic question I think is in the user’s mind:  what is this and why should I care about it.  Let me explain. Continue reading

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Tomatoes and Your Content

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We do food here on Friday and I was kind of struggling to come up with a good food-related topic as I reflected on my week.  One of the things on which I spent some time was helping a client with some strategic thinking on content and how best to distribute it across multiple channels, both digital and linear.  At one point we even had a long discussion about the difference between content and channels which of course leads me to tomatoes and today’s business point. Continue reading

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Just Throwing It On The Wall

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One would think that as media gets more specific and measurable they’d get more efficient as well.  One would think, but one might just be way off the mark.  I say this after reading the results of the latest Harte-Hanks study on email.  More details in a minute but  while companies seem to be doing a better job of getting their messages delivered to their intended recipients, those recipients seem to read them far less often and aren’t reacting as conversions either.  In my mind, this is just throwing it up against the wall to see what sticks, but let’s see what you think. Continue reading

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