Why Brands Can’t Build Trust on Digital Alone
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It’s no picnic being a marketer these days. As Jeremy Kressman writes in Emarketer, “the methods and sources consumers use to vet products online is undergoing a significant shift.” “Even as some consumers place less trust in brand messages like...
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Dear Digital, The Honeymoon’s Over
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“Ten years after the iPhone first swept us off our feet,” writes David Sax in the New York Times, “the growing mistrust of computers in both our personal lives and the greater society we live in is inescapable.”Sax notes the...
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WSJ Says Book Publishers are Getting Back to Basics
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The future of the book publishing industry looks … a lot like the past, with a couple of key exceptions. Publishers are getting back to basics, adjusting their business models to leverage the upswing back toward print and focusing on...
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Reader’s Digest and their Digital-to-Print Health Guide
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The digital-to-print trend continues, this time in Reader’s Digest. “Reader’s Digest is publishing a unique issue this week, curating its most successful digital health content to create a special ‘Ultimate Health Guide’ print issue,” explains Sara Guaglione in Media Post. “The...
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Is Losing $100 Million Enough to Make You Change Your Mind?
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Daniel Dejan knows he’s got some skin in the game when it comes to his thoughts on print.“You might expect a paper company to tell you that print is not dead but who wants to argue with The New York...
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Two Solid Reasons Associations Need Print
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For Raegan Johnson, a marketing expert in the association space, the buzz about digital marketing methods may be overshadowing an important fact. “It seems like all the marketing buzz these days is on digital methods like search, social media, and...
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like … Christmas Catalogs
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Bonobos, Cuyana, Lunya: these three brands have more in common than being digital-first brands. They are joining the ranks of e-commerce retailers who are sending print catalogs this holiday season. “It’s about marrying brand, product and business simultaneously,” said Micky...
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New Library in China is Incredibly Beautiful
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Sometimes you just have to stop and stare. That’s the reaction I had when looking at the pictures of the new Tianjin Binhai Library in China. At the center of the 34,000 square-foot structure sits a spherical auditorium, which has...
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Can Fashion Magazines Really Make a Difference?
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Addressing issues like poverty, human rights violations and racism head-on, PETRIe is a fashion and photography magazine that knows its purpose. Can a fashion magazine take a serious stand on societal issues? They can, and they do, according to Grace...
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Facebook Deals with Print
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The social media giant is cutting through the clutter to reach key European agencies in a surprisingly non-digital way. It’s no secret that we are not huge fans of Facebook around here. But I’ve got to give credit where it’s...
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