In a recent article by MediaPost, consumers have reported that they would prefer not to receive gift cards this holiday season on the whole. What I mean is that gift card popularity is on the downward swing. Consumers would simply prefer to receive other types of gifts in lieu of gift cards; only 15% of [...]
Entries from December 2009
Consumers say they don’t want gift cards…
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Advertising / Marketing · Gift Cards · Loyalty Programs
Mobile marketing rising but still small
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments
In a recent study by BIGresearch, mobile marketing is expected to exceed $2 billion in 2010. The issues remaining around Mobile is simply that it doesn’t have a critical mass of users/consumers yet, although the growth in mobile users, especially smart phones, is growing at double digit rates. The demographics are also in question, since [...]
Tags: Advertising / Marketing · Mobile Marketing
Big surprise – Coupon usage up big in 2009
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Google recently released a study showing that online search queries for coupons is up 30% over last year. That may not come as a surprise; however, that increase is over and above a record number in the history of online coupons. 2008 was supposedly the biggest year ever for online coupons, so the significant increase [...]
Tags: Coupons · Search Engine Marketing
