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by Jonathan Treiber of RevTrax

Entries from December 2009

Consumers say they don’t want gift cards…

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Coupons · Search Engine Marketing