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Sex, Lies, and Advertising

Back in the 19th Century, you could make all kinds of wild claims about your Tincture of Gripe Water or Dr Astoundo’s Patented Baldness Liniment. Nobody could sue you if it didn’t do what it said on the tin. That changed in the early 20th Century, which is all to the good. It means marketers have to be more creative when promoting products or services, and not just resort to bare-faced lies.

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September 1st, 2010 | No Comments »

Are walled gardens the end of the party for web analytics?

No man is an island, entire of itself, especially not on Facebook (that’s the point of it, after all). But increasingly it’s becoming an island to analytics. It’s not alone, either.

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August 25th, 2010 | No Comments »

Anatomy of a project: Calnetix

We’ve just completed a big project for Calnetix, a company that turn waste heat from industrial processes into energy. It’s green, clean, and it saves money. What’s not to like? Watch the Prezi to find out what we did.

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August 16th, 2010 | No Comments »

Why bounce rate envy doesn’t help anyone, not even marketers

Ask people about bounce rates and they’ll tell you that a high bounce rate is bad. Fair enough, it sounds pretty logical. But how do you know what’s a high bounce rate?

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August 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

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