Archive for 2009

Goodbye, America! It Was Fun While It Lasted

Ann Coulterwww.townhall.comWednesday, February 11, 2009It’s bad enough when illiterate jurors issue damages awards in the billions of dollars because they don’t grasp the difference between a … Read more

The Online Generation Gap Narrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2009 EmarketerSafe assumption: Teens are online.Unsafe: Retirees aren’t.About nine out of 10 US consumers ages 12 to 24 use the Internet. That … Read more

The Economics of Giving It Away

By Chris AndersonThe Wall Street JournalOver the past decade, we have built a country-sized economy online where the default price is zero — nothing, nada, zip. Digital … Read more

State of the States: Political Party Affiliation

by Jeffrey M. JonesTHE GALLUP ORGANIZATIONPRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll Daily tracking data from 2008 finds Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Hawaii to be the … Read more

TARP Dispenses $386 Million To Banks

Hot off the keyboards from the Department of the Treasury, the first banks to get TARP money in the era of Obama. How Much Did You Get?… Read more

Tough times? The Tough don’t skimp on their ad budgets

From Staff ReportsCorsicanaDailySun.comWith corporate managers under enormous pressure to control costs and maintain liquidity in the current credit crisis, advertising budgets often appear to be a dispensable … Read more

Top Social Media Sites of 2008 (Facebook Still Rising)

What were the top social media sites of 2008? ComScore came out with its worldwide traffic stats for November a few days ago (so these don’t include December). They are … Read more

Managing ROI On A Shrinking Budget

Now that we know we’re in a recession, the pressure is on to create the best marketing results with limited and, possibly, shrinking resources. In 2009, prioritizing expenses will remain … Read more

At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool.

Faced with writing a school report on an Australian animal, Tyler Kennedy began where many students begin these days: by searching the Internet. But Tyler didn’t use Google or Yahoo. … Read more

The Race for RNC Chair

By Greg BobrinskoyRealClearPolitics Cross Tabs BlogThe six candidates running for chairman of the Republican National Committee were in Washington Monday at a debate sponsored by the Americans … Read more