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Super-Rich Read, Go Online More; Watch TV, Listen to Radio Less

Affluent “heads-of-house” read more publications and use the internet more heavily than the balance of the population, and consumption of these media increases with affluence, according to the 2008 Affluent Survey from Ipsos Mendelsohn, writes...

Online Behavior Changed by Financial Worries

Netbits, Search, Tips

Brands that fail to embrace and engage in online consumer dialog are set be among those most severely affected by an economic downturn, according to research conducted in the UK by E-consultancy, Logan Tod and immediate future (via Retailer Daily). Some 64 percent of...

exonerate

Netbits, Word Of The Week

exonerate • \ig-ZAH-nuh-rayt\ • verb 1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame Example Sentence: Dwight was exonerated for the crime of taking the money after it was found that his fingerprints did not match...

Radio’s Off-Air Revenue Soars, Despite Overall Slump

Netbits, Technology

Off-Air (non-spot) revenue surpassed last year’s midyear forecast by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) and is expected to approach $2B by the end of 2008 – nearly a full year ahead of the projected timeline, RAB reported (via MarketingCharts). At 9...

Dog Training: Stay

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If “Stay” is your dream direction, you’re not alone. This command focuses on impulse control: “STAY” still around activity and when there is new company visiting, “Stay” when I’m leaving you, or when you most want to follow me. ...

Word of the week – haptic

Word Of The Week

haptic • \HAP-tik\ • adjective 1 : relating to or based on the sense of touch 2 : characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch Example Sentence: Katy could tell one kind of yarn from another purely by haptic clues. Did you know? “Haptic”...