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ING DIRECT vs. E*TRADE: Seeing Inside Your Rival's Ads
One of the fiercest areas of competition within financial services is in high-yield savings products. Since together E*TRADE and ING DIRECT accounted for almost...
Interview with Presentation Zen Master Garr Reynolds
"If you can get to Presentation Zen, you can do it all", said Mitch Joel in a recent Compete blog post. Mitch recommended that I interview Garr Reynolds...
Guest Post: How Are Hyundai's Strengths Transferring Across Vehicle Categories?
While Hyundai got its start in the US over 20 years ago with small vehicles, it has aggressively expanded its lineup upwards in size and price, including the just-launched...
What Else are iPhone Researchers Into? Blogging and Travel Sites
As the dust begins to settle after the announcement and launch of the new iPhone 3G, I wondered about who was actually interested in it. With all the hype, there’s...
July Search Market Share Update: Everyone Dips But Google
Things move a little slower in the summer. Right? Well that’s what we’re telling ourselves anyway with our search share numbers being published a bit...
Yahoo! Takes Gold in Olympic Reach, NBC Squeaks Win in Engagement
The 2008 Olympic Summer Games are well under way in Beijing, while the contest continues online for audience reach and engagement. NBC spent $900 million for exclusive...
Forget Bush Fatigue, Obama Fatigue is Here (To Stay?)
Just when it seemed the ailing economy, soaring oil prices and a historically unpopular president would doom John McCain’s electoral aspirations, a funny thing...
The iPhone Comes to Best Buy: Good Buy or Good-Bye for Consumers?
Last week, Best Buy announced that it will begin to sell the iPhone, the still very hot new device that is exclusive to carrier AT&T, on September 7th. Best...
Kruger: A Battle of Might, Will… What Were We Talking About?
With summer starting to wind down my dreams of being on safari in South America are starting to occupy my mind more and more. This reminded me of a remarkable video...
The Mass Affluent and the Economy
How bad is the economy and what does that mean for consumer-facing financial firms looking for growth? On the surface, the news isn’t good. 46% of consumers...
