Archive for 'Polls & surveys'
No. 1 Newspaper Rescue Idea: Borrow a ‘You’ Turn From the Web
You’’ll find many wild ideas here. Ideas to inject new life and energy into newspapers.
But here’s the most revolutionary, evolutionary idea of all.
In one swell foop, it capitalizes on many points presented here:
Job 1: Be less boring.
News is not the answer.
It’s time to empower the renegades on staff.
Dare to brainstorm the blank page.
Really find out what readers what.
In a single section, […]
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under General, Web-related ideas, News is great, but ..., Polls & surveys, Humor & fun.
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Boxes & Briefs 2: Brevity, Levity & Paydirt
If on-the-fly sidebar creativity seems too scary, consider recurring boxes and briefs. Here are some possibilities that are amusing, useful or both:
How to Save 50 Bucks (At Least). Your daily reminder that “Hey, this paper is such a bargain!” Advice could be anything from bike maintenance to anger management to websites with free stuff.
Offbeat / Oddball News. Websites […]
Posted: January 4th, 2007 under Polls & surveys, Useful information, Humor & fun.
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Nielsen-Like Diaries for Newspaper Readers
Few newspapers ever do the kind of nitty-gritty detail surveys that really reveal what readers actually read. Oh sure, there are phone surveys and focus groups, but who’s going to admit, “Well, I always read the comics and horoscopes, never the national news”? And with so much content to cover, what survey gets into this […]
Posted: August 15th, 2006 under Polls & surveys.
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