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	<title>hopefully relevant commentary &#187; 2008 &#187; April</title>
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	<description>by Chase Granberry</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hedging Against User Behavior</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Granberry</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Clearspring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by Hooman Radfar, founder of Clearspring and is long over due.  He notes how widgets can be a great way to protect against user abandonment.  The Internet makes adoption extremely easy.  However, with easy adoption comes easy abandonment.  In his post, Hooman recognizes that widgets can play a role in protecting [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hedging Against User Behavior", url: "http://blog.hopefullyrelevant.com/relevant/hedging-against-user-behavior/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post was inspired by <a href="http://www.widgify.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.widgify.com');" title="Widgets">Hooman Radfar</a>, founder of <a href="http://www.clearspring.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.clearspring.com');" title="Clearspring">Clearspring</a> and is long over due.  He notes how widgets can be a great way to protect against user abandonment.  The Internet makes adoption extremely easy.  However, with easy adoption comes easy abandonment.  <a href="http://www.widgify.com/?p=154" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.widgify.com');" title="Widgets and User Behavior">In his post</a>, Hooman recognizes that widgets can play a role in protecting against websites users going elsewhere on the net.</p>
<blockquote><p> The fickle nature of users is a great reason for publishers and advertisers to establish effective syndication strategies. By syndicating content and services via channels such as widgets, they can reach their audiences - wherever they may be.</p></blockquote>
<p>When I read that a light went on.  With retargeting you literally are everywhere your audience is.  So, how can we measure this?  Not only is retargeting great for generating traffic and conversions, but there&#8217;s a lot more value to be had.  Most of the people I talk to are solely focused on this.  But it&#8217;s interesting when my clients are seeing benefits across the board.  Retargeting helps boost pageviews per user, time-on-site, avg. order value, traffic from search, etc.  Just about every engagement metric increases dramatically after we go live with a client and it&#8217;s not coincidence.  Too often is this industry focused on the click.</p>
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		<title>Google Zurich - Coolest Office Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Granberry</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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This just spells P-I-M-P.
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<p>This just spells P-I-M-P.</p>
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