Buy Now With Interactive Ads on The iPad

In my previous post on tablets, I made reference to interactivity on tablet computers and ‘interactive ads‘ is one area where the magazine or newspaper experience is being transformed.

With printed magazines you see an ad for that cool new product and you are interested. You finish reading the magazine and then… you may forget about the product; if you remember, you need to work out who sells it; you need to get in your car or hop onto the web to buy the product, arrange delivery etc etc.

Wired Mag on the iPad includes a product review section each month and readers have the opportunity to buy. You see the product, you like it, you tap ‘buy now’ and you are then directed to the store to make your purchase. No needing to remember, no running around, easy in app purchasing!

Below is a screenshot with a page featuring connected TV’s.iPhoto

Tapping on the third TV opens up a ‘lightbox’ with product info and a ‘buy now’ option.
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Clicking on ‘buy now’ takes you to a store (in this case Amazon) and you can purchase the product with one click shopping.
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This interactive experience of purchasing is the future. If your ad is interesting and readers need to know more or want to buy…why shouldn’t they?

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Internet Trends 2011 – Globality

One of the dominant internet trends this year is Globality and the increase in the number of global web users of the web. 81% of internet users on top 10 global web properties are outside the US.

Mary Meeker2019s 2011 Presentation On Internet Trends [Slides] | TechCrunch

The above chart shows that more of the top web companies are now coming from outside the US with countries like China and Russia climbing the list of top online companies. These trends mean that online businesses need to look at other markets around the world and think about what needs to be done to get into those markets.  China alone has almost double the amount of internet users compared with the US and countries like India, Nigeria, Russia and Japan are all adding more users compared with the US.

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Internet Trends in 2011

I watched a talk by Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins and she provides a great summary of Internet trends for 2011 and beyond. If you have time watch the video and in my next few posts I will provide a summary of her main points along with my view on what this could mean for your business or development project.

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Building online awareness of your subscription or membership

Earlier this week I read an article “Membership Development from the Ground Up” by Tony Rossell. In the article Tony outlines a series of programs that he would put in place to get membership moving. In summary the results driven steps are as follows:

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