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Day 67 - Capturing Hearts and MindsFriday's upon us again, but the weekend isn't the only thing we're capturing.
A huge welcome to Chris Lawson, recent Director of Content Strategy at the Guardian, who delivered a really informative and content-rich presentation covering multi-platform experiences and sales and marketing strategies. He tripped through some of the challenges facing the newspaper industry, such as how to turn a one-off anonymous transaction (i.e. buying a newspaper) into a direct relationship with a community across multi-channels; how to engage with a new generation of intermediaries (i.e. from physical stores to online distribution); the importance of segmenting markets and ensuring each has a good (great?) user experience and to exploit as many customer touchpoints as possible. He also discussed the challenges and opportunities presented by a variety of platforms including mobile (and tablets), presenting some magic ways to succeed:
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