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We’re proud to announce a new set of telecom specials made available to eligible Burlington Front Porch Forum members via Burlington Telecom. If you live in Burlington in an area served by Burlington Telecom and are interested in top-of-the-line internet/cable TV/telephone service options, please check this out. Also, existing BT subscribers can get special discounts [...]
Mike Vorhaus blogged today at Advertising Age…
Consumers might “hate ads,” but not enough to pay even as little as a few cents a day to avoid them.
He reported on a survey…
When we asked consumers if they would pay $39.99 a year, which comes out to less than $4 a month, for an ad-free version of [...]
CitySquares in Boston and beyond says business is good with advertisers’ coupons being hot.
Citysearch rebuilt its site. “Elements of the revamp include a more intuitive interface, an embrace of social media, a major focus on video, some new twists in mobile, and the development of a full-fledged local ad and content network that offers an [...]
Thanks to Heather Belcher at Sweet Clover Market in the Essex Shoppes for running this bit in her e-newsletter…
As summer winds down and fall comes blowing down from the hills, people also tend to see more of their neighbors… at least until the snow starts flying. What a great time to sign up for Front [...]
A detailed posting about Smalltown.com’s status today including its acquisition of Local2me.com… worth a read (comments too for a little fun).
While I’m uncertain if Smalltown’s approach has enough juice to keep people tuned in (it’s a souped up yellow pages with some social networking running through it), I am fascinated by their authentically local approach… [...]
Congratulations to Smalltown.com… it launched its seventh small town website today. Some lessons…
Smalltown, San Carlos went live today. This is our seventh Smalltown site; we continue to make our way down the Peninsula from Millbrae to Palo Alto as planned. The most interesting detail regarding San Carlos is that we built the new site and [...]
Greg Sterling got more lessons learned by Andy Sack around Judy’s Book demise…
Sack added that if he had to do it over he’d:
Launch in a single market and gain critical mass before going national
Launch with a narrow content focus: one category or just a few [...]
Front Porch Forum has a new modest advertising platform for local businesses. The response is exceeding expectations. Our ad inventory is sold out for the next several weeks and the response from our members to the sponsor messages has been strong. Color me cautiously optimistic.
Also, we’ve seen some advertisers offer discounts to Front Porch Forum [...]