Circulation Plunges at Major Newspapers! (Story from the New York Times online edition, under the Media and Advertising section … get the point?) 

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Last week I met with a small group of local business owners to talk about how we might be able to improve the “branding” of their community. This was a group of B&B, cottage and hotel businesses who have been running their businesses for many years in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. We got around to talking about the Web and I was a little taken aback by the number they responded with when asked “how much of your business comes from the Internet?” The answer …. 90%+!!! Holy cow, things have changed for them in just a short while!

Outside of our little paradise, the speed at which things changes isn’t too different. Although it’s just speculation at this point, this article from ReadWriteWeb has BIG implications on what the landscape of online advertising will look like in the next year-ish.

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