Lest you get all warm and fuzzy about Google and Apple’s noble efforts, this Trustpilot study reminds us that being socially responsible is good business. They found 66% of online shoppers will pay (slightly) more to buy from a socially responsible firm and 90% have chosen not to buy from a company because of its bad reputation. Jamie provided this one too.
I never expected to write that headline and you never expected to read it, Dear Reader, but such are the times. Two-thirds (69%) of respondents to this Monday.Com survey said they enjoy working from home more than they expected and 54% said they’re more productive than at the office. Things are so bad that I’m printing this without a link to the full survey.
Attribution is the mother of all measurement challenges. Neustar and iSpot.tv have connected their data to make it a little easier. iSpot tracks ad views across 12 million opted-in smart TVs and lets clients add their own information including retail sales. Neustar is integrating iSpot data with its own consumer information, enabling advertisers to build richer audience profiles and attribution analyses. Problem not quite solved but it’s one more piece of the puzzle.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.