{"id":19222,"date":"2013-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=19222"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T19:19:26","slug":"target-tells-stories-about-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/target-tells-stories-about-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Tells Stories About Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Target<\/strong> wants to go beyond product descriptions to tell consumers &#8220;stories about their products.&#8221; To that end, they&#8217;ve worked with an advertising agency to create an online magazine called &#8220;A Bullseye View.&#8221; Magazine content includes designer interviews, how-to articles, recipes, entertainment, and the like.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll never write about a specific product, but we will do a post on tips around decorating a home with our newest collection, for example,&#8221; Eric Hausman, senior group manager of PR and social media at Target told <strong>Digiday<\/strong>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve also done pieces around how a product came to life. It&#8217;s less promotional and subtle and makes &#8216;A Bullseye View&#8217; more of a lifestyle site.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.http:\/\/abullseyeview.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19231\" alt=\"a-bullseye-view-screen-shot\" src=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-bullseye-view-screen-shot.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-bullseye-view-screen-shot.jpg 650w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-bullseye-view-screen-shot-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-bullseye-view-screen-shot-440x272.jpg 440w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-bullseye-view-screen-shot-462x286.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re keeping our fingers crossed that Target will take its interest in content down to the product page level. 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