As a close-reader-by-trade, I’ve found myself analyzing the phrases and clichés of the coronavirus crisis. Let's reflect on the early COVID-19 cliches.
In marketing analytics, we look at rates all the time: bounce rates, conversion rates, clickthrough rates. Rates represent two absolute numbers compared, one number relative to another. We can provide context for those rates and use them to tell a defined story.
“I’m giving the audience what they want,” says every media executive I’ve ever met or seen speak, in one way or another. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, our news habits shifted.
