Business-to-business e-commerce continues to grow rapidly, according to a study by The Boston Consulting Group, which estimates that US B2B e-commerce...
View articleHello! Earth to Bezos! What the hell are you doing? You've built a great brand, created a great preference information system, and combined that infor...
View articleMany sites with dynamically generated web pages are not getting indexed and registered by search engines. And it seems that search engines have no pla...
View articleResearch by both Gartner Group and Forrester found that the number of businesses in the e-marketplace space is likely to decrease in the coming as yea...
View articleThe bogus Emulex press release sent by email and distributed over the wires wreaked havoc on the company's share prices and highlighted security weakn...
View articleGetting permission from those to whom you attempt to sell stuff is a great idea. But it's not a new one. It's been a great idea for a very long time. ...
View articleThe online B2B marketplace is a crowded island, and only the strongest - and savviest - players will survive. The rules of the game are complicated, a...
View articleKim is pro-permission. Very. Don't get her wrong. But sometimes misunderstandings arise, and even the most "opt-in" of opt-in marketers can run afoul ...
View articleCommunication is an essential component of a successful affiliate program. Practically every affiliate program sends out a newsletter, but, unfortunat...
View articleInternet real estate prices have increased dramatically, resulting in sites squeezing more and more information into less and less space. Martin tells...
View articleThe back-to-school season is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. More and more students and parents are using the Internet to shop online, and not...
View articleOK, we may be getting older, but we're also going blind reading the copy on most web sites. Every day, we find ourselves inching ever closer to our co...
View articleEver seen a computer-generated fractal? Mysterious and organic, it represents infinity in animage generated from a single equation. Sean sees a connec...
View articleA survey by Shop.org and The Boston Consulting Group found that online retailers are making moves toward profitability. But will they ever catch multi...
View articleAs the web continues its fast and exponential growth, search and navigation become more important and less satisfying. Audience segmentation is the na...
View articleIt's nice to get buy-in from coworkers on your advertising campaigns. But marketers must maintain control of their product and process and not let the...
View articleWhack-a-Flack is a nasty but funny little video game. But too much has happened to degrade the public relations profession in recent years for it to b...
View articleThe Internet continues to create new jobs both directly and across other industries, according to a study by Andersen Consulting, which found the US c...
View articleHave you ever had a customer who was too eager to buy? Prospective customers can become so excited about finding a product or service with features th...
View articleNo matter where you work, it's probably safe to assume that you've heard someone utter the phrase, "The customer is always right." Nowhere else is thi...
View articleForget online stock trading and Web start-ups. For Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public, the Internet and PCs mean entertainment. PC Data found that 61 percent...
View articleOne of the previous decade's proudest moments was the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination against individuals b...
View articleThe prediction that Net markets will account for $6 trillion in commerce is not news. What's news is the potential value of those markets to companies...
View articleYou can navigate the web from your desktop, your laptop, your palmtop, your TV top... now you can web surf from your telephone, too. Venture capitalis...
View articleNick takes a look at how trust, or the lack of it, can also have a profound impact on the experience people have at your site. With all the research a...
View articleIf you've got an online retail site and publish an email newsletter, the idea is to sell and/or convert, right? Those lucky enough to have staff and d...
View articleName any industry, any line of business, any subject, and you'll find some relatively in-depth information about it on the web for free. One of the ba...
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