These days, any Hollywood star with a shred of self-respect has his or her own web site. In most cases, these sites support fan-club activities. But m...
View articleA pair of surveys of industry executives take a look at how the Internet, in particular e-commerce, will change the way business is done as more corpo...
View articleThanks to the growth of new Internet applications and rising demand for business intelligence applications, the worldwide database software market had...
View articlePeople like sites that deliver information personalized to their interests. In fact, people don't mind giving up personal information if they get some...
View articleMoving is a fact of life for many people each year, and while the U. S. Postal Service can help update physical addresses, tracking the web addresses ...
View articleAndy can't help it he's hopelessly sentimental. His daughter's dance recitals choke him up and weddings absolutely slay him. So you'll understand that...
View articleThe US market for packaged e-commerce software will reach $14.5 billion in 2003, but user demand will force dramatic changes in how applications are b...
View articleAsk permission first, then everything's cool. Right? Suddenly, 'permission' is being used as a justification to turn on the marketing faucet wide open...
View articleAs the web matures and its B2B nature reveals itself, it's vital that we realize its reach is not focused on just the U.S.A. -- it's the world that's ...
View articleConsumers spent an estimated $7 billion online in the first quarter of 2000, the same amount they spent in the fourth quarter of 1999, according to th...
View articleHere's a common gripe: People ready to launch affiliate marketing programs can't find the right person to run the show. They may be on to something. Y...
View articleLike a plague out of the Old Testament, a couple weeks ago the portfolios of many day traders and momentum investors suddenly turned to pillars of Che...
View articleTenagra skipped the award for Online Public Relations Success in 1999. The judges couldn't come up with an exceptionally innovative PR success story. ...
View articleWe all recognize special offers like "Buy three for the price of two" or "Buy one and get one free." Most B2C Internet businesses weren't slow to adop...
View articleUS consumer e-commerce sales will reach $37 billion by year-end 2000, double from the previous year and will grow by a factor of 13 overall from 1998 ...
View articleIt's predicted that there will be over 1 billion wireless users by the end of 2004, more than those using PCs! Sean wants you to try out a couple of s...
View articleSometimes we online publishers let all the bells and whistles of the Net distract us from some very basic principles. And those very principles could ...
View articleTwo companies won this year's Successful Internet Business Model award: iPrint and Priceline. Their business models combine web interactivity with an ...
View articleWhat's the impact of informal web conversations on Usenet or Yahoo! investor message boards? There's no formal research available, but the plain fact ...
View articleHow much room is there for growth in the small business Internet market? According to IDC, nearly 13 percent of small businesses have yet to invest in...
View articleIn the early days of Internet business, signing up new customers, or getting them to make their first purchase, was the be all and end all of e-busine...
View articleOnline consumers are not averse to revealing personal information, rather they are primarily concerned with how companies use the information collecte...
View articleIt's been predicted by industry pundits that thousands of dot-com companies will crash and burn over the coming months. But these folks aren't the one...
View articleMany consumers routinely surf the Web to shop for the best credit offers, but when it comes time to apply for a loan, less than half of Web credit sho...
View articleWhen the market takes a downturn and there's talk of tightening belts, one of the first places set for squeezing is the communications department. The...
View articleOne query keeps rising to the top of Joel's email box: How much to pay affiliates? If only it were that simple. The answer, unfortunately, is: It depe...
View articleBack in the good old days, an advertising agency was the quintessential revolving door enterprise, with people coming and going all the time as they m...
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