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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

April 2003

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

April 22, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Online Coupon Opportunities"

Online coupons allow marketers to maximize and analyze their efforts to the fullest...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 22, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Turn Customers Into Marketers"

P2P marketing involves much more than relying on word of mouth...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 21, 2003

From CNET:

"Online Ad Outlook Brightens"

Traditional advertisers increasingly see the Web as an important part of an entire campaign...

http://news.com.com

 

April 17, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Contextual Ads"

Have the ability to target consumers at the very moment they're thinking about your product...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 16, 2003

From iMarketing News:

"Avoid the Pitfalls of Online Coupons"

Online coupons are redeemed differently than traditional coupons and are subject to different risks...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 14, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Net Users Start Week Off Online"

Online advertisers would be well advised not only to reconsider time of day targeting, but to also consider day of week targeting....

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 9, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Seven Questions for E-Mail-Specific Creative"

Convey a sense of immediacy and urgency in your e-mail text...

http://www.clickz.com

 

 

About Customer

Service

 

April 23, 2003

From iMarketing News:

"Market to Women Differently Than Men"

Speak in a woman's voice.  Women want to feel like they're being addressed by a friend who shares their problems and interests...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 14, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Three Ways to Increase Unsubscribe Confidence"

Make it as easy as possible for recipients to choose the unsubscribe option.  A choice increases the chances they will respond...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 10, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Customers Love-Hate Customization"

Provide well thought-out default packages - not overly optimistic ones involving significant up-sell attributes - plus customization options for the 20 percent of customers who will need them...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 10, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Permission to Spam?"

Permission, trust, and relevance help you build strong, long-term relationships with recipients on an individual basis...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 4, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Search and the Buying Cycle"

Addressing the needs of early-stage buyers may be one of the best investments you can make

http://www.clickz.com

 

About Webstore

Management

 

April 30, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Rise Above Irrelevancy"

The best way to engage customers and prospects is through newsletters...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 29, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Measuring B2C E-Commerce Activity"

43% of online retailers claim they do not know their shopping cart abandonment rates...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 28, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Neither the Time Nor the Place"

Everything on your Web site must feed into your task-oriented prospect's need for relevance...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 25, 2003

From Internet News:

"Another Banner E-Com Year Expected"

The Internet affected $232 billion in offline spending in 2002...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

April 25, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Retail Attraction:  How Consumers Find Products Online"

The Internet population has settled in to going directly to preferred retailers and is comfortable using search engines to find what it doesn't see at preferred retailers...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 24, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Parting the Fog of Visitors"

Segment or divide your users into logical groups and then compare and contrast how they behave and what they do...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 21, 2003

From Internet News:

"Many Merchants Lack Measurement"

If site visitors aren't being tracked, how can e-tailers figure out how to keep them?

http://www.internetnews.com

 

April 18, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Turning $0.40 Into $200.00"

All that matters to your customer is her needs, her wants - not you or your products.  Your job is to uncover your product's value, and therefore your company's value, in her life...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 18, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Online Retail in 2002"

Online retail grew at an accelerated rate from 2001 to 2002 when compared to growth from 2000 to 2001...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 15, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Measuring Data:  Whadda Ya Got?"

There are a variety of ways to collect data about what people are up to on a Web site and here they are in the briefest terms possible...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 14, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"10 Online Writing Concepts That Work Wonders Offline, Too"

People haven't got time to wait 10 minutes while your incredibly creative animation downloads, and equally they haven't time to figure out the meaning of a literary quote over an artsy picture when they're in a hurry to find out about your product...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 11, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Conversion Rate Measure of Success"

For a site to achieve its goals, its visitors must first achieve their goals...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 11, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Shopping at the Shop:  B2C E-Commerce at Work"

Online shopping ranked higher than many activities that would generally be more identified as "at-work" activities...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 9, 2003

From Internet News:

"The Internet's Impact on Indulgence"

The Internet was named by 44 percent of luxury consumers as very or somewhat important for research of luxury items...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

April 8, 2003

From iMarketing News:

"Back to Online Shopping for War-Weary U.S. Consumers"

Sites of discounters and specialty retailers see the most traffic...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 8, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Online Marketing Idol"

US online search revenues will quadruple between 2002 and 2006...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 7, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Geo-targeting:  Why It Matters to Marketers"

60 percent of consumers access local content online...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 7, 2003

From E-Commerce Times:

"Do Online Stores Really Need Free Shipping?"

Retailers are cannily devising different terms and conditions to determine just how much free shipping is enough...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 4, 2003

From The Globe and Mail:

"Repeat Business Key for On-Line Consumers"

Consumers who made an on-line purchase in the past three months are more than 80 per cent likely to make another purchase in the coming three months...

http://www.globetechnology.com

 

April 2, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Enhancing the Credibility of Your Web Content"

Trust is the foundation of publishing.  Make sure you publish content people can trust...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 2, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"7 Nitty-Gritty Tips To Publish A Monthly E-newsletter"

If publishing a regular email newsletter is becoming a chore, or a huge headache, listen up for tips from the trenches...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 1, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Tweenspeak:  The World's Newest Language"

In a whole new way a picture is worth a thousand words...

http://www.clickz.com

 

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