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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

April 2005

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

April 28, 2005

From eMarketer:

"E-Mail Marketing:  Alive and Well"

Good targeting and good content are more important than ever...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 27, 2005

From The Economist:

"The Online Ad Attack"

Local search and its associated advertising opportunities are a huge growth area...

http://www.economist.com

 

April 27, 2005

From E-Commerce Times:

"Seven Laws of Internet Marketing"

Create an environment with the overall business model and marketing message that clearly reflects the dependability aspects that will ensure the delivery of your promise...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 25, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Keyword Advertising Breadth:  Are You Missing Opportunities?"

Marketers should make sure they look at all connected keywords and phrases...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 22, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Yesterday's E-Mail Tactics Make Way For Today's"

Too many marketers overlook the brand value in the "From" field...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

April 14, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Online Advertising for Branding and Purchase Intent"

Online adverting is where you can reach many of your best customers and prospects.  It allows you to intelligently target well-defined niche audiences and to create community and buzz in ways that would be much more difficult and costly in any other channel...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 11, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Beyond Click-Through:  Measuring Online Advertising's Wider Effect" 

Measure the greater, aggregated effect online messages have on consumers' minds, offline behavior, and overall attitudes...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 7, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"E-Mail's Seven Seconds"

Like highway billboards, your e-mail messages have very little time to grab travelers' attention and convert attention into action...

http://www.clickz.com

 

 

About Customer

Service

 

April 28, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"WII-FM:  The No-Cost Media"

Consumer engagement involves a 360-degree view of your customer and the ability to interact with  him...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 21, 2005

From E-Commerce Times:

"Online Customer Experience:  Will We Get It Right One Day?"

By keeping the focus on the needs of customers, the competitive landscape, the technologies available, and the best practices that are resonating with users today, you can stay a step ahead of the competition when it comes to customer acquisition and retention...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 19, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Consumers' Life Stages Affect Web Usage"

For marketers looking to reach consumers at pivotal points in their lives, such as planning a marriage, buying a home, or having a baby, few media can match the web's ability to facilitate communications...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

April 13, 2005

From iMarketing News:

"E-Mail Survey Finds Decline in Customer Service"

Customers expect an e-mail reply within 24 hours...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 8, 2005

From eMarketer:

"It's a Women's Web"

The Internet allows women to get more done in a shorter time; shop, plan trips, look for homes. It also gives them another way to communicate besides the phone...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 7, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Retailers Overlook Performance Monitoring At Own Risk"

There's nothing worse than spending 60 cents per click on search engine keywords and then have people click that link only to wait 50-60 seconds for a page to load...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

April 4, 2005

From The Globe and Mail:

"Making a Statement Online"

Your site needs to be clear, informative, easy to get around and up to date.  Too many bells and whistles or too little helpful information and frustrated readers will simply leave...

http://www.globetechnology.com

 

 

About Webstore

Management

 

April 29, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"How to Improve A/B Testing"

Optimize a page by making one change at a time...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 29, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"How Consumers Use Online Catalogs"

The average viewer of an online catalog looks at 34 pages and sees more than 150 products...
http://www.internetretailer.com

 

April 28, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Eleven Search Engine Optimization Tips"

When it comes to optimizing your site for search and the search engines, it's important not to overcomplicate your design and technical approach with things such as Flash, Java, frames and dynamically built Web sites...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 26, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Evolve Into a Data-Driven Organization"

Site changes should be based on their potential effect on your overall business...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 22, 2005

From eMarketer:

"Entrepreneurs Embrace the Net"

Over 80% of small businesses use the Internet to conduct business activities...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

April 21, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Conversion Rates Rise, But Cart Abandonment Remains High"

Almost 50% of online retailers said their conversion rates are 3% or higher...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

April 20, 2005

From The Globe and Mail:

"On-Line Sales Surge"

Almost 8 out of 10 Canadian companies now maintain websites...

http://www.globeinvestor.com

 

April 20, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Limited Web Site Budget?  Focus on Content"

You're the expert; share your knowledge...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 19, 2005

From Harvard Business School Online:

"Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing"

Multi-channel retailing is all about increasing the size of your brand...

http://hbswk.hbs.edu

 

April 18, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Personalize and Customize E-Mail"

Borrow a tried-and-true process from the postal world.  It's a simple premise that works...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 15, 2005

From iMarketing News:

"Canada's E-Commerce in Earlier Stage Than U.S."

Integrated marketing campaigns seem to be most effective at pushing Canadians to shop online...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 15, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Selling B2B Decision Makers"

When you sell anything to other businesses or to consumers lead with the benefits that are relevant to the buyers.  They're not interested in product features until they're convinced that product is relevant...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 14, 2005

From E-Commerce Times:

"E-Commerce:  It's All About Trust"

80 percent of security-conscious online consumers are willing to try more complex authentication approaches beyond passwords...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 13, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Reaching the Hispanic Market Online"

Strategically combining three factors - translation, culture and online marketplace - will enable you to successfully reach the growing Hispanic online market...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 12, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Barriers to Using Web Analytics Data for Optimization"

Start by defining the site's overall goals and the desired visitor behaviors that support those goals...

http://www.clickz.com

 

April 11, 2005

From E-Commerce Times:

"Web Hosting 101 for the 21st Century"

Eight features you should expect from a reputable Web host...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

April 8, 2005

From DM News:

"Direct Marketers Lead Online Retailers in Conversion Rates" 

16.3 percent conversion rate tops the list...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 6, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Links:  How the Search Engines Find You"

The best links are difficult to get; and you won't get too many of them unless you go out and actively look for them...
http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

April 5, 2005

From DM News:

"Online Catalogs on the Rise"

There are 6,668 catalogs available online and in print form, and 772 that are available only online...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

April 1, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Accelerated Keyword and Engine Testing"

Every test you conduct with a new batch of keywords or a new engine is an experiment that yields extremely valuable data, even if the test fails...

http://www.clickz.com

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