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July 2006

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

July 31, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Corners You Can Cut (and Ones You Can't)"

If you go it alone on creative, use previous e-mail creative as a starting point...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 27, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How Multichannel Marketing Is a Lot Like the County Fair"

In our multichannel marketing environment, the roller coaster is the online channel...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

July 26, 2006

From eWeek.com:

"Do Online Coupons Still Make Sense?"

Online coupon codes offer discounts that are intended to encourage sales and there seems to be little reason to not shout about them...

http://www.eweek.com

 

July 19, 2006

From DM News:

"The Cyclic Nature of Online Marketing Tools"

People who receive well-targeted e-mail that is relevant to them will engage.  What is most unexpected is that conversions occur both online and offline, and conversions often do not relate to an e-mail embedded code...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

July 18, 2006

From The Globe and Mail:

"Bogus Clicks on Web Ads Continue to Rise"

Sales referrals generated by clicks on advertising links are a sham 14.1 per cent of the time...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com

 

July 13, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Tips Before You Spend Online"

Seven simple rules to consider before designing, implementing, and managing an online ad campaign...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

July 13, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Interactivity With a Mission"

Although some interactive features are created specifically for ads, most are leveraged from the advertiser's existing materials.  Review your site objectively to determine which features you wish to promote...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 11, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Defining and Using Segmentation" 

Segmentation can be used to improve direct marketing programs' effectiveness by adding insight into the type of message that might be relevant for each individual...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 10, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Nine Questions to Ask When the Numbers Don't Add Up"

How do you determine what your optimal e-mail open rate should be?

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 6, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Social Marketing:  Reach Out and Engage Consumers"

Social marketing requires planning, resources, and measurement of results.  Doing a good job at these one-on-one interactions isn't easy, but it builds bonds to your target market that are difficult to acquire in any other way...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 3, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"7 Deadly Sins of Marketing Services Online"

Don't just talk about yourself.  Or merely assert that you care.  Show it...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

About Customer

Service

 

July 21, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Three Steps to Creating Better Category Pages"

If your visitor knows approximately what she wants, does she have a way to browse products in the context of her specific need or use, or is she forced to browse your self-named categories?

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 13, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"E-Mail Is a Two-Way Medium"

Rather than fight to restrict customer e-mail responses, embrace them.  Customers will respond to your messages in both positive and negative ways.  Treat both as valuable gifts...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 7, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Store Locators Score Big with Online Shoppers"

Asked to name website features that were very helpful in making a purchase decision, 68% of respondents cited store locators along with customer reviews and keyword search...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

July 6, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Multi-channel Shoppers Don't Carry Loyalty Across Channels"

Cross-channel shoppers said they bought their most recent cross channel purchase from a different offline retailer than the one where they conducted their online research.  To keep offline dollars corralled, facilitate in-store pick-up of online orders and offer store-only coupons and incentives online...

http://www.internetretailer.com

About Webstore

Management

 

July 28, 2006

From DM News:

"Retailers Walk Catalogers' Multichannel Path"

Some categories or products in the retail merchandise mix may not sell online, and vice versa.  Customer segmentation and merchandise analysis help address these issues...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

July 27, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Managing Up:  Six Steps Toward Success"

A company's Web site interacts with every part of its audience.  If you don't know how well your Web channel's doing, then how can you gauge the overall success of your company?

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 26, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Match Retailer Objectives to Behavioral Targeting Tactics"

The risk of not precisely specifying retail goals is ending up with a wonderful program that doesn't match your current needs...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 25, 2006

From TechWeb News:

"55% of Moms to Use the Internet for Back to School Shopping"

Moms see shopping online as the solution to their two biggest back to school challenges:  limited time and money...

http://www.techweb.com

 

July 24, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Is Everything Old in E-Mail New Again?"

Knowing you can create the wildest, craziest, most dynamic, and innovative communication stream and journey with your customer is pretty powerful...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 20, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Growing Pains:  Are You Ready to Play With the Big Boys?"

Having watched your site evolve, you may be too close to see features that may need upgrading.  Take a fresh look at it, and its usability...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 19, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How to Create Effective Brand-Driven Entertainment Content for the Web" 

Ten tips for creating brand-driven Web entertainment - a practical guide that marketers can use in their content- development efforts...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

July 19, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Marketers Still Miss Deliverability Boosters"

A best-practice subject line clearly identifies e-mail's purpose and can make the difference between opening a message, deleting it, or reporting it as spam...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 17, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Three Good Reasons to Survey Your E-Mail List"

Resist the temptation to do an everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink survey...

http://www.clickz.com

 

July 14, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"E-retailers Face Challenge Wooing Store Shoppers"

Maturing of the online retailing market and the challenge of winning over those consumers who have yet to find online shopping attractive may force online retailers to rethink their acquisition vs. customer retention strategies...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

July 12, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Is Your Web Site Old and Out of Touch?"

New companies and Web sites entering your market have an advantage because they can build their model and their technologies based on a tools and services that weren't around when you got started...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

July 11, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"What Influences Conversions"

People don't read pages, they experience a web site link to link.  So you need to plan it that way, from the visitor's point of view, not your point of view...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

July 11, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Don't Fly Blind (The Importance of Web Analytics)"

Unless you have a baseline understanding of how your customers are using your site, you have nothing to test against in terms of optimizing all the important post-click campaign variables...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

July 5, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"The Write Stuff"

If you want your site or site page to be found for a particular search query or two, you'd better have the query words on the page...

http://www.clickz.com

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