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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

March 2003

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

March 31, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How to Turn an Email Marketing Disaster Into Profit"

When in trouble, don't deny your mistake...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 25, 2003

From Nielsen/NetRatings:

"Top Traditional Advertisers Increase Share of Online Ads"

Increased usage by the heavy hitters of advertising clearly signals their recognition of the validity of the Internet as an effective ad medium...

http://www.nielsen-netratings.com

 

March 21, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Search -- Look No Further"

Search is the workhorse of interactive marketing.  It's not expensive.  It's not glamorous.  It works...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 17, 2003

From the New York Times:

"Consumers Downloading Coupons"

Consumers downloaded about 242 million coupons last year, 111 percent more than in 2001...

http://www.nytimes.com

 

March 14, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Talk Amongst Yourselves"

Web sites and online marketing play an important role in helping people make purchase decisions...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 5, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com

"Why Readers Prefer Text or HTML"

People want to get to the part of the email they are interested in quickly and easily, without distractions...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 3, 2003

From Internet News:

"E-Mail Aided E-Commerce Holidays"

Click-through rates for HTML e-mails were nearly twice that of text...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

About Customer

Service

 

March 28, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Shopus Interuptus"

What gives with forcing shoppers to register before you let them check out?  An absurd, insatiable hunger for data causes thousands of transactions to be abandoned daily...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 25, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"The Real Decision Makers"

Overwhelming evidence shows brand purchase decisions are increasingly being made by the children of the household...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 24, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"The Future of E-Mail"

Permission-based newsletters will emerge as the preferred way to establish relationships...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 12, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Respect:  Last Word of Advice for Online Copywriters"

Serve the needs of the reader before you serve the needs of the organization or yourself...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 7, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Writing With Global Reach"

Grammatically correct and typos-free writing is enormously important...

http://www.clickz.com

 

About Webstore

Management

 

March 31, 2003

From Internet News:

"Apparel Sales Apparent Online"

Fashion shopping sites are among the most popular destinations for women...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

March 28, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Customer Satisfaction Free Shipping vs. Profit Dipping"

Retailers have employed a number of different features to incentivize purchases online...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 26, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"A Solution to the Multichannel Challenge:  Smart Submission"

Multichannel communications is already happening today at most companies - it's just happening more often to companies rather than by them...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 24, 2003

From iMarketing News:

"Proving Web Site Value"

Focus on measuring the vital key variables rather than the numerous trivial variables a Web site could produce...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 21, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Cross-Channel Retail:  Complementary or Competitive"

Consumers shop for multiple items in multiple ways across multiple channels...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 20, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts"

Identify specific goals.  From there you can conclude which metrics will measure whether you are achieving those goals or not...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 19, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"The Web's Hippie Period Is Over"

The technical elements of a Web site are largely solved.  The graphic design elements are relatively minor.  The day-to-day job of the average site is writing and editing...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 18, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Five Steps to Online Trust for Your Brand"

The simpler your site is to use and the more complete the information offered, the more readily people will place trust in your brand...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 13, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Creating Customer Communities:  A Surgical Approach"

Organizations that create customer communities tend to create communities of evangelists...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 13, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Goals, Benchmarks, and E-Mail Marketing Success"

Internal goals and strategies based on your own organization's past successes, failures, and testing history will ultimately drive competitive advantage...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 11, 2003

From eMarketer:

"E-Commerce Site Searching"

54% of online buyers go straight to the respective merchant site when they begin shopping online...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 11, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Does Your Brand Have a Sense of Humor?"

Creative use of humor remains one of the most effective ways to get messages through to people without engendering defensiveness, resentment, or inattention...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 10, 2003

From E-Commerce Times:

"How Small Sites Can Get Noticed"

All channels can contribute to e-commerce exposure in today's multichannel selling universe...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 10, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"E-Mailing Seniors:  Tapping Into a Lucrative Demographic"

Seniors today account for more than 50 percent of the discretionary spending power in our economy...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 6, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Rules Are Made to Be Broken"

A newsletter subscriber base will stay loyal if you provide relevant content...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 5, 2003

From Internet News:

"Internet Drives Purchases, Increases Reach"

Marketers seeking to drive further learning, impact purchase behavior, and increase campaign reach, should look toward Internet marketing...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

March 4, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Is It a Boy or a Girl?"

Develop a brand profile.  Describe it as if it were a person.  Tell the story of how your brand lives, what it eats, things it enjoys in life...  

http://www.clickz.com

 

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