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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

March 2005

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

March 29, 2005

From E-Commerce Times:

"Target, Don't Frustrate"

An intelligent online campaign should employ a network that effectively bridges the advertiser, publisher and qualified consumer...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 23, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How to Make Your Web Site a Lead-Generation Machine"

Include unique Web addresses or landing pages for each offline marketing piece...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 22, 2005

From DM News:

"How Permission-based Email Drives Sales, Leverages Customer Relationships and Creates Powerful Brand Loyalty"

10 rules for successful permission-based email marketing...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 17, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Online Marketing Costs a Fortune.  Or Does It?"

Three Web marketing myths debunked...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 16, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Six Email Marketing Reminders"

Are you integrating your email efforts with other marketing vehicles?

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 4, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Why the Banner Ad Refuses to Die"

Banners are still around because they work...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 1, 2005

From iMarketing News:

"Search Engine Marketing Not Simply a Numbers Game"

Search engine marketing is not simply picking a number of words and throwing them into the title tag of a website...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

About Customer

Service

 

March 25, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Thank You For Your Order.  Now, Leave!"

Web sites have a major advantage over the real world.  The cash register doesn't have to be next to the exit door.  Users should be encouraged to stick around and explore as much of our companies as possible...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 17, 2005

From iMarketing News:

"Stores, Web, Catalogs Grow Interchangeable"

Consumers expect all aspects of the retailer supply chain to work seamlessly with each other in order to deliver a single, united customer experience...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 11, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Bludgeon Not Thy Potential Customer"

Make certain your brand isn't used as a sledgehammer to get a consumer's attention...
http://www.clickz.com

 

March 10, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Search and Retain:  The Search/E-Mail Combo"

Inform visitors of all the value-added services and support they'll receive as e-customers...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 9, 2005

From DM News:

"Current E-Mail Practices Hitting Plateau"

Think about personas and purchase scenarios.  How can e-mail support the consumer's goal?

http://www.dmnews.com

 

About Webstore

Management

 

March 31, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Manufacturers Seek Channel Conflict Workarounds"

Manufacturers responding with a variety of online strategies built around different pricing and different merchandise...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 28, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Eye-Tracking Data and SEO:  Keep It In Perspective"

Creating user-friendly, intuitive search pages isn't as easy as one might think...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 25, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Search Optimization, Not Search Engine Optimization"

What you need to focus on is task optimization...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 24, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Most Online Shoppers Visit Aggregator Sites First"

Internet shoppers visit an average of four online retailers before choosing which one to buy from...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 23, 2005

From TechWeb News:

"Search Engines' Retail Influence Grows; Newspapers' Role Declines"

Fully 70 percent of U.S. households now use the Internet to find local merchants and services...

http://www.techweb.com

 

March 21, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Local Search:  Convert and Win"

The greatest conversion opportunity in some markets is in targeting keywords that convert offline...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 21, 2005

From Nielsen//NetRatings:

"Internet Usage Shows Mature Growth"

Americans spend on average nearly 14 hours online each month...

http://www.nielsen-netratings.com

 

March 21, 2005

From iMarketing News:

"10 Ways Web Site Text Can Affect Your Reader's Buying Decision"

Poor spelling or sentence syntax will take your reader out of your copy immediately...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 18, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Create Landing Pages That Convert"

Each successful landing page answers four questions...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 16, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"How HTML Code Affects E-Mail Deliverability"

How do you minimize or eliminate HTML filtering problems at ISPs?  Four suggestions... 

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 15, 2005

From The Globe and Mail:

"Inbox Nightmare Near End?"

For the first time in four years, the volume of unsolicited or spam e-mails has declined...
http://www.globetechnology.com

 

March 15, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Web Analytics Data:  Share It to Maximize Value"

The key to getting different people to use Web analytics data is to help them focus on the aspects that can help them do their jobs better...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 14, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"Consumers Delete Cookies at Surprising Rate"

Nearly 40 percent of Internet users delete cookies from their primary computers on at least a monthly basis...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 9, 2005

From Internet News:

"Are Your Visitors Seeing What You Think?"

If your Web page bears a dominant image, such as a product "beauty shot," put it on the left side of the page...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

March 9, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"It's a Woman's World (Wide Web)"

30% of women say that a bad Web site will not only induce them to shop somewhere else online but may also make them less likely to buy from the same company offline...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 8, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Online Sales Soar 41%"

Online retail sales for the week ending February 13 reach $1.79 billion...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 7, 2005

From clickZ.com:

"The Search Continuum"

80 to 90 percent of conversions generated by searches in your online vertical take place offline...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 3, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Tracking the Origin of the Order"

Even when information on the original order source is tenuous or non-existent, several workarounds can still point logically toward the likely channel source...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 2, 2005

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How to Create Reader Personas"

Aim to have no more than three core reader personas for your Web site...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 2, 2005

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Canadian E-Commerce Market Is Catching Up to U.S."

The make-up of the Canadian market has shifted to 55% women, 45% men...

http://www.internetretailer.com

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