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May 2006

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

May 31, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Internet Ads Rise 38 Percent in First Quarter"

Companies are effectively learning to devote more of their advertising budget to this fast-growing advertising platform in order to reach the right audience at the right time...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

May 31, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"The Internet Can Do Everything...But We Can't"

Set an agenda for testing that prioritizes what's most important for your brand and advertising messages...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 24, 2006

From SearchEngineWatch:

"The Value of Branded vs. Non-Branded Search Terms"

Non-branded terms, when used properly, can significantly impact the outcome of a paid search marketing campaign...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

May 18, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"How to Develop E-Mail Campaign Business Rules"

Four steps to developing a strategic framework for dynamic e-mail marketing campaigns...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 18, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Marketing to Women:  More Than a Media Buy"

Targeting women online involves learning what women really want from your brand and presenting it in a way that better appeals to them...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 11, 2006

From SearchEngineWatch:

"Curbing SEOs Who've Gone Wild"

Overdoing on SEO tactics to enhance performance on search engine results pages can backfire.  Your site will look clumsy; at worst, your conversion and usability will suffer, as your visitors become confused or frustrated and leave...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

May 10, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Why Small Businesses Should Care About Web 2.0 Marketing"

Five emerging Web 2.0 marketing trends that every small business should be aware of...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

May 8, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"The Fundamentals of Permission-Based Email Marketing"

Take whatever information you already have about the people in your database and put it to good use.  This exercise will give you some insight into the type of information you will want to gather to better segment your database in the future...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

May 5, 2006

From Return Path:

"Email Subject Line:

Shorter Is Better"

Response rate as measured by clicks goes down dramatically when the subject line is longer than 50 characters...

http://www.returnpath.biz

 

May 3, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"My Decade of Writing About Search Engines"

Ten years on, a lot of the SEM advice remains exactly the same.  Don't depend on ALT text.  Don't fixate on only one or two terms.  Build links, because links can send traffic.  And don't fixate on getting traffic just from search engines...

http://www.clickz.com

About Customer

Service

 

May 18, 2006

From The Globe and Mail:

"Small Businesses Need On-Line Savvy for Success"

Have a website that shows confidence to the customer...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com

 

May 17, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"How Online Maps Bind a Multi-channel Retail Strategy"

Online maps, when posted on a retail site, help lock in online customers for the last mile of web-to-store purchases...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

May 12, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"No One Said This Would Be Easy"

The Web enables a large majority of consumers to mine the information that helps shape their purchase decisions.  The supply chain has changed to a demand chain...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 9, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"The Delayed Conversion Concept"

Understanding the full cycle of a delayed conversion is imperative.  Too often, only the initial, on-site portion of the conversion is measured.  That only tells a small fraction of the story...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 4, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Selling Stuff"

Timeliness and relevance allow you to enhance your position with your

customers and increase sales potential...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 3, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Bridging the Gap:  Click-to-Call 101"

Four key click-to-call traits that drive phone leads from the Web...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

About Webstore

Management

 

May 30, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Creating Content Streams for Web Watering Holes"

Create a constant stream of fresh content that seduces search engine spiders, lures qualified visitors, and encourages repeat visits...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

May 29, 2006

From eMarketer:

"77% of US Adults Are Now Online"

As the proportion of Internet users rises, the Internet user profile more closely mirrors the US population as a whole...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

May 29, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Reducing ID Theft by Increasing E-Commerce"

Consumers who are duped by ID theft scams and phishing cons are those who don't bank all that frequently online...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

May 26, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Do You Want Traffic or Business?"

Do you have a plan to persuade and convert people once they are labeled visitors?

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 25, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"RSS:  What's in It for Marketers?"

Will email be replaced by RSS?  Hardly.  But it is complimentary...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

May 23, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Tracking Delayed Conversion"

By understanding how your site leads differ from other means, you can tune your overall strategy for generating opportunities...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 23, 2006

From CNET:

"Online Sales Expected to Rise 20 Percent in 2006"

Online sales this year to reach $211 billion...

http://news.com.com

 

May 22, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Online Shopping Can Weave Web of High Prices"

Some sites charge tax, while others don't...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

May 22, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Best and Worst Ways to Grow an E-Mail List"

Four successful tactics; four unsuccessful tactics...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 19, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Think Organic, Act Paid"

Any click with a poor chance of converting due to poor relevance has an ever- increasing cost...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 18, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"What Does Web 2.0 Mean for Your Business?"

Five issues that managers need to consider now to keep in step with Web 2.0 changes...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

May 16, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Repeat Visitors Eight Times Likelier to Purchase"

Repeat visitors to business-to- consumer sites in the first three months of 2006 had a conversion rate of 12.61%...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

May 16, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Study Says Retailers Unhip to Young Shoppers"

Young consumers are three times more likely to use a search engine to find local businesses than online yellow pages from a phone company...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

May 15, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Majority of U.S. Online Teens Have Shopped on Web"

86% of younger online teens and 90% of older teens have access to broadband...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

May 5, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Younger Businesses More Aggressive Online"

Younger SMBs don't have a legacy investment in traditional media...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

May 5, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Online Payment Shifting from Credit to Debit"

Debit transaction volume expected to surpass credit transactions online by 2007...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

May 4, 2006

From eMarketer:

"Retail E-Commerce:

Growing and Maturing"

Not only are online shoppers buying more online, they are buying more types of products.  Today, consumers are purchasing big-ticket items on the Internet like refrigerators and treadmills, and even high-priced luxury item such as designer apparel and jewelry...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

May 4, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Branding Versus Direct Response:  Sound Familiar?"

Care more about what repeat visitors and other specific customer segments do rather than what the total visitor population does...

http://www.clickz.com

 

May 3, 2006

From SearchEngineWatch:

"Multichannel Metrics:

Managing the Sea of Data"

Two ways to deal with the plentitude of metrics is to have a strategy (what to measure) and a plan (how to measure)...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

May 2, 2006

From eMarketer:

"When Americans Buy, They Go Online First"

Use of the Internet to gather product information rises dramatically as household income increases...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

May 1, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Does Textbook SEO Really Work Anymore?"

Within the taxonomy of search, a new characteristic is developing: resource location...

http://www.clickz.com

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