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October 2003

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

October 29, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Fresh Eye for the Marketing Guy"

You may not be looking for new ways to market, but your customers certainly are.  And guess what?  They don't need you as much as you need them...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

October 30, 2003

From Internet News:

"E-Mail Marketing Works -

Or Hurts"

The most commonly cited complaint about permission-based e-mail marketing is that it's too frequent...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

October 28, 2003

From DM News:

"Reviews Outshine Coupons for Retention"

Online coupons are not useful in building long-term customer relationships...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

October 20, 2003

From iMedia Connection:

"Don't Sell Yourself Short!"

Smart marketers with multiple sales channels track offline sales behavior to online advertising and Website behavior...

http://www.imediaconnection.com

 

October 9, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Six Small (and Cheap!) Ways to Target E-Mail"

Understand your audience and tweak e-mail copy so it addresses their needs...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 1, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"The Perfect Storm:  Marketing to Youth"

The guiding principle when addressing this group is to talk with them, not to them...

http://www.clickz.com

 

 

About Customer

Service

 

October 22, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Let's Talk About Us"

It's about what customers want to know about you.  It's never about what you want to push on them...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 21, 2003

From iMedia Connection:

"Best Practices in Retail"

Offer customers an always-on, total-access suite of touch points - on their terms...

http://www.imediaconnection.com

 

October 14, 2003

From iMarketing News:

"Online Users Flock to Comparison Sites"

Consumers focus much of their online product research on finding ballpark prices for products they actually buy offline...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

October 8, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Who Is Your Web Site For, Anyway?"

It is up to your organization to speak the language of your customer, not the other way around...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

October 3, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Optimization for Conversion"

To produce and optimize a Web site without understanding what your customer wants is like opening a steak house for vegetarians...

http://www.clickz.com

 

About Webstore

Management

 

October 31, 2003

From Internet News:

"Online And Married, With Cash"

Given the central role that marriage plays in many people's lives, it's clear that divergent interests in the offline world are consistent with behavior in the online world...

http://siliconvalley.internet.com

 

October 31, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Hyperlink to Persuasion"

Be specific, include an imperative, and include an implied benefit in all links...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 27, 2003

From the New York Times:

"Web Redesigns for the Holidays"

Smaller sites are better at inspiration since they have such an enthusiasm for what they sell...

http://www.nytimes.com

 

October 24, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Shopping Cart Abandonment Is Not the Issue"

Forget your shopping cart problems.  Many more people leave your Web site from the first and second page...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 23, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Choose Your Words Carefully"

Carefully chosen, the words you use can keep a customer happy.  Sloppily chosen, they can infuriate...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

October 22, 2003

From DM News:

"27 Million Children Online in September"

Mirroring the offline world, the 2-11 and 12-17 age demographics have markedly different online tastes...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

October 21, 2003

From Internet News:

"Web Sites:  Now Built for Leads"

The impact of the Web on offline channels of doing business is more dramatic than people thought...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

October 17, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Layout and Visual Clarity:  Not a Matter of Taste"

Will every element of every image, graphic and layout help your visitor become confident in your company, product or service?

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 16, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Search Engine Marketing:  Into the Fast Lane"

Searching - not shopping - is still the number-one activity on the Web...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

October 15, 2003

From TechWeb News:

"Personalization Ineffective On Online Retail Sites"

Faster-loading pages, easier navigation far more effective than expensive personalization software...

http://www.techweb.com

 

October 13, 2003

From E-Commerce Times:

"Out-of-the-Box E-Commerce"

E-tailers are experimenting with out-of-the-box sales methods such as subscriptions, broadband delivery of multimedia and newly refined auction models...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

October 10, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Image, and Web Site Images"

The words and images on your site must be consistent with the value you convey...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October  7, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"How Do Your Analytics Stack Up?"

In terms of overall site usage, the average visitor looks at 10 pages and spends five minutes on the site...

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 7, 2003

From eMarketer:

"Online Retail Sales in 2003"

$12.43 billion in online retail sales in the US in the third quarter of this year - up 24% from Q3 2002...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

October 6, 2003

From AdWeek:

"Web Continues to Reach Affluent Audience"

Americans with household incomes of $100,000 or more spend more time online per month, logging an average of 27.6 hours...

http://www.adweek.com

 

October 3, 2003

From clickZ.com:

"Landing Page Optimization"

How much copy is on your landing pages?  How much is right?

http://www.clickz.com

 

October 3, 2003

From E-Commerce Times:

"Cardinal Sins of E-Business Web Design"

Many e-tailers do not divide content into logical departments...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

October 2, 2003

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Do You Shoehorn Your Search Terms?"

Identify the interests of your potential prospects, and then devote pages of your site to telling your prospects about your experience and expertise in the topics that interest them...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

October 1, 2003

From Internet News:

"Canadians Are Frequent Connectors"

Broadband - DSL and cable modem - subscribers eclipsed dial-up for the first time in 2002...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

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