Interesting News Stories 01/18/09-01/24/09
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Be careful what you post! Merlin Mann talks about how to blog Small business? You need to offer Paypal Showing product descriptions in context How free content can boost sales
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Be careful what you post! Merlin Mann talks about how to blog Small business? You need to offer Paypal Showing product descriptions in context How free content can boost sales
Interesting News Stories 01/11/09-01/17/09
Sunday, January 18th, 2009BOGOF? Invented by Mr. Wedgewood, the world's first marketer. Sell to your demographic, like Dove. Internet Retailer's Hot 100 Web Sites. Interesting uses of Video in E-Commerce. How to socially network if you have been laid off.
Interesting News Stories 01/04/09-01/10/09
Sunday, January 11th, 2009Top 40 online retail satisfaction index - vendors seem stuck in the 70's. I wonder what it's going to take to move them to the 90's? Designing a shopping cart page (or "review" page). Small business trends for 2009
Interesting News Stories 12/28/08 - 01/03/09
Sunday, January 4th, 2009Chris Brogan's 27 Blogging Secrets (and his "Using the Social Web To Find Work" e-book). Fortune Magazine's 21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008.
Interesting Commerce Stories 12/21/08-12/27/08
Monday, December 29th, 2008Frustration Free Packaging MAP and Online Retail Top 100 Ad Campaigns of the last century
Interesting Commerce Stories 12/14/08-12/20/08
Sunday, December 21st, 2008Top 100 Marketers of 2008 (and here's a list of their twitter ids) 40 Shopping Carts from Elements of Design Web Techniques that build market buzz (hint: video)
Jason Calacanis’ Call to Action
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Hard work and hustle will get us out of the New Millennium Economic Crisis. From his most recent missive: If you're a rich person looking to take a couple of years off, don't. Instead, start a company that creates an amazingly innovative product that the world--not just the United States--needs. Set the goal ...
Indian Outsourcers prefer McCain
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar sums it up in The Times of India: "In 2007, (Obama) voted to reduce visas issued to foreign workers (such as Indian software engineers)" By contrast, "(McCain) has opposed federal curbs as well as private curbs on outsourcing to countries like India."
e-fencing
Monday, August 11th, 2008I thought this article on Marketplace about e-fencing was interesting. My suspicion is that Steve DelBianco is correct and that much of the hand-wringing about this is motivated by the desire to eliminate competition.
The next battlefield
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008We've been through the gender wars of the 80's and the culture wars of the 90's. Is the next battlefield intergenerational conflict? Clay Collins somehow managed to convince the usually sensible Penelope Trunk to post this absurd screed called "Why my generation is more productive than yours." ...
