All the marketing data we have points to the reality that most people buy what their friends or acquaintances recommend. That’s why online stores find it so helpful to have consumers write reviews on their products and why sites like Yelp are so popular. The same conc [...]
Who answers the phone when someone calls your business? Do you have an automated attendant or do you have a “live” person handing calls? If yours is like most businesses these days, you probably use an automated attendant. An auto attendant can certainly save [...]
As many of my friends and colleagues know, I really love Gmail. I use my Gmail address most of the time for lot of reasons:
1. very little spam
2. easy to find old emails
3. simple, user friendly design
4. it’s fast
And, [...]
There have always been differing views on how important your domain name is to the success of your business online. For a large company whose brand it’s really crucial. Over the years numerous large corporations have spent millions of dollars to secure their preferred [...]
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In spite of the economy we began quite a few new projects in March:
New website: Upscale furniture store
Internet marketing program: High end invitation company
E-Commerce site: Children’s coat manufacturer
SEO content pages: National frozen seafood producer [...]
I was listening to Lynda Resnick this morning on WNYC (she’s a pro marketer and the owner of POM Wonderful amongst other things). She had some intriguing things to say about how businesses, large and small, can survive the economic crises. She said that businesses can [...]
We are living in strange times. Turn one direction and the recession stares you in the face (I’m noticing more and more empty stores in Soho). Turn the other direction, and you ask yourself “What recession?” (I stood in line at CVS for 15 mins the other day).
B [...]
It’s hard to ignore all the bad news out there. But two recent articles tell me that not only am I in the right place but that my clients are, too.
From the New York Times:
Most retailers, online and offline, appear to be feeling the pain from the rotten economy. [...]
If you pay attention (or even if you are not paying attention) images of soup kitchens and men in suits and top coats selling pencils on the sidewalk dance around in your head (instead of sugar plums this year). And, as a business person, you may be tempted to hold your [...]