Today I was cruising through Guy Kawasaki's Blog and found Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. Besides doing an excellent job of writing an effective blog post and headline, Guy points out early in the post that: "All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn. In fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level [...]
Category Archives: Internet
Linked In Answers
Posted by marc on January 5, 2007
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Stomping on the grave of Google Answers . There seems to be a lot of activity in the answer category by other Internet powerhouses and Web 2.0 shops. Included in this is the new LinkedIn answers section. Below is a screenshot from the new section. As you can see from the first question there are [...]
330 Blogs in My Reader
Posted by marc on January 5, 2007
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I have been debating for days on what to do with Lee Odden's Must Read Search Marketing Blogs. Having over 100 blogs in Google Reader already (most of which I can't get to on a regular basis) I couldn't imagine dumping another 250 into my to-do list. Well the curiosity got to me and I [...]
Online Spending Tops $100B in 2006
Posted by marc on January 5, 2007
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Data released by comScore Networks reveals what we all knew would happen. Online spending increased another 24% in 2006 to total more than $100B spent in eCommerce. 2006 Also saw a holiday season increase in spending of 26%. Does anyone still know people who are hesitant to purchase online? Based on these numbers their can't [...]
Freedom From Exchange
Posted by marc on December 15, 2006
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I switched over from Outlook + Exchange a couple of weeks ago to GMail for email. However I still found myself opening Outlook every time I had a schedule an meeting. Well today that's all changing. I dumped my whole calendar from Exchange to a csv and imported into Google Calendar – seamless. I am [...]
Internet Marketing With Google Base
Posted by marc on December 15, 2006
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With web searches constantly craving better search results, there is a large trend in search towards vertical searches (searches refined to a specific industry, location, etc). As with anything in search these days, the Google juggernaut is making aggressive moves in the area. One particular product Google is offering in the area is Google Base. [...]
How Much Does a Website Cost?
Posted by marc on December 9, 2006
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This is one of the most common questions we are asked by clients who are new to web development projects of any size. My response is generally, “That depends on what you are trying to accomplish.” The client’s response is then generally, “I know but can’t you give me an idea.” The truth is we [...]
Online Video Replacing TV
Posted by marc on November 28, 2006
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Nothing surprising in the report but a recent ICM survey for the BBC reports that nearly half of the people who do watch video online spend less time watching TV. From the article: “In the near future, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will distribute most of their shows on demand over the Internet. The [...]
Black Friday Online Spending Up 42%
Posted by marc on November 27, 2006
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Despite some website problems at walmart.com, macys.com, footlocker.com and others online retailers saw a 42% increase in sales year over year according to comScore Networks — a Global Internet Information Provider. Thanksgiving Day visits were also up over 11% compared to last year according to Hitwise. According to Hitwise: “Wal-Mart drew 18.26% of the market [...]
Web to Account for 32% of All Real Estate Ad Spending By 2010
Posted by marc on November 15, 2006
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2010 still sounds like a long ways away but within a few weeks it is only 3 years out. Currently nearly 18% of all real estate ad spending is on the web — representing about $2B according to a recent Borrell Associates report. By 2010 real estate spending on web advertising will have surpassed newspapers [...]