The empowered marketer – yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Technology and the Internet are changing the way consumers and marketers interact with each other. This is the second of a two part post about how consumers and marketers provide and consume information leading to purchases. The first post focused on the empowered consumer. In this post I’ll discuss the Read More …

1800PetMeds email marketing and your pooch

It’s been tough to find time to write this past week with the kids school ending, kids activities, and home projects. I did come across an email from 1-800-Pet-Meds in my inbox. The email was a marketing promotion to reorder heart worm pills for my dog. They knew it was Read More …

Internet Marketing, eCommerce Marketing, and the 4Ps

I had a thought this week that Internet Marketing and eCommerce Marketing should be two distinct positions in an organization. An Internet Marketer is concerned with how to get more people to the store while the eCommerce Marketer is concerned with how to get more people to buy once they Read More …

Internet search recipe? Your brand!

Over the past year, I’ve observed my kids exhibiting a similar behavior when going to various destinations on the Internet. Rather than typing “destination.com” in the address bar, they go to the search box and type “destination”. As I thought about this, three reasons came to mind to explain their Read More …

Don’t paralyze your customers

When designing web pages its a good idea to remember the principal that too many items on a page may make it difficult for customers to reach a decision or find information. Keep it simple! Your goal, after all, is to meet a need of a customer or prospect. Make Read More … Read More …