Internet marketing resources, ecommerce web site design tutorials and  just for fun - free cell phone ringtones!
  Taming the Beast - quality web marketing and ecommerce development services
Free Internet marketing resources, web site development tutorials, ecommerce strategies & software solutions.
 Shopping cart reviews & affiliate marketing guides & articles, plus search engine marketing resources & tools. 
Taming the Beast - providers of ecommerce & web marketing services to Adelaide, South Australia & the world!

Vacation autoresponder text

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Wednesday August 8, 2007 )

I’ve just finished sending out the latest newsletter for Taming the Beast.net subscribers. It seems quite a few folks are still on holidays according to their autoresponders, lucky them :). There are some risks with letting people know you’re somewhere else having a good time though.
(click to continue..)


Designing for the iPhone

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Monday August 6, 2007 )

I realized something today, I’m likely the only regular web technology/marketing blogger in the known universe who hasn’t written a single word about the iPhone

…I can’t stand the isolation and non-conformity any longer.
(click to continue..)


Paypal Pay Later

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Saturday August 4, 2007 )

PayPal has announced the launch of PayPal Pay Later, a service that allows merchants to offer customers promotional financing; i.e. a “buy now, pay later” arrangement.
(click to continue..)


A healthy market

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Friday August 3, 2007 )

Searches relating to health care information have become more common over the past 12 months according to Harris Interactive; leading the company to dub those who regularly look for health information as “cyberchondriacs”.
(click to continue..)


Email marketing and opting out

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Thursday August 2, 2007 )

It always amuses (or annoys) me to see the lengths that some advertisers will go to in order to keep my email address on their list while believing they are complying with the CAN-SPAM act.
(click to continue..)


Self destructing email

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Wednesday August 1, 2007 )

Ever suffered sender’s remorse, that is, sent an email and wished it would self destruct before the recipient gets to it or that you could somehow bring the email back and reword it? Now you can.
(click to continue..)


« Previous Page