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NY’s tax on online services

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Friday April 9, 2010 )

Selling information products such as online courses or offering other online services? Are you based in New York or even selling to customers in New York? There’s some bad news for you – and for online merchants in states considering following New York’s lead. (more…)


Sticky Twitter

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday April 6, 2010 )

The rumors of Twitter’s demise are somewhat exaggerated. A recent analysis shows the number of tweets per day has soared 30% in the past four months to about 53 million in late-March. (more…)


Pay for online news survey

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Monday April 5, 2010 )

CNN is running a poll at the moment asking people if they would pay to read their news on the web. Over 7500 people have responded so far and you can guess what the majority think. However, there may be some method to the madness behind the news site pay wall concept. (more…)


Apple iPad – marketing genius

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday April 4, 2010 )

The iPad went on sale yesterday in the USA and while the iPad looks impressive, the launch of the device showed again something even more impressive about Apple – their marketing. (more…)


Survey: article based advertising rules

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday April 3, 2010 )

It seems that folks are more likely to read and act upon online advertising than they were in 2009; particularly article based advertising. (more…)


Yahoo Publisher Network To Close

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Friday April 2, 2010 )

Another hit for the little publisher trying to make revenue from content sites. On March 31, Yahoo! announced the closure of the Yahoo! Publisher Network. (more…)


International ecommerce survey results

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Thursday April 1, 2010 )

Are you selling to customers outside your shores yet? If not, you may be missing out on a ton of cash. (more…)


Search engine rankings war heats up

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday March 30, 2010 )

The battle for prime search engine rankings will get even harder this year with companies spending more on search marketing; both paid search and organic. (more…)


Email unsubscribe survey results

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday March 28, 2010 )

While no marketer likes people unsubscribing, making people jump hoops to get off a list is counter-productive – and can be illegal. (more…)


Adwords offers remarketing (retargeting)

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday March 27, 2010 )

Ever noticed how certain ads seem to follow you around the web? It’s called remarketing (or retargeting) and it’s now being offered to Google Adwords advertisers. (more…)