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Images in email marketing campaigns

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday March 14, 2010 )

If you use images as the focal point of your email marketing campaigns and no accompanying non-image based text, here’s how a recipient might be seeing it. (more…)


Ebay going green-er

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday March 13, 2010 )

A few days back, eBay took some steps to further boost its green street-cred; a move that all online businesses should take note of. (more…)


Email click tracking troubles

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Thursday March 11, 2010 )

Many merchants turn on click tracking in their newsletters and email marketing campaigns. It’s a great idea as it can provide valuable information, but it’s also another step where something can go wrong. (more…)


Blocking ad blocker users

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday March 9, 2010 )

Ad blocking software robs content sites of revenue. What if you could block those folks using ad blockers? Would you? Should you? Here’s a site that tried recently. (more…)


Searching Twitter…via Google

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Monday March 8, 2010 )

I rarely search Twitter from Twitter for anything as the signal to noise ratio is just too low – but there is a better way to search. Who would have guessed it was via Google.. or perhaps it should have been a given. (more…)


Press release tip – brevity is bad

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday March 6, 2010 )

I write for a few sites and have come across a common problem I believe really guts the power of a press release. (more…)


Choosing web site images

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Thursday March 4, 2010 )

I’m graphically challenged. That’s abundantly apparent. I prefer to focus on text. However, I do believe images play an incredibly important role on a web site. If you’re like me, how do you go about choosing images? (more…)


Many fingers in the ad revenue pie

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday March 2, 2010 )

Most publishers sell display ad space via ad networks for a reason – it seems more simple and saves time. But perhaps that approach is coming at a huge cost. (more…)


Facebook routes email to wrong users

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday February 27, 2010 )

Imagine intending to send an email to someone and it winds up going to someone different. Misdirected communications have brought down many a celebrity, politician and company. (more…)


Google adds Facebook to real-time search

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Friday February 26, 2010 )

Google recently announced it is now incorporating Facebook Pages status updates in its real-time search feature. (more…)