ChannelAdvisor turns to a GSI and ATG vet to lead European operations
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
ChannelAdvisor Corp. today said it has hired Seamus Whittingham as managing director of the e-commerce company’s European, Middle Eastern and African activities. ChannelAdvisor helps retailers sell through online marketplaces, comparison shopping sites and search engines. Since 2008, Whittingham had worked as international sales director for GSI Commerce Inc., an e-commerce services firm bought by eBay [...]
Opinion: TopSEOs Sewage Leaks To Scotland via The Drum Magazine
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Hobo Web
RECOMMENDED: 20 Google Plus Brand Page design ideas from Google themselves. Man. I was so disappointed when I saw the Drum Magazine today – surely recognised as one of Scotland’s – and the UK’s – top marketing and advertising publications – at least it used to be (or I had that impression) when I worked as a [...]
Why YOU Should Write YOUR Own Ebooks – Part 3
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in AllTop
Welcome to all my readers both new and returning. If you have not already done so why not sign up to my RSS feed for notification of when I post new posts here. This is the third post on what is a series of posts on the reasons Why YOU Should Write YOUR Own Ebooks. [...]
Delays Put Laundry Titan Tide on Defensive in $300M Pod War
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Adage
<!––> When Procter Gamble Co.announced last spring that Tide Pods would be on store shelves in September, it appeared to have a first-mover advantage in the biggest laundry innovation in 25 years. But now, with the launch delayed nearly six months, Tide faces a pod war. A slew of ultra-concentrated detergent “packs” that are slated [...]
Outsmarting Your Competition in High-Stakes PPC Markets
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in SEOmoz
Are you competing in a high-stakes PPC market with bids in the $25 to $40 range? If you are, don’t simply fight your competition head on; if you do, you’ll end up paying premium prices for clicks you might capture for far less. There are several shrewd approaches you can employ to side-step your less-vigilant [...]
‘365 Day Challenge Day 15′ by Tiffany Dow
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in IM News Watch
Tiffany Dow’s latest blog post is titled “365 Day Challenge Day 15″. Dow says, “Hi everyone! It’s Sunday and there’s no school tomorrow – Heaven! You know I love having my babies with me. I hate reading on FB my friends who say, “Oh no – school’s out tomorrow – can’t wait till the kids [...]
Sesame Seeds and SEO
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Journal
“Why are our hamburgers square? Because we don’t cut corners.” – Dave Thomas A long time ago I did an article on my personal blog comparing airline cuts to the fast food industry. I accused them of using something I call sesame seed economics. Three years later I’m still seeing that type of thought process [...]
The End of Link Building as We’ve Known and Loved it
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Watch
The process has already started, and as a publisher you need to make sure you are adapting your marketing strategy to line up, or get left behind. Google made the link building algorithm popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was a revolution in its time because it provided search engines with a [...]
Google Maps Ready for 2012
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Marketing Pilgrim
Sometimes you need to just sit back and be entertained regarding all of the options available in the Internet space. Whether you are on or off the Google bandwagon you can’t deny that they have at least figured out how to make some good videos about their services. This one about maps is pretty neat. [...]
CES 2012: Connected Consumers, Connected Homes
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin in Clickz
Marketers flocked to CES 2012 in Las Vegas this week to check out the latest gadgets and see what promise they hold for brands looking to connect with consumers. Media centers, smartphones, tablets, ultra notebooks, OLEDs, 3D TVs, and smart appliances (once again) were on display. What’s really new? And what really matters to marketers? [...]
