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Coremetrics Optimizes Digital Marketing

Coremetrics is releasing Spring 2008, a technology suite designed to allow online businesses to optimize their digital marketing initiatives.

Announced May 5, the solution includes the Coremetrics Explore data analysis tool and Enterprise Dashboard user interface and KPI (key performance indicator) tracker, as well as enhancements to the existing Intelligent Offer, Search and Connect tools.

“Coremetrics Explore offers ad-hoc, customizable, aggregated multi-site reporting with a flexible modular user interface,” said Brian Tomz, senior director of product strategy for Coremetrics.

Tomz said Explore allows users to design their own interfaces and run their own individualized reports.

“You can get the type of information on clients the way you want it, when you want it,” he said. “Attribute analytics allows granular data collection. Clients are moving to a faceted-search capability; how does a customer search for a product—by manufacturer, by color? It gives you a better chance at providing the proper search menu and ordering capability to maximize sales.” (more…)



Start Your Own Online Business
April 25, 2008, 1:42 pm
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Open an Online Business with over 1 Million Brand Name ProductsEveryday, 24 hours a day, millions of people are surfing the Internet and shopping for deals on popular brand name products. Most importantly, they want to buy from companies they know and trust!Best of all, you’ll never need to buy products and never pay extra fees to have products shipped out to customers! There are no additional fees at all! And you’ll earn great commissions simply by referring customers through your website!

Plus, you can now sell your own products or add other affiliate links, banners, and programs to your site to earn even more money!

Click on the link below to get started.

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How to sell second-hand books on eBay
April 15, 2008, 1:41 pm
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You’ve sold all your junk. Emptied your attic. Sold your Grandmas antiques. What’s left to sell? How can you start making a more regular and reliable part-time income?OK, selling unused stuff that has been hanging around your house is a great way to start your eBay trading.

Like most eBay traders you then probably check out places such as car boot sales, charity shops, thrift shops, garage sales etc. Again these are great places to pick up one off items and make a good profit on eBay.

The reason that you make a good profit is because the item that you are selling is fairly unique and there will be little if any competition in the eBay market place.

One of the down sides of these ’second-hand’ items is that they are all different, it’s difficult for you to specialize in one item, and they all require different types of eBay descriptions. They also require different sized and types of packaging. In fact, dealing in these types of items can turn into a full time job, very soon the fun aspect goes out the window. (more…)



Where and How to use Audio on Your Site in 6 Steps
April 10, 2008, 1:40 pm
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Streaming audio has a variety of uses that can help you win more customers and increase your profits.Some of the most powerful ways you can use streaming audio on your site are for:

Welcome Messages

A personal introductory message about yourself, your business, and your products can help orient customers, create transparency into your business, and build trust between you and your customers.

Site Maps

Tell customers where they can find things on your website and direct them to important parts of the site where you want them to go (towards your product). (more…)



Storytelling: A Powerful Marketing Strategy for Your Online Business
April 5, 2008, 1:39 pm
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Before the advent of pencil and paper and writing, ancient peoples depended solely upon storytelling to pass along the history of their families and tribes from one generation to the next. Of course, it was an imperfect method, as we humans tend to skew a story from our own perspective and add details and nuances that weren’t present in the original story. However imperfect or exaggerated or simply untrue the stories might be, we all live in countries where stories shape our history. Here in the U.S., we were all regaled as children with stories of Paul Revere’s ride through Boston alerting the residents of the coming of the British, or if you were a Texas kid, of the defeat of Santa Ana in San Jacinto after the tragic loss of life to the Mexican army at the Alamo.

I’ve always reveled in stories. One of my favorite pastimes as a child was to hang out with my mom and aunts for the “adult conversations” that weren’t really suitable for children’s ears. However, I refused to leave no matter how strongly I was encouraged to go and play outside. I just wanted to hear the stories of the “good ole” days” (i.e. back in the olden days, as I gleefully referred to those times) when they were growing up or when things were different. Hearing stories about them in different contexts than how I knew them shaped both my personal history and my family history and connected me to them in ways that I still value to this day. Of course, I l also overheard much family gossip, but that, then is another story. (more…)



Building Your Contact List: The Necessary Tools
March 31, 2008, 1:38 pm
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Without a list the long-term success of your business will look grim. This we know because you have probably heard many times that your money is in your list, and this has also shown completely true for me.However, it is not enough to just know what you need to do. To accomplish anything it requires more than that, and this is no different. First you need to know the basic tasks you will need to complete. Secondly you need necessary tools to get the job done right. If you are trying to get somewhere fast would you ride a bike instead of taking a plane? Definitely not! We need tools that will be both effective and reliable. For this reasons I have researched for the most reliable yet affordable tools to use in your journey of building your list.

First let’s talk about hosting. There are almost endless choices for hosting. I have narrowed the list down to the ones highest recommend by both Internet marketers and network marketers. The more robust and effective choices are:

1) Kiosk 2) Host4Profit

These two are the most recommended for Internet network marketers and trusted by the most successful of us in the industry. With either of these you have all the features needed to create any website you desire. There are other web hosts out there who will freely cancel your account and all of your data at the event of a spam complaint or other issue, so be aware of this and if you can stick with a host you can trust. (more…)



To Niche or Not to Niche
March 29, 2008, 1:37 pm
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Are you like many enterpreneurs who are afraid to choose a niche for your offerings? I know there can be the fear that you’re limiting your business if you narrow your niche down too much, but that simply isn’t true. Believe me, it’s so much easier and profitable to market to a smaller portion of the market (just think how many people there are in the world!) than to try to be all things to all people. And you’ll be amazed to find out that you actually open yourself up to possibilities that would not have come up had your focus been all over the map.Next let me say that lots of (particularly new) businessowners struggle with this issue. All you want to do is give your gifts to the world, and making decisions that make you feel as though you are saying “no” to a segment of the population may not feel right to you. But by choosing to focus only on a certain group of people who have a common struggle, you are ensuring that your work actually gets out there, and you will be astounded at what comes your way. (more…)


Success With Internet Marketing Through Networking
March 22, 2008, 1:44 pm
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Internet marketing is a social industry that entails you talking to as many people as possible. Just because you never see your customers and may never speak to them on the phone does not mean you can hide behind your computer. to have the success with online marketing, you have to be willing to socialize.There are several advantages to talking with people around the internet. First, it allows you to share your expertise on the niche you cover. When people read what you have to say they will be fascinated if you truly do know what you are talking about. After hearing just a little, you will have people flocking to your web cite for more. (more…)


Internet Marketing Firms Use Social Networking And Media Sharing Web Sites To Improve Search Engine
March 22, 2008, 1:36 pm
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Does social networking and social media marketing strategies actually work to improve your search engine optimization rankings? These sites go by many name s and all provide a different function but all operate the same internally. So why are so many peole flocking to these websites?Social media websites and networking web sites offer the website owner a straightforward approach to bond with another community of people who have related points of views or interests like you. Some social networking websites group people with common interests, but some websites are “traditional networking sites” and allow you to search for friends based on your interests. So now how do these websites really operate. In websites like MySpace users share music which was what helped rocket MYspace into the well renown place it is today and in Facebook, users create their personal information that they want shared and use pictures, software programs and audio, videos to display or depict their business environment. In websites like Fastpitch, Joe Popular and Adlandpro the users create product and sale pitches and work with each other. Promotiing your website using these new tools is termed social media marketing. (more…)