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5 Things to look for in an Ecommerce Solution
Choosing the right eCommerce system can be a daunting task. There are so many pre-made solutions out there and they will nearly always need some modification to meet your needs and the needs of your users. No cart is the perfect fit for every busine...
Is Google Helping Put an End to Free News Online?
You won’t believe what I read in the paper today! I don’t read the newspaper because I get my news online for free like everyone else. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that the US newspaper industry has had its worst year sin...
5 Easy Goals for your B2B Website
1. Easy to Find We all only view a very small portion of the existing World Wide Web. There are trillions of pages, but we can only view a very small portion of the web made up of the websites we can find. In B2B, prospects have to be able to find y...
3 Quick Things to Make Sure Your Website is Ready for Mobile Browsers
Photo credit: mastrobiggo Relevenace: little, just liked the pic The internet is changing everyday. The things we can do on the internet changes everyday. Now with cell phones acting like mini-computers when, where and how we browse the internet is c...
5 Signs Your Website Wants To Dump You
Dear Business Owner, It’s over. I can’t let you take advantage of me like this anymore. I can no longer sit idly and look the other way, while you lust over other websites. We had a great run and it was fun while it lasted. But lately, you have n...
Fun with Search Trends: Google Insights for Search
Since it’s nearly back-to-school time, I thought I would throw a little fun your way before the summer winds down. Google originally launched Google Insights for Search last year, but they just took it up a notch by adding a forecasting featu...
What is a DOS attack and why should I care?
Twitter seems to be back on it’s feet after dealing with the wrath of the DOS (denial of service) attack that hit it last Thursday, causing several hours of outages and even more hours of slow service. The DOS attack was apparently aimed at a ...
What is Missing On Your Website: Compelling Offers and Calls-to-Action
Having a great looking website is a nice objective. But if it doesn’t motivate your visitors to take action, you’ve missed the whole point of having a website. You might as well use your Facebook page as your company website and call it a day. At...
Spring Inspirations Greg Cangialosi of Blue Sky Factory
In my last Spring Inspirations post I spoke with David Meerman Scott about Social Media, going viral and world wide raves. Now with record breaking temps taking over the east coast Spring may have been skipped and gone straight to Summer. We took thi...
Humanizing Your Website
I see too many websites that are all business. No personality and not a bit of information about the people behind the company. It’s like the Wizard of Oz, we don’t know who and what is hiding behind the curtain. In my opinion, a lot of small and...
Facebook Changing Layout Again
Here we go again. Facebook announced today that they are changing their layout (again)… The change is set for next Wednesday and I am expecting it to take about a month for me to get used to it again. The new layout will be in real time, will h...
5 Tips to Take Charge of Your Social Media Strategy
Got your Facebook, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, YouTube yet? What, you haven’t gotten any leads, ‘friends’, followers or subscribers? What’s going on here? Let’s take a step back. You Should Be Participating In Social Media There a...
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Flaw
Over the past couple days a very serious security flaw has been discovered with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web Browser they are now calling the “Zero Day Exploit” (Read more about it here, here, and here) All versions of the b...
Yes a Cat’s Breath Does Smell Like Catfood
Stop telling people things they already know or things that have no value. Getting rid of the mumbo jumbo that everyone uses to describe their company and start digging into the reality of what you actually deliver. Question: What do these two sen...
Nine Big Things in ‘09
Just like everyone else I am planning my goals for 2009. I think there are several things that are going to be big differences in the coming year: Social Networking for businesses will continue to expand and develop as a leading resource for brand ...
Hall Receives 2008 Community Service Award from SARSSM
Jonas Levasseur accepts the Community Service Award from Sexual Assault Response Servicesof Southern Maine Tuesday, October 28, 2008 we had the honor of attending the annual banquet for Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine (SARSSM) at t...
Video Killed the Radio Star: Internet Version
I for one was very excited at the launch of the MTV music video site this week. A full archive of MTV videos. Remember when MTV played videos? MTV Trivia will tell you that the first video that played on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Bug...
Leads, please!
I was recently at an event where I was waiting in line. For lunch. Not exactly the time I’m most enthusiastic to hear a sales pitch. At the same time, the line was perched precariously close to an exhibitor booth, who was making the most of...
Your Business for President!
Did you know we are in an election year? No matter what your stance is on the issues, everyone must respect that this is one of the most interesting races we have ever seen. More than just exciting, it is history making. You might be sick of the con...
User Conversion: What’s on your Menu?
Have you ever planned a killer dinner party? Spent several hours crafting eloquent invitations, bought the perfect dress, decorated to the nines, set fancy place cards at each seat….but forgot the food? Say What? Having a dinner party without...
Is Your PPC Campaign for You or Your Users?
It never fails to surprise me how often I’ll click on a pay per click ad only to end up on a page that’s resemblance to my search query is worse than a Canal St knock-off. I experience this both as a consumer and a professional as I comp...
How SEO is like the Olympics
I have to admit, I was pretty captivated by the Olympics coverage over the weekend. From the men’s rowing to the women’s gymnastics, I couldn’t get enough of it. It was two days of intense spectator sporting. However, since it is ...
Are your Customers Shiny, Happy People
While we usually talk about attracting new customers through search engine optimization, internet marketing or social media, I thought it might be worthwhile to talk about your current customers. Are they happy? Are they referring your product or ser...
Is your Website Brochureware?
What is brochureware? If your current site hasn’t changed much in the last 5 years, and all the content is based on offline marketing materials you had sitting in the office, chances are you have what is referred to as a ‘brochurewareR...
Top Five Reasons to Attend our New Webinar Series
So after the success of webinars such as “Way Beyond SEO” and the two we just did in June — Redesigning Your Website and Understanding Search Marketing — we’re proud to announce a new line-up for web marketing webinars t...
Is your Website Code Hindering your Search Engine Optimization Efforts?
One of the first things we look at when conducting a free website analysis is what’s ‘under the hood’ , a website’s code. While we also look at on-page SEO, off page SEO and internet profile, the code of a website is usually ...
SEO Audio Episode 34: WHY ISN’T MY NEW SITE COMING UP?
Wait… don’t panic! If you’ve done everything right, you just might need to be patient while your revamped website crawls its way out into the world. However, if you suffer from some of the technical problems we mention, you might ...
Search Ads Beating Displays, According to NY Times
The New York Times yesterday reported how contextual search advertising is beating out more expensive display advertising on the web, a reality that’s yet more bad news for traditional media sources that are aggressively selling display invento...
User Conversion Tips from the Top Online Retailers
Internet Retailer.com recently revealed a list of the Top 10 online retailers with the highest conversion rates in March. The research was conducted amongst online retailers with at least 500,000 unique visitors. Office Depot, QVC, VistaPrint, Roaman...
Twitter - Reputation Management in the Web 2.0 environment.
I’ve been a long time fan of Twitter, mostly to keep up on breaking news and find out what my friends are doing, however, this morning I read a great article which made me realize how powerful of a tool Twitter actually is. James Buck, a UC Ber...
