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Month: January 2007
The 21st Century Way to get Elected President…
So as the years roll on, we are rapidly approaching a new election year. 2008 will present an interesting challenge, as Hillary Clinton takes on all challengers within the Democratic party, including Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, and former Senator John Edwards. Who will claim victory and go against the Republican force […]
I’m Published…Sort of…
So my design skills come full-circle as today DCist.com wrote about a campaign that is going on here at work – Share Your DC – and of course, the website is mentioned… This site is fully intended to draw local DC residents to share with the Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation (WCTC) their ideas […]
A new way to read your books…
In perhaps a remarkable innovation for those that are use SMS technology, a publisher in Finland has published (obviously) a novel written entirely in mobile text messaging technology. This whole novel is written as someone would have when typing on their mobile phone. Check out the news here.
Design your e-mail so it has appeal…
Taken from the Internet Marketing Report and MarketingSherpa.com, here are some simple “must-haves” that supposedly will help you boost your e-mail delivery performance. Set the message width to a maximum of 620 pixels and the type of a maximum of 65 characters. This will make the message readable in most common e-mail programs and broswers. […]
More to life than Nintendo Wii…but not for long…
I recently had a conversation online with a friend of mine and he bought a Nintendo Wii and has been trying to get me to purchase one as soon as it becomes available. One thing that I’d be interested in is the broadband connection and I would refuse to pay for the ability to log […]
Usability for print-friendly pages…
Now mostly everyone knows about how to make your information architecture look good on your website, but an interesting article appeared in the Internet Marketing Report generated by Progressive Business Publications. In this “article”, they offer tips on how to make webpages look better on paper so in the event that someone wants to print […]
Microsoft screwed around with Wikipedia…
In a CNN.com report posted today, it appears that Microsoft, the 800 lb. gorilla, has once again found its hand caught in the cookie jar. The article reads that the software giant paid a blogger, who is a chief technical officer of a computer company in Australia and describes himself as a “technical standards aficionado”, […]
Online Ad Spending to Outpace Overall Ad Market Growth…
As taken from the Travel Industry Assocation of America’s TravelCom Report (Vol.1 Issue 16): ZenithOptimedia forecasts that global Internet advertising spending will grow more than 28 percent in 2007, while ad spending in other media will grow by less than 4 percent. The shift to the Internet among U.S. marketers is even more dramatic, with […]
Pick where you move…and get a lot of visits to your website too…
While riding on the subway to work today, I happened to come across an interesting “side” article in the abbreviated version of the Washington Post (it’s called “express”)… The article headine reads “A Residential Election” and the point of the story is that a Florida couple allowed total strangers, family, and friends, to place their […]
Retailers disappointed, but e-commerce spending is up!
The physical store retailers may be disappointed in their December sales numbers, but for those e-commerce site owners, spending is up! That’s right…according to ClickZ.com, online retail was up 24 percent in 2006. Here’s what the article said: Sales at e-commerce sites in 2006 reached $102.1 billion, a 24 percentincrease over 2005 sales. The previous […]