Have an online store? What you need to do by July 1.
PCI Compliance – a set of security rules set down by the credit card companies for businesses that deal with credit cards – started back in 2004. But there’s a new deadline looming that’s catching many e-commerce merchants off guard.
Marketing in the Augmented, Geo-tagged Future
American Express’s fantastic Open Forum recently published a great new article showcasing tech trends, Five Futuristic Applications that are here Now. The first two topics, Augmented Reality and Location-Based Applications, are interesting us these days. The ubiquity of smartphones means the capability of reaching an audience everywhere — the challenge is how to do that [...]
Living Outside the Box
The phrase “thinking outside the box,” as commonly used, is not only a cliche, it’s an oxymoron; because few who have truly considered the meaning of the phrase, really want it.
Innovators
Most marketers are aware of AIDA – Attention, Interest, Decision and Action. I, for instance, have been awaiting the iPhone since Apple invented the Newton PDA – it had my attention 10+ years ago. I have all the information about the iPhone a human could need. But I will not purchase it until it can [...]
Facebook: Put Your Customers to Work for You
Have a good business? Do your customers/clients like your products or services? Then put them to work for you.
Welcome to Our Blog
I say “our” because in our nearly 30 years in business, we’ve amassed quite the cadre of key people; experienced people; talent vetted by clients and peers – not just “friends” we bumped into through LinkedIn. These people will be sharing their observations here; observations, we think, of note.