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comScore has released Cyber-Monday Stats. Sales this year were $451 Million up 17% over last year. 55% of Black Monday (or Cyber Monday) sales were generated by consumers at work. Gian Filgoni, chariman and co-founder of comScore notes that even though there was a lot of media hype over CyberMonday this year, this day was actually the 12th busiest day of the holiday season last year. "Peak sales actually occurred in mid-December as consumers scrambled to take advantage of the late-season discounts and free-shipping offers" I sure hope the media continues to stir up stories of top selling online shopping days. Maybe we can have a CyberWeekend soon! Maybe every Monday in December is Cyber-Monday? Comments (0) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: ! Hot Topics | ! Hot Topics November 28, 2005Cyber Monday
The news media is all abuzz about Cyber Monday. They are calling today the biggest online shopping day of the season. Similar to Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) where people on holiday head out to the retail stores, today is the day people get back to "work", and start shopping online. According to comScroe Networks, consumer online spending will be up 24% this year. Many online retailers are starting to extend their thanksgiving deals to include Monday. Cyber Monday Deals can be found on most major retailer sites and on coupon code websites. So, what are people buying this year? The New XBox 360 is making a lot of buzz (see News4Xbox.com) and the Apple iPod Nano are making a lot of buzz too (see News4iPod.com) Visit 10BestSelling.net for more best selling products in various categories. (Everything from Gadgets and Shoes, to Toys and Baby Gifts) Happy Cyber Monday!
Comments (0) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: ! Hot Topics November 24, 2005Happy Thanksgiving - 2005
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope everyone has a happy, healthy and profitable holiday season. I have heard in the news lately that they are calling the monday after thanksgiving "Black Monday" for online shopping because everyone goes back to work and does their online shopping from their broadband connections at work. Here are this years thanksgiving day logos. (still nothing creative from msn):
And previous years:
Comments (0) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: ! Hot Topics November 17, 2005Happy Thanksgiving from Quickbooks
I thought this was too funny to pass up. I use the Quickbooks Online Edition for my accounting, and when I logged on today I saw this graphic at the top. At first I was shocked, is that two bugs humping each other? Upon closer look, I see it's a turkey taking off it's glasses. The extra eyeballs that the glasses created made me misinterpret the image at first. Wow! Take a look:
Have a great and profitable Thanksgiving! Adam Comments (2) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: November 15, 2005Watch Out Web Hosting Firms
Search engines don't have customer. Search engines have users. Right? Maybe that was the case in 1998. Today search engines have become ad-support platforms that fund the creation of other software, services and acquisitions. As long as the ad model is working the cash keeps flowing. Well, what happens when people get sick of seeing text-based ad units everywhere they go online?
I believe that's what Google did by introducing Gmail, and is now taking another step to really deepen relationships with webmasters and site owners with the introduction of free web Google Analytics. Google already has a wonderfully designed product and more importanly the trust of customers using the product. Keep the TRUST and you keep the customer coming in who want to adopt anything you put in front of them. Urchin today. Perhaps web hosting tomorrow. Watch out web hosting firms. Google just took away one revenue stream: selling hosting customers stats packages.
Comments (2) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: ! Hot Topics November 14, 2005
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Random Thoughts and LinksIt's time for one of my random thoughts and links messages.
BeFree Checks Missing?
Are your checks from BeFree missing? I have lost a bunch and had to have them re-issued. Today I actually received a BeFree check that was destined for another affiliate in New Jersey. I can only imagine where mine have ended up. At one point, one of my checks was lost and cashed by someone else. Seeing as I almost processed this check with my others, I can now see how that might have happened. If CJ is going to continue to maintain the BeFree platform, they should seriously consider direct deposit. BTW - Wireless Advisor LLC Affiliate, your check for Verizon Wireless is in the mail. :-) Comments (1) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: Affiliate Marketing November 9, 2005The Power of the Advertising-Supported Economic Model
The recent Microsoft leak of documents that went out to top Mixcrosoft execs before last week's Live announcement is revealing -- very revealing. Of great personal interest was the Key Tenets in the Ray Ozzie document. I suggest reading the Advertising-Supported Economic Model and the effectiveness of a new delivery and adoption model. These frameworks are valuable from the persepective of developing compelling messaging that will be oh so imporantant to conversions as we ramp up for Q4. On a personal note -- I've been crazy busy launching a new company and trying to put the final -- I keep telling myself that -- touches on a specifications doc so that developement can begin on a new search tool that addresses many of the profile elements raised in Google's recent Bourbon Index update/patent filing. The tool also is interesting from the standpoint of looking at static vs. dyanmic content and URLs and logical navigation relationships between internal links from page to page as well as rating the inbound links to a page in terms of relevancy to a choosen keyword phrase. The thing I like most -- that I feel will be critical -- is the archiving feature. Fingers crossed!!! All the best, Todd Comments (0) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: ! Hot Topics November 3, 2005Cheap $6.95 Domain Names for Affiliate Markerters
Affiliates buy a lot of Domain Names. In case you missed it, Godaddy is offering a great deal on new and transfered domain names. Only $6.95 for a limited time. Comments (1) + TrackBacks (0) | Category: Affiliate Marketing November 1, 2005Moving from Commission Junction to Linkshare
We have a guest Blogger today. Lee Gientke, affiliate manager from ProHealth, shares his thoughts on their recent transition from Commission Junction to Linkshare: Fear and Loathing in Affiliate Land Comments (3) + TrackBacks (2) | Category: Affiliate Marketing
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