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- So is the 'what's hot in Google Reader' just really an RSS feed for Lifehacker? (Great real estate grab by them!) 1 day ago
- So the four page article I wrote for a trade pub garnered 50 clicks from their follow-up newsletter to their online version. Good? Bad? 1 day ago
- Another polite reply to my blast email: "I have left the department. Thank you very much anyway for your time and kindness." Kindness? wow! 2 days ago
- Okay, I figured out how to edit HTML in emails ... Using open-source webmail client that has Tiny-MCE included ... http://t.co/iTtyiOxw 2 days ago
- Side effects of mass-mailing our database: polite questions, unsubscribes, quote-requests, and linked-in invites. Fun! 3 days ago
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
A little entertainment: Daily Sucker
Submitted by yours-truly: “Submitter’s comments: Saw this post at Wired that referenced ‘the most useless site ever’. Had to check it out. And it is useless. First it was the musicians with the sucky sites, now it’s the equipment they … Continue reading
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ThomasNet Forums…more to talk about
Since I posted about ThomasNet’s new forums, I’ve got a few comments and wanted to update a few things: I posted a thread about pricing-on-websites in the marketing section (yes, I will get back to this subject soon). One user … Continue reading
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Change or Die: The book
I was offered a comp-copy of Change or Die by Alan Deutschman because I had posted about the original Fast Company article previously. I found the article profound, and jumped at the opportunity to get the book. Here is the … Continue reading
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ThomasNet Forums launched
Everyone is talking web 2.0 these days, so it was inevitable: “ThomasNet.com has rolled out the ThomasNet Forums, providing an integral component to building an active community amongst not only Industrial Market Trends readers or all ThomasNet.com users — but … Continue reading
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Pricing on your Website (Part 3): Case study: Equipment
First: I’ve had some great comments on this series of posts. I encourage you to go back and read them (links: Part 2, Part 3). I figured before we make any more conclusions, we should look at some examples of … Continue reading
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Progress is Precarious
“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” –Martin Luther King Jr. (More quotations worth pondering here: Quotation Search – Martin Luther King Jr.) I am heartened by the blogging … Continue reading
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Pricing on your website (Part 3): Why you should
Why should you try to publish pricing on your website? Do we really have to have this discussion? It is pretty obvious, isn’t it? Price is one of the most important features of your product. Site visitors want to know! … Continue reading
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No pricing = a sucky website?
I love finding timely posts from others for what I want to write about. Vincent Flander’s Web Pages That Suck to the rescue! In today’s Daily Sucker 1/11/07 “Submitter’s comments: ‘Contact us for a quote.’ What? You mean you don’t … Continue reading
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Pricing on your website (Part 2): Why we don't
Why don’t we B2B marketers put prices on our websites? There are three basic reasons I’ll explore here. 1. We are lazy.The general lack of useful content on our websites is testament to our laziness. Our prospects have gotten more … Continue reading
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Pricing on your website (Part 1): Dilbert
I’ve gotten some comments and discussions on last month’s post ‘Use it’ says ‘Price it’ regarding putting pricing on B2B websites. Thank you to those who have been involved. I’d like to study this subject in depth, so I’m going … Continue reading
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