Archive for: October 2009

If you have an email address chances are you’ve been exposed to some sort of fraud or another. Nearly everyone has been sent an email informing them of an international lottery they have won and all they need do is send a small deposit and the winnings will follow. A personal favorite of mine was a marriage proposal from a Baharanian princess that needed money to escape her tyrant of a father. Although most cons are appeals to greed it was pleasant to see one that was an appeal to a misguided knight errant sense of romance.

It is easy to think of fraudulent activity as all being aimed at consumers but the Better Business Bureau thinks differently. They have warned new and small businesses that they are commonly targeted by criminals and have made an effort to educate them about the nature of these attempts.

The Dow Jones industrial average has climbed above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed this symbolic threshold in afternoon trading Wednesday. It has been seven months since it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9.

Just send me as many clicks as possible please.
In the world of advertising we would better serve our needs by asking for more buyers not clicks.
Before the coalition of pay-per click promoters starts to light their torches and lift their pitchforks allow me to clarify. There are many pay-per click platforms that work well and provide response. That said, the fact remains just as many offer limited response with a seemingly endless supply of clicks. If those clicks don’t convert then what are they? Worthless.

The vote is in, the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Barack Obama.

That’s right with less than 1 year into his first term as President and with no major foreign policy achievements Barack Obama has been placed into an arena with the likes of Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela and the 14th Dalai Lama.

Online retail is a tricky game with a great many variables that will have a profound effect on your site’s profitability. Once the initial work, getting a website made, loading all the products, is done a good business person resists the temptation to back off and let economic nature take its course.  Here are a few tips to help maximize your sites appeal and functionality to keep your traffic and sales growing.