Ecommerce

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  The Web Suits Them

  Stop, look and listen is good advice when arriving at a railroad crossing. It’s also sound thinking when trying to build a relationship with an underserved

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  Tooth in Advertising

  For Comfort Dental, the way to cut its teeth on Internet marketing last summer was simple: Start a blog. People are searching for things in a way they

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  WORKER’S PARADISE

  Tony Hsieh, CEO of online shoe merchant Zappos.com, asks each employee to write a 100- to 500-word description of the company’s culture every year for

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  Bazaarvoice Gets the Word Out

  For Sam Decker, the epiphany came when he was struggling with a volcano of slime. More specifically, it was a HotWheels Slimecano racing set, bought on Amazon.com as a Christmas present for his children, and it was a bear to put together on Christmas Eve. The pieces wouldn’t fit properly, and the river of slime refused to ooze. “I tried everything I could, both with and without the directions, and it just wouldn’t work,” Decker says. “Finally I slammed it back in the box and went to Amazon to write a bad review. And I found that there were already 77 negative reviews on that site, all giving it one star out of five. And Amazon was still selling it.”

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  Security Leads Global IT Priorities

  What are corporate decision-makers focusing on in information technology? Online security and data protection first, followed at some distance by online

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  SEO Helps Build DMer’s Business

  Mark Zoske has turned a passion for salt into a $3.5 million-a-year online business, largely by using search engine optimization. His firm, SaltWorks,

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  Lowering Sales Pressure

  Medical instrument manufacturer Medwave is hoping a new Web-based tool will boost sales by at least 10% and lower the cost of its prospecting visits,

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  Down to Earth

  MOBILE MARKETING is on the way, and it will usher in a Golden Age. Soon we’ll all be receiving rich-media ads over our Internet phones, being enticed

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  Newegg Speaks Geek

  THOSE OF US WHO SEND up a flare for the help desk when our computers develop hiccups may never have heard of Newegg.com. But it’s a fast-rising retail

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  Petco Tests Product Reviews

  Petco Animal Supplies is testing to see if including customer-written product reviews in its outbound e-mail will lift sales conversion rates. In January