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Bloggers Digest – 12/21/07

Posted December 21, 2007 by Linda Bustos / Comments(1)

Bloggers DigestWe’re moving into the most insane shopping weekend of the year, but that hasn’t stopped the Internet from pushing out great content. Here are a few of the gems from my feed reader this week. Hope you enjoy them and have a great weekend.

Holiday Marketing

  • Emarketer reports that coupons are the most influential marketing medium for multichannel merchants, followed by newspaper flyers and word-of-mouth.
  • Proof that people are crazy about their pets – many are throwing Christmas parties for their pooches and pussy-cats. If you’re a pet retailer and you missed this holiday opportunity, don’t worry there will be plenty of “Pupperware Parties” and “Bark-mitzvahs” all year long.

    A couple weeks ago I saw this (sold out) platter on Drs Foster and Smith. Gaining 5 pounds over the holidays – not just for humans anymore.

    Diabetic Dogs

    Ecommerce Trends

    • Facebook is rumored to be testing a payment system which could pave the way for more ecommerce functionality within Facebook. We’ll see.

    • Fabulous article from USA Today about how “digital millennials” (teens and twenty-somethings) are embracing (and often prefer) mobile commerce – an exciting industry to watch.

    Web Design

    • If it can happen to Wal-Mart, it can happen to you. GrokDotCom reminds us why testing your site across different browsers is important, perhaps more than ever now with the growing popularity of Firefox.

    Search Engine Marketing

    • Adam Green contributed a summary of the recent changes to Google Analytics’ graphs and geo-targeting-Google-maps-mashup and the Google Keyword Tool – complete with pictures.

    • Aaron Wall from SEOBook reminds us that Google Product Search results appear above organic search listings, and unlike AdWords, this traffic is free. But there may come a day when Google Products graduates to pay-per-click so take advantage while you can.

    • Search Engine Journal explains how good old-fashioned link building (not paid links) is typically done. Good intro for those new to SEO.

    Web Analytics

    • If you’ve never looked under the hood of your web analytics because it’s too overwhelming, Avanash Kaushik can “demystify” it for you with this easy to follow and humorous post.

    Email Marketing

  • The Email Experience Council explains “whitelists” – the different types and why they may not be enough to ensure your email deliverability as email programs move towards reputation-based systems.
  • Jordan Ayan recounts his experience with cheesy “12 Days of Christmas” email campaigns from not one but three B2C marketers. A good example of why you should be careful with your email frequency or you risk losing subscribers.
  • Better Retail noticed Zappos doing a very neat thing – using a drop-down menu on the forward-to-friend feature that captures the intent of the word-of-mouth event.

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    Comments

    1. Mariusz Gasiewski
      June 30th, 2008

      The article of Avinash is really great. His focus on very practical and useful in day-to-day work advices makes him one of the best people in blogposphere.

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