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Chinese Online Shopping Trends - Taobao, Alibaba, Baidu
According to iResearch the Chinese are really shopping online and companies are investing as well. Alibaba is investing 5 billion Yuan (US$ 725 million) in Taobao.com the online shopping site. Taoboa is China’s #1 auction site by sales volume. Yahoo is an investor in Alibaba and they compete with the search giant Baidu.com which Google [...]
Human Behavior in Search Results - plural vs. singular matters
I spend a lot of time learning how people search for things on the Internet. Sometimes you can be very surprised at what you think is the obvious answer and what isn’t.
Q. How do people search for oil painting or oil paintings?
Results 1 - 10 of about 12,200,000 for oil painting
Results 1 - 10 of [...]
PopShops - Automatic Merchandiser for Affiliate Marketing
I originally posted a how to guide on using Popshops in the AffSpot.com Affiliate Marketing forum and and wanted to share with you on the blog as well.
PopShops & Grooming Lounge - Easy Merchandising Tips with datafeeds
We are huge fans of what PopShops.com is doing these days and wanted to make sure you know all [...]
Olympic Branding - Maximize Michael Phelps Brand
I am getting tired of reading about Michael Phelps, seems that no other person has made the spotlight. Today’s story I read was an anatomical breakdown of his body and yes I agree he is part fish and what a diet! How many sponsors does he have? Who would be a perfect brand? See the [...]
Jewelry Affiliate Programs and Gold Fluctuations
Was reading in Wall Street Journal on the price of gold and noticed that Gold Futures are tumbling down. Apparently, Gold has given up it’s gain for the year and is affected by a fall in oil futures. Here is why need to care about “Second Quarter Jewelry Demand for Gold fell 24% year over [...]
Affiliate Summit - How I pick Affiliate Offers
I recently attended Affiliate Summit and just went through the 25 different affiliate marketing business ideas formed at the show. From Saturday to Tuesday I talked to many merchants, affiliate networks, cpa firms and affiliates. Here is how I figure out what I want to promote.
1. Review business card notes (I write on them notes [...]
Social Networking Meets E-Commerce - Radio Interview on Yahoo Store Power Hour with Michael Vorel & Shawna Fennell
During Affiliate Summit in Boston I was invited by Shawna Fennell of 1choice4yourstore.com to be on her weekly live radio show - Yahoo Store Power Hour Radio Show.
Shawna is the CEO of 1 Choice 4 Your Store, host of Yahoo Store Power Hour Radio Show, and lover all things SEO. I wanted to thank Shawna [...]
Affiliate Summit 2008 East - Day 2
Sunday was action packed, networking from 11:30 - 6:30 & PMA (performance marketing alliance) meeting till 9PM. After many conversations, had a great time learning about new vendors, offers and more. I took many pictures and videos so take a look below. You should attend Affiliate Summit if you don’t already!
View from the Boston Seaport [...]
Sharethis.com statistics on what people share online
Came across an interesting email from Sharethis.com who has an excellent tool for adding to web sites, e-commerce stores and blogs to aid in sharing information.
1. Email is king as a method of sharing - 35% (Just when you thought it was something else)
2. Facebook - 10% (Great rising popularity)
3. Digg - 7%Â (No wonder [...]
Second Life, Google Lively, Facebook, MySpace Google Trends - Who is most popular?
I was already in Google trends so decided to run the New Google Lively vs. Second Life than vs. Facebook and MySpace. The search requests for Second Life are definitely dropping and you can see an immediate spike when Google announced Lively on July 9, 2008. I prefer Second Life over Lively but curious about [...]