E-commerce

Cable Thievery, Corporate Numbskullerry, and the Unfortunate Rise of those With a Clue »
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Online Advertising, Online Marketing | 2 Comments

You’ll be pleased to know I’ve just passed the longest period of uninterrupted home Internet access with the illustrious Comcast. More or less ever since I moved into my apartment last June I’d lose service for unconscionably long periods. Various Comcast ‘techs’ had run so many wires through the place that the audible hum was on the verge of drowning out the sound of the traffic. Continue reading →

TAGS: circuit city, comcast, compUSA, pop up blocker, wii

Wiis Here, Getcha Ice Cold Wii Here »
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Justin Seibert in E-commerce, Internet, Online Advertising, PPC, Web Credibility | 3 Comments

I call my lawyer today (about B&O taxes, not for that impending insider trading lawsuit). During our small talk that I hope I won’t be billed for, he says something about Christmas would have been better if he could have found a Wii somewhere. I had heard they were sold out of all the stores in our area for at least 2 weeks, so I asked if he had tried the internet.

“I don’t trust buying over the internet.”

Are you kidding? I could have strangled him. Not because fear of buying over the internet is irrational - it is not. But because he has always impressed me as a man of reasonable intelligence and logic, yet he asked told his internet marketing client that he doesn’t trust buying over the internet. Know your audience! Lie to me for pete’s sake!

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TAGS: $100 oil per barrel, ad copy, coal to liquid, ecommerce, overcoming consumer distrust, PPC, wii

Someone is Going to Look Like a Jackass »
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Internet | 4 Comments

I’m having to sneak this blog post in between Justin popping out for a meeting and the next breaking announcement relating to West Virginia, baseball or sport in general. Heaven help us should something happen over at the Pittsburgh Pirates within the next 24 hours. But let me assure you that this blog will be one of the first to bang on about it should it be the case.

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TAGS: blockbuster, jackass 2.5, media extender, movielink, silverlight, streaming media

eBay: Where Rickety Old Buses Go to Pasture… »
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Local News | Leave A Comment

During my formative years over in the UK, I remember a bit of a fuss over a bus. I don’t want to lose anybody here, but circa 1988, Burnley & Pendle Transport bought themselves a fleet of old red London double becker buses and named them all after characters in the crafty cockney soap opera otherwise known as Eastenders. Continue reading →

TAGS: E-commerce, ebay, wheeling

Sneaker Pimps »
Posted on October 21st, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, PPC, SEO | Leave A Comment

I’ve always gunned for the underdog. There’s nothing I like more than getting hold of a Web presence of a small company and helping them compete with the bigger boys and girls.

Honestly, it’s fun. Whether it’s a small sheet metal shop getting its blog archived by The British Library, its sister company getting its planters on the TV, a small rural pub interviewed by BBC radio, a car sourcing company getting the Lamborghini factory in a twist over who had offered them one of 20 pre-sold $1.4 million Reventons - it all brings a smile to my face.

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TAGS: SEO

Could You Sleep Without Google? »
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, PPC, Search Engines | Leave A Comment

Would somebody be so kind to inform me as to whether one is not only over the hill but quickly hurtling down the other side of it if the highlight of one’s weekend is purchasing a new bed? At what point in your life does this kind of thing become so frighteningly prominent? When does the idea of falling asleep on a Saturday night become the most interesting aspect of Saturday night?

I’d love to tell you I’m looking particularly gorgeous this Monday morning due to a weekend of uninterrupted beauty sleep on a brand spanking new mattress, but I’d be lying. Firstly, it’d take considerably longer than a weekend to put my pudgy face right. I’ve also had the mother of all toothaches – one of those blighters that doesn’t care how much it costs to rectify it - all weekend, which has hardly afforded me a wink.

I know, cry me a river. But, you’ll be pleased to know that my considerably better half has had a log of a time. Continue reading →

TAGS: blogs, google, PPC

Online Marketing: Innovations That Work Conference »
Posted on June 27th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Business Blogging, DOM News, E-commerce, Email Marketing, Internet, Local News, Local Search, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, PPC, Paid Search, SEM, SEO, Search Engines, Social Media, Web Credibility | Leave A Comment

We’re currently in the process of organizing the Online Marketing: Innovations That Work Conference that’s taking place on August 16,

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TAGS: blogs, conference, ebay, g8wave, microsoft, pittsburgh, webtrends