Google Commerce Search gives online retailers real Google power
On Thursday, Mashable's Ben Parr reported on what some perceive as long overdue news: Google Launches Commerce Search for Retailers. Google Commerce Search is a recently launched beta Google-powered interface online retailers can set up on their own eCommerce site; basically, it works just like the Google Custom Search Engine integrated by thousands of websites, except it's specifically for browsing and locating products.

5 ways to make your holiday email marketing campaign shine
In yesterday's post, I shared a few statistical predictions for online retail in the holiday season. Turns out, expe

Is your e-Commerce store ready for holiday shoppers?
When I was in high school, I worked at a record store in the local mall. Giving the gift of music can be a rather intimate thing... I'm thinking here about those mixed tapes we exchanged with our high school sweethearts... or nowadays, iPod playlists.Still, families of all sizes flocked to that mall much like the zombies in Dawn of the Dead, ransacking our music s

Icahn to Yahoo: mission accomplished
Greetings from Los Angeles!I'm in California this week to attend the 140 Character Conference, and I couldn't be more excited. Not sure what the 140 Character Conference is? (Or #140conf as it's known on Twitter.) Check out my Meetup reviews from last week and the month of September to get a little taste.It seems like things keep going up for Twitter - but I just can't say the same for

Should I deny my employees access to social media sites?
Let's just get my burning opinion out of the way: NO, you should not deny your employees access to social media sites.Okay. Let's move on.Earlier this month, Mark Hefflinger reported with Digital Media Wire on the findings of a recent poll conducted by Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research. The study explored the impact of the recession on investments in social media; here's a break down of the results:The poll indicated tha