Buddhist Ecommerce

July 19th, 2009

Online marketing is not an easy job.  When the idea of ecommerce came about, everyone immediately started pitching the idea of “make money while you sleep”.  Those of us who have worked in the industry for a while know that this concept is not only absurd, but potentially dangerous.  Just like any business, ecommerce is [...]

Black Friday Part Deux

December 26th, 2008

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Looking at the paper this morning, I saw tons of Black Friday style sales.  The problem of course is that Xmas was yesterday.  Stores are using the day after Xmas to try and salvage what was for most, one of the worst holiday shopping seasons on record.  [...]

Don’t Believe The Hype

December 17th, 2008

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I can’t tell you how tired I am of the Cyber Monday hype.  Every year the media goes and spreads the word that Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day of the year.  It is complete and utter bullshit.  I’ve been working in this industry since [...]