Archive for the ‘Marketing Strategies’ Category

April 12th, 2007

PPC Marketing v2.0: Pay Per Call

By Joe Devlin

PPC. The acronym is most commonly associated with Pay Per Click in search marketing, but now there is a new kid in town sporting the same name but with a vastly different reputation. While Pay Per Click has now become a proven marketing commodity, Pay Per Call is a an emerging marketing concept […]

April 12th, 2007

For Whom The Bell Curves

By Joe Devlin

Metrics and analytics are the foundation of the statistical analysis of website data. Once applicable metrics have been established and a reliable and accurate analytic package chosen, one can begin to make inferences from the data every website generates. While most people in the eCommerce trade are aware of popular metrics such as […]

April 9th, 2007

Ten Philadelphia Companies Whose Web Sites Need Web Standards

By James Van Arsdale

We took a look around several Philadelphia area company web sites. To be completely honest, we were very disappointed in the lack of adherence to modern web production techniques. Here’s the top ten:
SEPTA (www.septa.org)
The mass transit organization serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties is currently using an old table-based site that doesn’t conform […]

April 6th, 2007

The eCommerce Conversion Funnel, Part One

By Joe Devlin

Our first in a series of six topics discussing the eCommerce Conversion Funnel. When broken down to its core components, successful eCommerce websites will use some variation of the following to convert a visitor.
1) Targeting & Acquisition
2) Landing Page Effectiveness
3) Optimizing Checkout & Cross Selling
4) […]