Posts by derickson
Holiday Spam
HAPPY SPAM DAY? Experian Email volume is up 18.4% over 2010 so far this holiday season. More than 9% of all email traffic on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday this year went to the top 500 retail sites. THOUGHT: It’s the most spam-mi-est time…of the yeeeeeearr! I’ve been deluged with email offers this holiday season,…
Read MoreBlack November?
Online sales are expected to exceed $1 billion mark that set the heaviest day of online shopping ever last year.
Read MoreThe Fate Of Cyber Monday
David Erickson discusses the fate of Cyber Monday in this news report by Reg Chapman of WCCO TV.
Read MoreBlack Friday Crowd Surges Into Urban Outfitters
Some guys recorded footage of a Black Friday crowd of shoppers surging through the doors for the midnight opening of Urban Outfitters at the Thousand Oaks Mall in California.
Read MoreReal-Time eTailing For Black Friday
22% of the retail checkins at Foursquare last Black Friday occurred at a department store.
Read MoreWilliam Shatner's Steps On Unfriending Recovery
William Shatner offers unfriending support on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Read MoreFacebook Fan Engagement
For every comment a Facebook post with a link gets, it receives on average 14.7 clicks.
Read MoreKohl's Black Friday Commercial Lampoons Rebecca Black's Friday
Kohl’s Black Friday commercial makes fun of Rebecca Black’s inane song, Friday.
Read MoreAmazon Fire & The Self-Publishing Revolution
KINDLE FIRE IS ON FIRE ChangeWave Research 65% of planned tablet buyers indicate they will buy an iPad. 22% will buy a Kindle Fire. THOUGHT: The Kindle Fire is the first serious competition the iPad has seen, due in no small part to its $200 price point. I’ve discussed several times before why I think…
Read MoreTapSense: Touch Screen Innovation
TapSense is an evolution of touch screen technology that distinguish between the tap of a fingertip, finger pad, fingernail, and knuckle.
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