In this piece I look at just how broken international e-commerce is, even between two relatively friendly countries who are each other’s largest trading partners, and discuss the fact that companies have to find better solutions or they will continue losing significant sales over the issue:
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Personalization for personalization’s sake is useless. In this piece I take a look at a new gift suggestion tool coming from Etsy, as an example of what one organization is doing to take data offered by platforms like Facebook and create a personalized experience that benefits Etsy (in terms of potential increased sale commissions), the user (in terms of helping them find gifts for the people who have them stumped), and Etsy’s sellers (in terms of potential increased sales). Where does your organization’s personalization potential lie? This month’s look at what the open source content management and related projects have been up to in November, and are planning for December: In this piece, I look at how to avoid annoying your users to the point of opening the door for competitors to steal your lunch: In this article, I take a look at HTML5′s Geolocation API and some of the issues that need to be considered when it comes to user privacy: In this piece I posit that the mobile platform is offering software development companies a chance to grow and evolve while funding that growth. And for you Angry Birds addicts, I use its founding company as an example: In this piece I talk about networking and promotion for writers, both how to do it in person and “off-line” as well as how to use social networking in a way that won’t drown people in annoying spam. Much of this piece applies to anyone who’s running a small business, especially if you’re a bit shy and awkward like many writers are. Networking and Promotion: Blending Old Tools and New I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on what I might have left out. In this article, I take a look at what many of the open source CMS and related projects accomplished in October and what they have planned for November: In this piece I look at a recent case of the California State University system going after a site that allows students to share and sell notes and other materials: In this piece I take a look at the long anticipated release of Drupal 7.0 beta 1 and what it’s going to take to reach the final version: Drupal 7 Update: First Beta Out, Key Modules Still in the Making |
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