Amazon iPhone Application - Future of mega mobile e-commerce?
By Michael Vorel on December 18, 2008  |  Comments 3

Amazon iPhone Application - Future of mega mobile e-commerce?

I recently purchased an Apple iphone 3G and downloaded a free application called Amazon Remembers from the Apple App Store. If you work within e-commerce and social networking you need to try this as you are seeing the future of mega mobile e-commerce. What if you could shop at any store from your phone? What [...]

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Barack Obama Internet Marketing Strategy & Traffic Analysis
By Michael Vorel on November 17, 2008  |  Comments 0

Barack Obama Internet Marketing Strategy & Traffic Analysis

I wanted to dig deeper into the impressive traffic patterns of Barack Obama and his ride to Internet stardom. I reviewed various Internet statistics on unique visitors, average stay, attention, velocity, search, online advertising and how this all worked in his favor. Overall, I am really impressed with the Internet Marketing strategy of the Presidential [...]

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Chinese Online Shopping Trends - Taobao, Alibaba, Baidu
By Michael Vorel on October 09, 2008  |  Comments 0

Chinese Online Shopping Trends - Taobao, Alibaba, Baidu

According to iResearch the Chinese are really shopping online and companies are investing as well. Alibaba is investing 5 billion Yuan (US$ 725 million) in Taobao.com the online shopping site. Taoboa is China’s #1 auction site by sales volume. Yahoo is an investor in Alibaba and they compete with the search giant Baidu.com which Google [...]

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OJ Simpson - definition of brand destruction
By Michael Vorel on September 25, 2008  |  Comments 0

OJ Simpson - definition of brand destruction

Orenthal James OJ Simpson is a dead brand and that’s amazing but true (sorry Juice). I was thinking about how his life was really on a roll from a potential branding perspective. For example:

Scholarship to USC, Earned the Heisman Trophy in 1968
NFL Player of the Year in 1973, and played in six Pro Bowls.
Simpson was [...]

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Human Behavior in Search Results - plural vs. singular matters
By Michael Vorel on August 30, 2008  |  Comments 0

Human Behavior in Search Results - plural vs. singular matters

I spend a lot of time learning how people search for things on the Internet. Sometimes you can be very surprised at what you think is the obvious answer and what isn’t.

Q. How do people search for oil painting or oil paintings?
Results 1 - 10 of about 12,200,000 for oil painting
Results 1 - 10 of [...]

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Google Flu Trends using Google search data

Google Flu Trends using Google search data

Have you seen the new Google Flu Trends that uses aggregated Google search data? I am preparing to leave for Christmas and was curious to see if a flu was going around.
Good News! United States flu activity: Low
New Jersey flu activity: Low
Google Flu Trends uses Google search data to estimate flu activity [...]

Microsoft Windows Live Writer 2009 Beta - Download it now!

Microsoft Windows Live Writer 2009 Beta - Download it now!

I am writing this post in the new Microsoft Windows Live writer 2009 Beta and is great! I encourage you to try it and see for yourself. Personally I really appreciate software that is useful and free and wanted to say thank you to Microsoft for creating it. I download this on my laptop and [...]

Zappos Facebook Integration into E-Commerce Design

Zappos Facebook Integration into E-Commerce Design

On Zappos today I purchased some shoes and as always was a great shopping experience.
I liked the final part of the shopping experience when they confirmed the order because they take the integration of social networking into e-commerce to heart and I believe it pays off for Zappos. I am always consulting at vastplanet with [...]

PopShops - Automatic Merchandiser for Affiliate Marketing

PopShops - Automatic Merchandiser for Affiliate Marketing

I originally posted a how to guide on using Popshops in the AffSpot.com Affiliate Marketing forum and and wanted to share with you on the blog as well.
PopShops & Grooming Lounge - Easy Merchandising Tips with datafeeds
We are huge fans of what PopShops.com is doing these days and wanted to make sure you know all [...]

My SEO Secrets by Wil Reynolds of Seer

My SEO Secrets by Wil Reynolds of Seer

I was at a great SEO session at Affiliate Summit with Wil Reynolds of Seer Interactive. His slides from the presentation are now available and thought I would pass them on as they are excellent.
Wil covered the following and very good at SEO:
- What is Google Knol - what are the advantages of Google [...]

Jewelry Affiliate Programs and Gold Fluctuations

Jewelry Affiliate Programs and Gold Fluctuations

Was reading in Wall Street Journal on the price of gold and noticed that Gold Futures are tumbling down. Apparently, Gold has given up it’s gain for the year and is affected by a fall in oil futures. Here is why need to care about “Second Quarter Jewelry Demand for Gold fell 24% year over [...]

Affiliate Summit - How I pick Affiliate Offers

Affiliate Summit - How I pick Affiliate Offers

I recently attended Affiliate Summit and just went through the 25 different affiliate marketing business ideas formed at the show. From Saturday to Tuesday I talked to many merchants, affiliate networks, cpa firms and affiliates. Here is how I figure out what I want to promote.
1. Review business card notes (I write on them notes [...]

Affiliate Marketing Video Widgets with Qoof

Affiliate Marketing Video Widgets with Qoof

Qoof is a video company out of Israel that allows you to maximize affiliate marketing through video widgets. I met the Qoof.com team at Affiliate Summit and in the examples below you will see an Ice.com & Dell video. Cool right!
Ice.com - 4 ct Trillion-Cut Amethyst Diamond Ring

var Qoof_playlistid = ‘81685ce4-b672-406a-af08-8067931f4dfa’;
var Qoof_episodeid = [...]

Affiliate Summit 2008 East - Day 2

Affiliate Summit 2008 East - Day 2

Sunday was action packed, networking from 11:30 - 6:30 & PMA (performance marketing alliance) meeting till 9PM. After many conversations, had a great time learning about new vendors, offers and more. I took many pictures and videos so take a look below. You should attend Affiliate Summit if you don’t already!
View from the Boston Seaport [...]

Affiliate Summit - Saturday - Boston 2008

Affiliate Summit - Saturday - Boston 2008

Arrived at Affiliate Summit East on Saturday into Boston and all set for a great conference. The event is at the World Trade Center and everyone is staying at the Boston Seaport Hotel. The location is great as it’s minutes from the airport and hotel has the things you need.
From my room [...]