Blog entries tagged Business

Tomorrows Internet

Jeff Pittelkow — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

I've heard a lot of people, news sites, trade shows, and even blog/news comments talk about the future of the internet. For the most part, what I've heard usually takes the form apps, mobile, or social media. After all, those are the hottest three buzzwords in the internet community today.

Because of this, many organizations are hiring in these specific categories. I see many jobs for "App Developer" or "Mobile Developer" or "Social Media Manager". Truthfully, this is Read More...

Fad-Chasing

Jeff Pittelkow — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The internet is full of niche markets. I'm not talking about all the different things being sold, i'm talking about all the b2b people and services who power everything being sold. Many sites hire 'experts' and 'strategists' who are as specialized as an F-16 pilot. In reality, most of these guys are making a boat load of money by being out-going and knowing just a little bit about something you know nothing about. To tell the truth, chances are your 12 year old daughter probably knows more abRead More...

What is a Usability Expert

Jeff Pittelkow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I am!

Well, besides from that, a usability expert fills a very important role. In simple terms, a usability expert is an architect of web sites. Let's start with some background....

History
A little over 10 years ago, back in the age of the internetRead More...

Cyber Monday

Jeff Pittelkow — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Friday after Thanksgiving, Americans partake in a ritual that involves death and destruction in the name of cheap specials. It's Black Friday, and it's the time of year to get gifts at cheap for you and yours.

The following Monday, online retailers gear up for the follow up to Black Friday; Cyber Monday.

Cyber Monday is billed as the busiest online shopping day of the year. However, as many of others in the industry know, it's far from it. The actual busiest day of the year coRead More...

Foot Shot

Jeff Pittelkow — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Everyone is familiar with the old phrase "shot yourself in the foot." This is all too common in business today whether we are talking about a web site or an airline.

The foot shot, as I like to Read More...

Convience

Jeff Pittelkow — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today, I left work early to go see the doctor. I had a really bad pain in my stomach but i won't bore you with the gorey details.

I went to convient care. It's like an ER except without the ER part. A good place to go for head colds, muscle aches, or sports physicals. All those things you would normally go to see your family doctor for, but don't want to wait to get in. Anyway, they told me to get some pills from the pharmacy conviently located in the building.

So, after feeling sick, wRead More...

Trust

Jeff Pittelkow — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Trust is a funny thing. It's somewhat easy to gain the first time, but really hard (if not impossible) to get back if you lose it.

On the internet, trust is what makes someone purchase with you the first time. If you do everything correctly that first time, it's really hard to lose that trust. Simply put, they place an order, you communicate a lot through eRead More...

DIY E-Commerce

Jeff Pittelkow — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

As many top 500 e-comm site operators know, a web site is only as good as it's features. Last time, I talked about the small things that make e-comm sites popular. Today, I want to talk about those who help you get there and what to do when the budget isn't there.

Most e-comm sites don't go it alone. You have a cart solution provider, a payment transaction provider, analytics provider, hosting provider, a search provider, a channel provider, an affiliate provider, SEO / SEM campaign, usRead More...

Bubble 2.0

Jeff Pittelkow — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

I tend to not jump on bandwagons. I see opportunities, evaluate them, then decide whether they are worth the web space they are printed on. Others however are not so keen to this way of thinking.

10 years ago, there was an internet bubble, it burst, and the economy tanked. Today, we are at the exact same point we were then, except with web 2.0. Everybody who thought that web 1.0 would allow sites as milktherabbit.com to succeed are now of the thought that another social network or videRead More...