Archive for November 24th, 2006
OJ Simpson Book on eBay Upsets Brown Family
eBay is taking some heat over some auctions that claim to be offering copies of the O.J. Simpson book. Among those complaining is the lawyer representing relatives of Nicole Brown, Simpson’s dead ex-wife. Attorney Natasha Roit calls it “outrageous” that there are still copies up for grabs. An eBay spokesman says the online auction house [...]
Win a $25,000 Web Site Makeover
IdeaCatchers.com: Think you have an ugly e-commerce site? Do something about it! Idea Catchers Group is sponsoring the “Ugly E-commerce Contest” for a chance to win a custom e-commerce site — valued up to $25,000 — plus 90 days of online marketing support. Any independent retailer, online store, catalog or mail-order company with an existing [...]
ECommerce-Guide: If you want to attract gaggles of gift-givers to your site, remember these three words: Offer free shipping. Online holiday-gift shoppers overwhelmingly consider free shipping an important enticement in making purchases, with discounts and free return policies also key considerations, according to a survey released by Yahoo! Small Business and Harris Interactive. Ninety percent [...]
ABC News: Professionals who work in traditional positions are often too busy to plan properly for the holidays. They dream of an elf appearing to save the season. You can make money as that elf — the person who does the shopping, wrapping and shipping of gifts, especially when your client loathes crowded malls and [...]
Holiday Season Is Networking Season
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: The holiday season is a great time for networking. I’m talking about getting out there and meeting people who may be potential customers or referral sources. This is the season for holiday parties, end-of-year chamber of commerce mixers and trade and industry get-togethers. Don’t forget the parties to which [...]
U.S. Copyright Office Issues New Rights
Associated Press: Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday. Other copyright exemptions approved by the Library of Congress will let film professors copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations and let blind people use special [...]
