Solving the Conversion Problem

Posted by on May 15, 2009 | No Comments

This is a great article from User Experience Engineering.  Basically, it says that when a large online retailer removed the requirement to create an account upon purchase, their sales (conversion rate) skyrocketed!  They changed the store so creating an account was no longer a requirement, but an option, with the option to continue to purchase ...

New Interactive Apple ad on CNN.com

Posted by on May 5, 2009 | No Comments

Right now there’s a cool, new interactive ad for Apple staring the Mac and PC guys on CNN.com by their agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day. It’s a follow up to another interactive ad they did a while back.  If you get a chance today to see it, look fast as I bet it won’t last long.  It’s interesting, ...

brick-and-clicks

Posted by on Apr 23, 2009 | No Comments

A couple recent articles that caught my attention recently have to do with the term “brick-and-click,” used fairly often in Advertising Age and in this recent article ( How Walmart Owns the Concept of Value Online ) from the digital issue (a really good one, btw.). And in the article from PROMO, called: The Convergence ...