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Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Short News Clips |
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 Here are a few short
news clips from recent e- marketer's daily newsletters that show how the
Internet is becoming an integral part of our daily life. I found them interesting
and I hope you do too.
Domain Registration Hits All-Time High According to VeriSign, the
master database and registrar for all .com and .net domain addresses, online domain
name registration hit a record high of 64.5 million in the second quarter of 2004.
That is a 7% increase over the end of 2003. It is a sign of renewed interest
and activity in the Internet, because the registration rate has not attained these
levels since the late 1990s, in the pre-dot-com bubble days. Loyal newspaper readers in the US are increasingly turning to the Internet
for news, shopping research and information. A study by Yahoo! found that the relationship between
print and online for newspaper loyalists is something online retailers and marketers
will want to note. Over one- half of newspaper loyalists
say they go online to research a product mentioned in a newspaper circular.
In fact, over 50% say they have been conducting shopping research online and
buying offline for the past three years. Workers Are Working on Personal Time You have seen the surveys that show workers are doing
personal tasks online on company time and company computers. Here's another side of the story. A new survey by T-Mobile
and Harris Interactive, shows that (60%) of all employed, US adults with online
access spend up to an hour every day answering work-related e-mails and phone
calls, usually before or after work, or during lunch. "That is the equivalent
of 15.2 additional days of work each year," says Peter Walsh, author of How
to Organize (Just About) Everything. "That's three full work weeks
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Quack Quack
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 Domain Registry
of America - Scam or Fair
Advertising?
A company called The Domain Registry of
America has been emailing people with deceptive
messages about domain transfers. The goal of the e-mail is to trick you into transferring
their domain names to them. The e- mail falsely claims to be a response to a transfer
request. I am familiar with this company through the
years because they have sent misleading "snail mail" letters and I see
now that they have branched out into email. This company really ticks me off.
If this is the way they try to get your business, imagine
what they will do to keep your business. What should you do about this? Delete
the email message and/or throw the letters away. When it concerns something as important as
your domain name, please read carefully anything that is mailed
or emailed to you. Never respond to requests for information without checking
with the person who administers your Web site. If you have questions or concerns about your
domain name renewal or registration, please call or email me and I would be glad
to help. |
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Link of the Month |
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Gallery
of Regrettable Food It's food, its funny and it's a retro look at
poorly photographed foodstuffs and horrid recipes from the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Check
out the site and be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day that food preparation has
come such a long way in the last 50 years. ***This
is one of my original collages. You can see more collages on my Web site -just
click on the picture! Gallery
of Regrettable Food |
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Customer Spotlight:
Shutterworks, Inc. |
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One of the things
I enjoy about what I do is helping other business owners grow their businesses.
When I first met Todd Firkins of Shutterworks, Inc. - which customizes fine quality
hardwood shutters - he was a one man show. A little over
a year later, he has two employees and a state-of-the-art woodworking and finishing
facility. Read
what Todd has to say: "Running
a business requires making a lot of difficult decisions. But when it came to deciding on a Web site, Annette not
only made that decision easy, she made it enjoyable. She took the time and interest
to research and understand our business. We were so pleased
with Annette's talent that we decided to have her add more to our Web site. Annette
did an absolutely beautiful job and I would recommend her to anyone considering
a Web site for their business." Todd
Firkins, Shutterworks Inc. ShutterworksInc.com
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