Facebook is finding out the cost of freedom — $9.5 million.
A couple years ago Facebook started a marketing division called Beacon. Beacon worked as a go-between for Facebook and third-party businesses, such as, Blockbuster, Fandango and Overstock.com. The idea was to show a Facebook member’s friends recent purchases in the belief that...
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What Is The Price Of Freedom?
The Form Of Consumer Relations
If I had to pick out just one unique feature of advertising on the Internet, it would be the ability for interaction between the business and the consumer. The world wide web is different than a billboard or broadcasting in that it allows communication to flow in both directions. Broadcasting pushes a...
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Are There Website Rules or Standards?
Site Programming
Avoid Bells and Whistles – Ask what program(s) the website will be written with
HTML authoring programs to avoid
Dreamweaver
Microsoft FrontPage
Adobe GoLive
Automated website builders from hosting companies
Website programming languages and tools to avoid – “Push” Technologies – Programming that the viewer may not desire and that could be infected, with potentially harmful...
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What Do I Need to Know About Website Content?
Site Content
Content Development Plan – Must grab viewer’s interest
Sales
Service
Marketing
Promotions
Photos/Images
Geographic segments demographic segments, etc..
Create Good Copy
Important to have solid foundation
On-going refinement
Attention to keywords
Learn from your viewers – Give the people what they want
Assess Navigability
Any page can be the first page that a viewer sees
Easy to find one’s way around
Easy to find contact information or a...
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What Are the Basics for Advertising on the Web?
Marketing/Advertising/Accessibility/Audience/Traffic
Search Engines
Most Popular
Google
MSN
Yahoo
AOL
Complex Algorithms – Criteria used by the Search Engines to rank pages.
Copy
Accessibility
Keywords
Links to your site
Submission Process
Your entire website should be cataloged and available
Integrated Marketing
Part of something bigger
Industry leading sites
Established networks of websites
Connect to the website in other advertising, don’t just show the URL
Ad campaigns
Statistics and analysis
Learn what ads work and what...
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