Thursday, July 16, 2009

How to launch your website in one easy step

Right, so you have a department store that is over 30 years old and you are making your first tentative steps online. How do you go about launching your site? With a bang, of course!

HEMA is a Dutch department store. This is what their site looks like.

The first store opened on November 4, 1966, in Amsterdam. Now there are 150 stores all over the Netherlands.Take a look at HEMA’s launch campaign.

You can’t order anything and it’s in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. What a clever way of introducing your catalogue of over a thousand products in nearly 30 categories.

Check it out http://producten.hema.nl/

Notice where it ends – on the play again button, coz you’ll want to, and send to a friend, again coz you’ll want to! Sometimes it really is the simple things that are most effective.

The problem is it gets VERY annoying the 2nd and 3rd and 4th time you visit the site. The 1st time it's awesome but after that it's just annoying. They should have made the flash play only once and if a user wants to see it again, click to play.

I want to say thanks to Justine Paul from Linc in Melbourne who emailed me this. It's awesome! :)

Until next time, stay tuned. Stay hot.
Chris Bjorklund

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Internet Marketing Trends

Expect a lot of marketing messaging related to the recession. Don’t be surprised to see lots of offers that “save you money” throughout the rest of 2009. With fewer purchasing dollars available, how will your marketing message be distinctive and stand out? Now is the time to start thinking smarter. SEO is the number 1 traffic generator if done correctly.

Here are 20 trends to keep an eye on for thes rest of 2009:

Trend #1: Recession Marketing

Trend #2: Internet Marketing-palooza

Trend #3: The Customer Voice

Trend #4: Video Marketing

Trend #5: Blogging

Trend #6: Social Marketing

Trend #7: Mobile Marketing

Trend #8: Behavioral Targeting

Trend #9: Behavioral Analytics

Trend #10: Widget Marketing

Trend #11: Innovation

Trend #12: Back-to-Basics Marketing

Trend #13: Relationship Marketing

Trend #14: Verticalization

Trend #15: Personalization

Trend #16: Multicultural Marketing

Trend #17: Mixing Display Ads & Search Marketing

Trend #18: The Long Long Long Tail

Trend #19: There’s No Place Like Home

Trend #20: Speed

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