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Evolve or Dissolve: Managers Require a New Way of Learning to Keep their Businesses Afloat

Most managers are not currently equipped with the knowledge necessary to facilitate real organizational and business change. They lack the frame of learning required to excel beyond ecommerce, and towards eBusiness. Christopher Skinner, from MakeBuzz, discusses the theme in this article to New Media Knowledge.

Mobile Retailing is on the Move

Benjamin Dyer, director of product development at ecommerce supplier Actinic, reflects on the reality of that most elusive of future technologies: mobile commerce.

NMK Podcast - Episode 13 - dotCommerce

Web consultancy dotCommerce’s recent study of the UK’s leading retailers found widespread neglect when including added-value content and other features that would encourage repeat visits, high transaction values and ongoing brand loyalty.

Improving Conversions: A Look at “Learning Search”

The dream of all e-commerce managers is to increase conversions rates on their websites, and in an increasingly competitive market the pressure is on them to perform. New Media Knowledge caught up with one New Zealand firm claiming it can improve conversions.

Community Spirit: Associated Northcliffe Digital Pilots Community Websites

To fill the void left by the decline in regional newspaper sales, publisher Associated Northcliffe Digital has launched a pilot scheme of local community websites. New Media Knowledge met the man behind the project.

Knowing Me, Knowing You: Exclusive Interview with Customer Feedback Specialist, Feefo

Getting feedback from customers on goods and services is crucial to effective marketing. New Media Knowledge met with one firm which is leveraging the Web to enable businesses to improve their business by better understanding customer feedback.

Web Analytics: An Epiphany

Ben Langdon of DMG, discusses a new vision of web analytics.

NMK Podcast - Episode Three - FindsYou

Guy Walker put his two decades of industry experience into forming FindsYou.com, a new website which alerts sellers with suitable buyers through an alert system and enables them to initiate contact.

Comparatively Speaking: Exclusive Interview with Kelkoo

A combination of the Credit Crunch and a rise in Web-savvy shoppers has led to steady growth for the e-commerce sector. New Media Knowledge talked shop to one of Europe’s biggest comparison services.

Business Brief: Best Practice for Banner Advertising

Figures out this month show that UK Web advertising grew by almost a fifth last year. With banner advertising forming a major part of the marketing mix, New Media Knowledge went in search of some best practice tips.

Business Briefing: How to Sell on the Web

Being able to compete online is a major area which small and medium-sized businesses in particular need advice. New Media Knowledge interviewed sales specialist Sean McPheat for some words of wisdom.

‘Mega Monday’ Bucks High Street Woes

Monday last week saw record online sales in the UK, as widely predicted. A combination of bargains, increased Web access and poor weather means that, more than ever, UK consumers are buying online. New Media Knowledge spoke to an affiliate marketing firm to see how high street brands can best leverage ecommerce.

Business Sites Handicapping SEO

Businesses are alienating a large section of the online market by failing to optimise their sites for disabled Web users.

Mobile Shopping Finally Here?

According to figures from Juniper Research's Mobile Web 2.0: Leveraging Location, IM, Social Web & Search report, mobile 2.0 applications currently generate $5.5 billion. With the sum expected to rise to $22.4 billion by 2013, businesses are unsurprisingly looking to target this lucrative market.

More Minorities Shop Online

The results of a new study by International Demographics have revealed how the number of purchases made online has increased sharply in US minority groups.

Online Business Embraces 2.0 Trends

Online businesses are planning to enhance their online customer experience by integrating rich Internet enhancements, such as personalisation and user-generated content. Over half of those questioned expect to roll out new features within the next six months and 93 percent are set to incorporate the technology by next year.

Safe Shopping in Second Life

Julie Stewart of Starfruit addresses concerns regarding real-life crimes such as fraud and identity theft in virtual worlds.

Accessibility for Better Business

Businesses of all sizes are missing out on opportunities to create new leads and make more sales because they aren’t following basic web accessibility practices. That’s according to a new white paper from CMS developer Squiz. Ian Delaney reports.

Brits to Spend £42bn Online in 2008

Thirteen years on since the first secure online shopping transaction in August 1994, e-retail represents a huge market for British retailers. The IMRG has released its annual statement detailing the current industry trends. Tim Hoang looks at the findings.

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