Author Archives: Raghu Kakarala
When Doing Good is Good Business
ShareI have come across two great examples recently where doing good is good business. I sense this is more than just a coincidence and is really a trend that should be monitored if not co-opted by other firms. The two things I came across are uniquely well conceived online marketing plans/ideas. So before I riff [...]
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eTail 2007 Wrapup: It is Time to Separate From the Herd
ShareLast week the top internet retailers in the country convened at eTail 2007 to learn what their peers are doing, listen to vendor’s pitches of new products and services, and to commiserate about the state of their industry. In my post from the conference last week I had commented on the recent lack of innovation [...]
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Its Valentine’s day – a day for rest for those in ecommerce, and other musings from the first day of eTail 2007
ShareI am attending the eTail 2007 conference this week. The first session of the day just wrapped and as I take a chance to go to the Starbucks in the lobby and hop online I have a chance to see the battle weary but happy faces of the ecommerce merchants around me. It’s Valentine’s day [...]
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SoCon07 – The Webnorati of Atlanta Speak Out
ShareThis past weekend’s SoCon07 event was a big success, with 100 people attending the Friday night dinner session and well over 200 people attending Saturday’s conference -held at Kennesaw State University. The Friday night dinner session consisted of table discussions moderated by some of Atlanta’s leading internet thought leaders, such as Jeff Haynie, Sanjay Parekh, [...]
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Mob Rule: Can you Digg it?