The Messaging Times

Although Cyber Monday sales fell short of the hopeful prediction of $900 Million, it sure came close and even matched the biggest online spending day in history, December 9th, 2008. At the end of the day, Cyber Monday sales reached $887 Million, a 5 percent increase over last year. * Source: ComScore The success of the day stemmed more from... Read More →

ComScore will publish the 2009 Cyber Monday sales figures tomorrow, but preliminary reports suggest that it may be a record year, with estimates of over $900 Million for the day. Amazon and Walmart appear to be on top of the online shopping cart. “…Shares of Amazon soared to an all-time high on Monday on optimism over the company’s... Read More →

I did my part to boost the US economy this Cyber Monday by doing some Christmas shopping on amazon.com. Did you? What I didn’t do was find incredible bargains on Amazon or anywhere else I looked. Sure, there were some discounted items, but no more so than any other day of the year when I shop online – no major deals that inspired... Read More →

The pilgrims were thankful after traveling to an unknown land – a land that did not have hospitals, transportation, housing or schools. They came with a dream and a hope for a better life. And they built it. Would we be so brave today? Here’s to all of today’s leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and activists who take risks... Read More →

Earlier today I recommended that you take some time to make your autoresponse emails more effective and leverage the opportunity to promote your brand and inspire some action. The same concept applies to any other situations where canned or auto-generated content is used. Today, I found a very creative example of an unsubscribe link. Rather... Read More →