eCommerce on the Internet has changed the world. The ease of access to goods. Integration of product info, reviews and ratings. With the web now enabling social connections through Facebook, Twitter and other sites, we are at the advent of another wave of growth through Social Commerce (shopping).
Social Commerce is going to unite the best [...]
I am a big fan of Virgin America and have shared some of my experiences in this blog. They are transforming an old and lethargic industry.
I came across an interesting post by Mike Volpe, VP of Marketing @ Hubspot Marketing, highlighting some keys to social media marketing. Porter Gail, CMO of Virgin Amercia, made these observations [...]
SXSW has been the place for social media to come onto the world stage over the last few years. This year a host of cool socially oriented companies, leading bloggers and Twitteristas are spreading the word about what is hot.
Today the social media keys to saving are:
1. Swapping – great way to turn your old [...]
Newsweek posted an informative article on what to do with old travel guides today. After you have made the trip they probably collect dust on your bookshelf, in a box in your cellar, under your bed. These are valuable to other people who want to travel. Put these valuable books back into cirulation..SWAP THEM! You would [...]
Lets face it everytime you turn these days someone is trying to get you to pick up the phone, buy this crappy product, support this cause and so on.
There are many “rip offs” that exist and a whole cottage industry coming up with these scams and implementing them.
Today Time Magazine posted a list of these [...]
Swap is the barter and exchange of goods. This was the predominant method of trading in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is coming back and playing an important role in our economy.
The popularity of cashless deals tends be countercyclical to overall economic conditions, fading when times are good and growing when things are bad. [...]
The book market is pretty traditional and staid, though there are many innovations that are occurring on the ways authors publish, books are distributed and the trading models for books.
The Kindle is one of the most revolutionary devices that is on the market and has great promise. The promise of eBooks had been on the horizon [...]
We live in an interesting time. Deepest recession since the Great Depression. There are some signs of stabilization which is good. This stabilization is the result of all the liquidity that has been pumped into the economy, not necessarily the result of an organic expansion yet. I am cheering for expansion but it is not [...]
Two sites that I like alot are SwapTree and DailyGrommet. Both of these sites have been featured as “cool sites” on this blog.
Great to see both of these emerging companies working together. DailyGrommet has featured SwapTree as it’s Grommet of the Day.
SwapTree, the leading swapping site on the web, was featured in Time’s Cheapskate Blog this week.
SwapTree continues to rapidly expand its user base and the inventory of items for swap on the site that include books, cd’s, dvd’s and video games.
In this economy being tapped by the “cheapskate” blog is another honor!
Way to go [...]
