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The Five Key Elements Needed to Build an E-Commerce Web Site

I have been building web sites for many years but to be honest I have not dealt too much with e-commerce sites. It is definitely a niche specialty within the web design community and designers along with UX people (like myself) look at e-commerce sites differently. You have to not only deal with getting the [...]

What is your excuse for not having a web site?

Speaking to audiences at events, I often ask the small business owners and entrepreneurs if they have websites for their business or personal use. About half the room raises their hands. This is in line with the findings of the Small Business Success Index which put the figure at only 53% of Small Businesses in [...]

The Inexorable March of Technology, as Seen From the New Jersey Turnpike

I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, and shopped to their Black Friday/Cyber Monday satisfaction (ranging from “total abstention” to “shopped your brains out.”)
I left the ancestral home on Saturday night to try to beat traffic. It’s pretty much a straight shot down I-95, and normally the drive from the NJ suburbs to the VA [...]

Chris Hughes Co-Founder Facebook Speaks at the MD Tech Council

About 400 folks gathered at the Bethesda Marriott and Convention Center to listen to Chris Hughes Co-founder of Facebook and Developer of My.BarackObama.com.The event was hosted by the Tech Council of Maryland as part of their TECHknowledge Speaker Series.

Steve Silverman director of Montgomery County Economic Development Board set the mood when he said he wanted [...]

Interviewing Roost.com On How Social Media Can Be Used To Help Real Estate.

When you think about social media, you’re often thinking about what markets it can be used for. You might think it’s better suited for conversations for brands to interact with customers, customer support, or just to hold a contest. But rather, it can be used across all industries and used in many different ways. Even [...]

Real-Time Is Alive & Well At The TechCrunch Crunchup.

In late November, the folks at tech publication, TechCrunch decided that they wanted to hold another talk about the real-time. Held at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, the Real-Time CrunchUp was an event that showcased some great panel discussions and also had a pitch component where companies that were launching or about to launch [...]

Create Your Website in No Time! Free Webinar!

Join us on December 9th at 2pm EST to learn how to build and promote your website using our new and improved Website Builder & Marketing Tool. Create a professional looking website in no time, and at a price your budget can afford. After you’ve created your website, you can use the included online marketing [...]

Learn all about the ways to leverage the web from Network Solutions Product Managers

Just in case you missed our new video series “Interview with the Product Manager“, we we highlight Network Solutions Products and their respective product managers. In this first season of episodes, we will talk about the re-branding and what changes have occurred regarding new features, product mixes and discuss what is coming in the future.
Here [...]

Cyber Monday 2009 Deals from Network Solutions

I am assuming that all of you are sitting at your desk this Monday morning enjoying a cup of coffee or tea back at work after a busy Thanksgiving holiday and possibly some Black Friday shopping. So you missed out on those deals? Well, we can thank the Internet for e-commerce sites and the ability [...]

Black Friday 2009 Deals

Yesterday here in the United States we celebrated Thanksgiving Day (celebrated in Canada on the second Monday of October) where we shared literally a feast of food.
The day after Thanksgiving Day is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. Almost everyone calls it “Black Friday”. Stores have crazy sales, in some places they open [...]