Category Archives: Best business practices

Tablets and mobile phones are NOT the same experience

Posted on January 3, 2013 by markkolier

Over the past month I feel as if I have had countless conversations with on the subject of people who use mobile devices and tablets to search and purchase goods and services. In looking at Google Analytics data for our … Continue reading →

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Christmas to New Year’s – maybe my favorite week of the year

Posted on December 24, 2012 by markkolier

I was thinking about that yesterday. How here on Christmas Eve (a Monday this year) I actually looked forward to going to my office since I knew most people were either not working or not working the way they usually … Continue reading →

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Annoying Automated Algorithmic ‘Suggestions’

Posted on December 17, 2012 by markkolier

I’m not sure if Amazon.com was the first company to offer crowd-sourced algorithmic suggestions of books I might like to read based on my browsing and buying history but certainly Amazon was one of the first.  I’ve written about this … Continue reading →

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Ode to the New York Knicks – watching a high functioning team is inspiring

Posted on December 12, 2012 by markkolier

As my fellow Knick fans also know, there rarely has been that kind of commitment and performance since 1973. This is not to disparage the two NBA finals teams (1994-95 and 1999-2000) but those teams cannot be compared to the … Continue reading →

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A few surefire ways to abuse social media

Posted on December 5, 2012 by markkolier

Like so many things in the world when it comes to social media there’s a definite etiquette that has existed and continues to evolve. I myself – an active user and marketer of social media – am very aware of … Continue reading →

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Will Serial cookie deleters change online tracking for the better?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by markkolier

Last week I had lunch with a friend who I met through business. He runs a very good company that helps other companies manage and leverage their data as well as aggregate outside data to help make accurate real-time marketing … Continue reading →

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Count me in but are you ready to work in the cloud?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by markkolier

In the aftermath of the storm called Sandy it was difficult for many U.S. east coast residents to work last week – normally or not. While my family and I were in large part spared from being without power at … Continue reading →

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The days the East Coast world stood still

Posted on October 31, 2012 by markkolier

I had not planned on working at home just yet but necessity being the mother of invention, I am now living a possibility I only talked about.  And no I am not yet sure if I like it or not … Continue reading →

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CheapOair.com – good online travel but what about the company name?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by markkolier

In recent weeks I’ve noticed a ‘new’ (or what I thought was a new) online travel site called http://www.CheapOair.com. When I first saw the television spot I thought I was watching a misplaced skit from Saturday Night Live. There couldn’t … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn might be getting a little too pushy

Posted on October 10, 2012 by markkolier

Most of the business professionals I know have a LinkedIn account. Recently I’ve seen a number of my LinkedIn contacts becoming much more active on the platform. That’s a good thing in my opinion as the platform is being used … Continue reading →

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