Whether you are sending RFPs (Request for Proposal), or finding them in your inbox, you should understand their limitations. Long considered something between a business best practice and a necessary...

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Does Privacy Exist?

Let's get one thing clearly stated from the beginning: Any website or marketing service which illegally obtains information about any individual or group of individuals should be prosecuted to the...
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FedEx API Change Leaves Magento Users Shipless

Magento has become an industry standard in e-commerce, due to its flexibility and the sheer number of features that are available out-of-the-box and with no customization. For small online stores, in...
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Will New Proposals Challenge Net Neutrality?

The FCC is exploring some new proposals that many say will limit, if not outright destroy the concept of Net neutrality. Earlier this year we wrote about the shared fear of many that Internet Service...
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Who Governs the Internet?

Did you ever wonder who controls the domain names and the Internet? It's not GoDaddy like most people think. It's actually the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a Los...
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The War on Net Neutrality

I don't know about you, but I love coming home at night, kicking off the shoes, and just catching up on some television. Like many of you, I sometimes watch a show or movie by streaming it through...
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Measuring the Priorities of a New Web Design

Recently, my good friend and fellow Digital Mastermind Michael Reynolds, of Spinweb, posted a beautifully written blog entitled Why Your Fancy Website Plan is a Waste of Time. Companies often spend...
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Networking Today

There was a time when networking was industry events, lunch dates, golf games, and sharing tickets to a sporting event. In order to get to know the person that you would trust your business with, you...
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Drupal Commerce vs. Magento

In a previous blog, Michael Reich, our Vice President of Operations, presented an overview of Magento, the robust ecommerce platform that we believe is one of the best options available. This seems...
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Bounce Rate and Your ROI

Executives always need to reexamine their website with a view to understanding what their return on investment (ROI) has been, and what it can be for both the near future, and long term. They need to...
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What is Your ROI?

CommonPlaces CEO and President Ben Bassi discusses the importance of determining the ROI on your website, and lowering your bounce rate.
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Thank You, Epsilon!

It's not often that one of our clients takes the whole project team out to dinner at a posh restaurant to celebrate a successful launch. Epsilon was kind enough to give us this treat, and I want to...
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Why You Should Use Google Apps

Your IT department doesn't want to hear this, but Google's suite of apps for business can't be matched for the advantages it brings to your company's ROI. It is time to retire the server email and,...