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E-mails sent on Fridays…

By Ken McCarthy in Marketing news 11

Do you want to get the highest possible open rate for your e-mail?

If you do it makes a difference which day you mail…

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The one I’ve been waiting for

By Ken McCarthy in Selling Physical Products

In 1994, when I lived in San Francisco, I published a little eight-page newspaper called the Internet Gazette.

My friend Jim Warren, founder of the Computer Faire, the original consumer PC show, gave me the idea and it worked like …

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A TV channel of your own

By Ken McCarthy in Internet TV

I got this from J.D. Lasica’s book “Darknet”, which I strongly recommend you get and read.

One of the most interesting characters Lasica found in the course of researching the new Internet video world is a guy who goes by …

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Why shoppers drop the ball

By Ken McCarthy in Marketing news 1

Imagine this scenario: A prospect has come to your site, selected what he wants, taken out his credit card and is ready to pay.

Then he changes his mind.

Wouldn’t it be good to know why?

Here’s why..

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A book to get: “Darknet” by J.D. Lasica

By Ken McCarthy in Media Industry

I’ve got to thank Amazon for recommending this one to me…

I’m only about a third of the way through and I’ve already gotten ten times my money’s worth.

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What’s up?

By Ken McCarthy in Uncategorized 0

Most of my creative energy at the moment is going into two projects…

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