http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Richard+D+S+Hill Internet Richard D S Hill Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=887940&ca=Internet One of the biggest misconceptions people have surrounding about e commerce is that it is just an online shopping cart. But ecommerce can help almost any business to save money, increase sales, provide better customer service and cash flow. How? By offering additional features, tools or services to b... Internet Richard D S Hill Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=834718&ca=Internet Well it is unless you’ve thought first about all the other things that will decide whether your website will be a success of failure. Sure good, or preferably great, design is lovely to have but it really is a complete waste of time if no one sees the site or does what you want when they get there.... Internet Richard D S Hill Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=812675&ca=Internet "If you can not measure it, you can not improve it." William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS PRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) Perhaps, not a very fashionable view today, but it is true. Unless you believe that 'subjective improvement' (i.e. something based on or influenced by personal... Internet Richard D S Hill Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1451826&ca=Internet If you have a website and have not yet read the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance to the new EU cookie laws then we suggest you do so. Website owners / publishers have until May 26th 2012 to comply. The ICO has powers to fine website owners up to Ł500,000 for serious breaches! This la... Internet Richard D S Hill Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=760532&ca=Internet When people in a business start thinking about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay per Click (PPC) or Social Media (SM) they generally start by thinking how it can benefit the business. That, of course makes sense, but some outside in thought is also a good idea – in other words, how do people use... Internet Richard D S Hill Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1384136&ca=Internet Web design = front end. Web development = back end. It’s that simple. Or is it? Especially when you are choosing a web design company. A website has a whole load of facets – at least the following and this list is in no way exhaustive: * accessibility * browser compatibility * colour * content crea... Internet Richard D S Hill Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=735117&ca=Internet If you live in the UK, you may have heard or seen (outdoor, radio, press, online) adverts recently from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), aimed at raising awareness of the fact that its remit is being extended to cover marketing on websites from 1 March 2011. From then, marketing communicat... Internet Richard D S Hill Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1332161&ca=Internet Do you have a mobile web and mobile search strategy? You should have one. Why? People love their mobile phones so changes are cascading affecting all aspects of online behaviour and marketing. More internet users will access the web through mobile devices than PCs by 2015. YouTube is predicting mob... Internet Richard D S Hill Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=701211&ca=Internet Imagine yourself in 1999 just before the millennium. What would you have said about ecommerce then? Let’s look at what actually happened in the USA (for which good statistics exist and which is just ahead of the UK curve). Since 2000, US ecommerce has had a compound annual growth rate of 19%. Over t... Internet Richard D S Hill Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=650621&ca=Internet B2B Ecommerce covers Ecommerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler or between a wholesaler and a retailer. A recent US report, “Online B2B Marketing in the United States: Assessment and Forecast to 2010” reports an increasing focus on the online channel f...