Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News articles from August 2000

Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News archives from August 2000

Consumers don't want wireless web....yet.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Despite the industry buzz circulating around the idea of the coming wireless Internet, a new Forrester Research report indicates, the North American buying public simply doesn't care. But it will, the report says, as consumers come to...

E-Mail billing to surpass web-based billing.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... By the year 2005, slightly more than one-third of allelectronic bills will be sent via e-mail by 2005, according to a recent report on e-commerce trends. The study, conducted by online research firm Killen & Associates Inc., looked at the...

Web sites accessible via phone with netECHOT. (New Services).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... InternetSpeech.com has taken the wraps off a system that allows businesses to make their existing Web sites accessible by regular phone. Known as netECHOT Business, the software-based service is said to be much less expensive than...

TNT Intros Int'l Web Payment Service. (New Services).(Abstract)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The TNT Post Group (TPG) has launched an international Web payment service for e-commerce portals that allows for multiple ways to pay. To date, the firm says, e-commerce sites have only allowed online customers to pay by credit or...

Online Ads, Viral Marketing Boost New Sites.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Spending gobs of cash on advertising isn't the only way for a Web site to make a smashing debut. Sometimes the Internet equivalent of word-of-mouth can bring millions of people to your site, according to a Media Metrix report released on...

The Wall Street Journal's Virtual Opinions. (Sites).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Dow Jones & Co. said Friday it had launched a free Web site called Opinion Journal.com, to offer original daily commentary in addition to selected items from the subscription-based Wall Street Journal newspaper and Web site. In a July 27 press...

Business information online and searchable. (Sites).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2000... Indexonly.com is said to be a unique service that, unlike any other online directory or search engine, provides "quick and easy access" to relevant business information using a franchise business model to ensure accuracy. With 17 million...

Editor's Corner: Your Customer's E-Mail Address is Hard To Come By.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... There's an interesting paradox about developing e-mail lists that few may be aware of. Millions of surfers flying around the Web plunk their e-mail addresses down in exchange for very little: the promise of announcements on selected topics,...