How online calendars can help retailers manage and save time.
October 4, 2023
One of the main problems that businesses have is efficient use of time. A retailer (or brand or sales rep) seeks on a daily basis to manage their time and optimize results. (I was reminded of this while reading a The Wall St. Journal article about time management for the family.) Businesses use a variety of tools to manage and save time, including email, texting, and Zoom.
Shop Local helps businesses in their quest to save time. We offer businesses a variety of services to help ...
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How integrating a messaging service into our e-commerce platform can help us acquire new customers.
January 31, 2023
It takes a lot of people to build a bridge, but just two to tango. This applies to the analog world as well as the digital one. In the digital space, I'm using tango to refer to messaging between two people. I believe messaging is a service we can add to our offering to diversify how our company Shop Local grows.
Different Networks Require a Different Number of Users in a Group
Andrew Chen in The Cold Start Problem states that a key difference among network models is the required minimum ...
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December 22, 2018
December 22, 2018
Walmartβs JetBlack service is now accepting text orders from customers. Are u getting customersβ mobile numbers? U should. :)
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January 5, 2017
January 5, 2017
From the NY Times, Thursday Jan.5, 2017
Start-Ups Hope Couples Say βI Doβ to Online Wedding Planning
Planning a wedding remains a largely traditional pursuit. For many couples, it is a frustrating months long project that requires sifting through masses of details and costs on venues, services and products. Now, a variety of start-ups are trying to cut down on that information overload by harnessing new technologies to capture a slice ...
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September 22, 2016
September 22, 2016
My recent column from Tableware Today Magazine: Using Facebook Messenger
More than 89% of users access Facebook on their mobile devices and check Facebook an average of 14 times a day. These folks have an intimate relationship with Facebook Messenger. Did you know you can create personal relationships with your customers by reaching out to them on Facebook Messenger? Are you even using Facebook Messenger in your business? And what exactly is Facebook Messenger anyway?
AMAZON TAPS TEXTERS IN STORE-SPY SERVICE from AP April 3, 2008 -- SEATTLE - Amazon.com's brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cellphones. Amazon TextBuyIt lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that's "Amazon" on the keypad) from anywhere ...
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