‘Competing with the Singleminded’

Speaking of first-mover advantage, we enjoyed reading this post by the estimable Seth Godin. Godin notes the challenges for companies trying to compete against internet business models while forced to protect existing models and channels.  He writes: “This conversation happens … Continued

Take First-Mover Advantage in TransactionalRSS

ShoppeSimple’s founder and CEO Jeff Giesener recently sent out this letter, and I thought I’d share it with you here on the blog: Closing the Gap Source: compete.com In new technologies you hear about the term “first-mover advantage” – the first … Continued

Closing the Gap

It’s incredibly gratifying to the team here to see RSSCheck’s ShoppeSimple TransactionalRSS (TRSS) tools out there working for clients…proving the concept that if merchants have a suite of easy, web-based SaaS tools to deliver product deals to customers where and … Continued

Conversation to Conversion

The buzzword in marketing today is “conversation”.  Social media gives you an unprecedented opportunity hear your customers, become a part of conversations, spread your message and build your brand.  But marketers continue to face the challenge of converting conversation into … Continued

Stop Explaining, Just Give Us What We Want

The fact is that RSS use is growing fast.  And for good reason — it’s insanely useful.  But the term RSS still gets plenty of blank stares in casual conversation.  And that’s OK.   If you’ve checked out some of our … Continued

ShoppeSimple News: New Client Online

Welcome to Swanson Health Products — the newest e-commerce site using ShoppeSimple’s TransactionalRSS technology to grow their sales and profits.  You can see and share their ShoppeSimple hub here. You can keep track of the list of “ShoppeSimple Sites” on the … Continued

RSS Use Higher Than You’d Think

Talk to most people not in tech or marketing about RSS and you get a lot of blank stares. But you don’t need to know the technology to use it.  For example, a June 2008 study by digital agency Razorfish … Continued

TransactionalRSS – From News to Commerce

Ever have a radio you couldn’t turn off?  That’s advertising in our world today.  Sometimes it’s relevant, sometimes it’s not.  Sometimes, someone’s shouts cut through the din and make you pay attention.  Most of the time, it’s just there — … Continued