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	<title>Comments on: 2008 Online Holiday Shopping Season in Review</title>
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		<title>By: What Does the Future Hold for E-Commerce? &#124; Adam McFarland's Blog - Musings of a Balding 26 Year Old Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/01/15/2008-online-holiday-shopping-season-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1834</link>
		<dc:creator>What Does the Future Hold for E-Commerce? &#124; Adam McFarland's Blog - Musings of a Balding 26 Year Old Entrepreneur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I say &#8220;only&#8221; because many physical retailers saw drops in the 20% - 30% range (see Mike&#8217;s post and this Reuters article for specific numbers).  We&#8217;re a little unique because we&#8217;re [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I say &#8220;only&#8221; because many physical retailers saw drops in the 20% &#8211; 30% range (see Mike&#8217;s post and this Reuters article for specific numbers).  We&#8217;re a little unique because we&#8217;re [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Li</title>
		<link>http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/01/15/2008-online-holiday-shopping-season-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1767</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Li</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Adam G. what is up,

I see Adam M. did mention me going over tactics but my post mainly focused on a review of the 2008 online holiday shopping season, including some of the numbers we did in comparison to last year. It&#039;s just some miscommunication.  

Anyways I did do a post in December where I went over some of the most important things that we took into account in our holiday marketing plan and what we did to take advantage of it. Here&#039;s the post http://www.michael-li.com/holiday-marketing-2008/2008/12/12/. 

It was a great finish to 2008 and I&#039;m excited to try some new things this year.

M.Li</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adam G. what is up,</p>
<p>I see Adam M. did mention me going over tactics but my post mainly focused on a review of the 2008 online holiday shopping season, including some of the numbers we did in comparison to last year. It&#8217;s just some miscommunication.  </p>
<p>Anyways I did do a post in December where I went over some of the most important things that we took into account in our holiday marketing plan and what we did to take advantage of it. Here&#8217;s the post <a href="http://www.michael-li.com/holiday-marketing-2008/2008/12/12/" rel="nofollow">http://www.michael-li.com/holiday-marketing-2008/2008/12/12/</a>. </p>
<p>It was a great finish to 2008 and I&#8217;m excited to try some new things this year.</p>
<p>M.Li</p>
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		<title>By: Adam McFarland</title>
		<link>http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/01/15/2008-online-holiday-shopping-season-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1763</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam McFarland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Adam -

Very observant :) This one is my bad.  Everyone gave me a basic outline of what their posts would be.  I wrote that intro post before I actually got any of them (to save time as I was leaving for vacation).  I probably should have waited.

For the most part though, this holiday season our marketing was pretty simple:  create irresistible specials, hit our email list with them pretty hard, and announce them on all of the forums we sponsor.  Simple, but word gets out if you&#039;re running something unique and people generally like your company.   

Hopefully next year we&#039;ll get to try some more stuff :)

A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adam -</p>
<p>Very observant <img src='http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  This one is my bad.  Everyone gave me a basic outline of what their posts would be.  I wrote that intro post before I actually got any of them (to save time as I was leaving for vacation).  I probably should have waited.</p>
<p>For the most part though, this holiday season our marketing was pretty simple:  create irresistible specials, hit our email list with them pretty hard, and announce them on all of the forums we sponsor.  Simple, but word gets out if you&#8217;re running something unique and people generally like your company.   </p>
<p>Hopefully next year we&#8217;ll get to try some more stuff <img src='http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>A</p>
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		<title>By: My Guest Post on Adam&#8217;s Blog - Michael Li</title>
		<link>http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/01/15/2008-online-holiday-shopping-season-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1750</link>
		<dc:creator>My Guest Post on Adam&#8217;s Blog - Michael Li</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the complete post of 2008 Online Holiday Shopping Season in Review on Adam&#8217;s [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Adam Gilbert</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam Gilbert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s up Mike!

Awesome to see you here.

&quot;He’s going to talk about our tactics, as well as who the overall winners and losers were in terms of traffic and sales this holiday season.&quot;

I guess you&#039;re skipping the tactics part? Was curious to hear and see what you&#039;re doing to make it happen...but, I do understand if you don&#039;t want to share.

Hope all is well and congrats on a great 2008!

-A</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s up Mike!</p>
<p>Awesome to see you here.</p>
<p>&#8220;He’s going to talk about our tactics, as well as who the overall winners and losers were in terms of traffic and sales this holiday season.&#8221;</p>
<p>I guess you&#8217;re skipping the tactics part? Was curious to hear and see what you&#8217;re doing to make it happen&#8230;but, I do understand if you don&#8217;t want to share.</p>
<p>Hope all is well and congrats on a great 2008!</p>
<p>-A</p>
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