It’s Time to Go Beyond “Gee Whiz”
Grokdotcom: When it comes to using the Internet as a medium for sales, the game isn't about the wow of technology or the wow of design. It’s not even about the wow of marketing. E-commerce companies that have focused on the “wow” are going the way of the dodo, dying out faster than one major player every day; nobody even knows how fast the smaller ones are simply disappearing in silence. The time has come to move beyond wide-eyed wonder and put an emphatic wow into getting results. (2000-12-03)
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