Football’s been a dominant feature on the television screen these past few week, what with the NCAA College Football Bowls all wrapped up and the New England Patriots and New York Giants getting ready for a Super Bowl rematch come Feb. 5. So my purpose in writing this blog post is to show you how [...]
It’s been a couple of weeks since most New Year’s Eve celebrants made their resolutions for 2012, and there actually might be a few folks this far into the year who are still sticking to the program. This is the time of year that people reflect on and address experiences from the previous year and [...]
The sound of music, it seems, has become a big part of everybody’s lives these days, and we’re not talking about the Julie Andrews musical. With incredible advances in technology, music comes with a new vocabulary, with devices like the iPod replacing Walkman and CDs replacing vinyl and brand new words like shuffle, flash memory [...]
Like everybody else, I’ve got the holidays all up in my head, wondering if I’m fully prepared for the chaotic weeks ahead. In today’s post, I want to highlight two products that helped prepare others for the unexpected. But first, here’s some back-story: My parents are driving from Chicago to Utah to be with my [...]
In today’s blog post I want to talk about the opportunity to market products to collectors. We all know someone who collects stuff — in fact, I’ve learned that a lot of my fellow Dobans who are collectors. When I recently asked a few of our affiliated retailers what it is exactly that they like [...]
Halloween is history and the holiday season is moving ahead full steam with the busiest retail time of the year already upon us. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how online retailers can take advantage of consumers’ everyday needs as well as their holiday shopping requirements. My wife and I are in [...]
Looking at the calendar, the average everyday consumer probably assumes it’s way to early to be thinking about shopping for the holidays. But for those of us in the online shopping biz, it’s time to hit the deck running. In this blog post, I’m going to be discussing two products that will please kids and [...]
Most families choose to move to a new home or apartment in the summer months so they don’t disrupt their children by moving during the school year. As a result, you’ll begin to see a lot of moving vans on the highways around this time. That takes preparation. And with preparation comes a need. In [...]
It’s been a bad year for weather and disasters all over the globe, with everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, tornadoes to flooding, long winters and short springs headlining the news around the world. So I guess I’m dedicating this post to the proposition that it’s never too early to take stock of your readiness should [...]
Congratulations! You’ve decided to embark on a career as an online retailer. And with Doba as a resource, it will be simple to set up a website, find product to sell, and start filling all those incoming orders, right? Not so fast, bucko. It’s absolutely true that you can be a successful online retailer using [...]
