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Passing Variables

19 Jan

gearsAs a direct marketer I often find myself in the position where we need to pass data from one page to the next. The problem is with many vendors they do not allow you direct access to the source code for dynamic pages. The workaround that we have used for many clients is to pass variables from page to page using the query string (URL) and JavaScript.

I’ve included a code snippet that makes this easy and some examples of how you can use the data once passed.

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Feeding the Twitter Beast

19 Jan

twitter_iconI was not an early adopter of Twitter. The idea of micro-blogging about how my day is going and what I am doing this very second always seemed like a huge waste of time. I think the basic flaw with the service is in the way that they phrase the initial question to new users… “What are you doing right now?” This incessive question can be endless and there are certainly people that answer it with what type of sandwich they are having for lunch or that they are feeling ________ (verb) right now.

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