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Announcing: Refresh, Redesign, and Relaunch of No Turn On Red

Found in: Site News
Tuesday
August 24, 2010
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Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve completed a pretty major overhaul of the site last week. Launched late Thursday, this is the first major refresh of this blog in nearly three years and I am very, very excited to share it with everyone. In addition to a new design of the site, I have completely revamped the underlying WordPress theme in an effort to make the blog more readable, archives more browsable, and content more shareable.

One of the challenges that I faced was how to deal with the archive of over 300 blog posts written since 2006. I spent a considerable amount of time reorganizing the category structure, reviewing tags, and creating a better archive page all in an effort to make the past content more accessible. All posts now have intergrated Twitter, Facebook, and Digg buttons to make sharing the content here easy.

If you do enjoy the content here, I hope you will consider subscribing to the RSS feed, following me on Twitter (@noturnonred), or Liking us on the new Facebook page (where our content is also syndicated).

As we enter the wind down of the Back to School season and prepare for the ramp up into the madness that is Q4 retail, I have exciting content and thoughts to share that I hope will get all of us through the busy season. Expect to also see some fresh content shared from ecommr and a new release of my Retail Twitter Aggregator, which shows a real time, one page view of what retailers are Tweeting.

Thanks for reading No Turn On Red!

Announcing: Retailer Twitter Aggregation

Found in: Site News, Twitter, Use of Social Media
Monday
January 12, 2009
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I was having a conversation with a colleague of mine who suggested that it would be interesting to see a list of all retailers’ Twitter accounts on one page. We agreed that it would be interesting to see how different retailers are using the same medium – are they promoting sales, offering ideas for their market, reaching out to customers?

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Most Popular Posts of 2008

Found in: Industry News, Retail, Site News
Wednesday
December 31, 2008
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I just took a look through my statistics for the year and have compiled a list of the most popular posts here on No Turn On Red. Looks like the real-time information provided by retailers via Twitter was the breakout topic that I wrote about this year.

Happy New Year to all my readers. May we all be surprised and see 2009 turn into a brighter year than we are all expecting! Thanks to everyone who visits, reads, and shares information from this blog. I do appreciate the readership!

Happy Thanksgiving

Found in: Black Friday, Holiday 2008, Site News
Thursday
November 27, 2008
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. Most American retailers are closed and weeks of preparation have led to this calm before the Black Friday storm. Tomorrow begins the heart of the Holiday shopping season, six day work weeks for retail managers, stressful weeks for the spouses of retail managers (like me!), and an all out sprint to the finish line that is Christmas day.

But instead of thinking about sales, hourly comp numbers, and keeping shelves stocked, I hope all those involved are enjoying a day with the ones they love and relaxing.

Announcing ecommr: a collection of e-commerce interface and design elements

Found in: Site News, ecommr
Monday
November 10, 2008
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Working in the e-commerce field, I often find myself looking at other retailers to gather ideas on how to best present various elements of e-commerce sites. From design to information architecture, I find it fascinating to see how different retailers tackle the same problems in different ways. I’m often looking at different retailers and constantly looking for changes, no matter how small, and trends in e-commerce design.

I always wanted to see a site that broke down e-commerce stores into their different elements. I wanted a resource that would allow me to see the various ways retailers display their products or style their “Add to Cart” buttons. There are sites that break down general web elements (see: Elements of Design) and sites that highlight e-commerce design (see: Carted Up), but still no resource that broke down the individual elements.

Of course, this is where I looked to do something about it.

Today, I am proud to announce the launch of ecommr. ecommr is a collection of screen captures of e-commerce design and interface elements. From product listing pages to e-mail newsletters, ecommr is a resource to view all of the individual pieces that make up the e-commerce puzzle. Right now, there are 87 elements from more than 20 retailers.

No Turn On Red won’t be going anywhere. I will use the content on ecommr as a jumping off point for larger discussions and spotlights of trends or patterns through e-commerce. Those discussions will take place over here while I try to keep ecommr editorial-free and keep conversations in the comments of each posted element.

I hope others find this as interesting as I do. I also hope that other people within the industry can get some use out of it, like I know I will. If you have any feedback, comments, or helpful advice, please let me know.

Again, the site is launched and available now at www.ecommr.com.