Archive for May, 2009

Getting Active_Scaffold to Work With Rails 2.3.2

Friday, May 15th, 2009

If you’re using Active_Scaffold and upgrading to Rails 2.3.2, here’s what worked for me.

  1. Update Rails to 2.3.2 (sudo gem update)
  2. Update Active_Scaffold to the latest version (script/plugin install –force git://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold.git)
  3. Install render_component plugin (script/plugin install git://github.com/lackac/render_component.git -r rails-edge)
  4. Start your application

Here are the resources which helped me:

Good luck!

Internet Marketing Dashboard Changes

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Two new changes were made to the dashboard this morning to assist with daily web site monitoring.

The first change allows you to track all of your web marketing campaign activity in the daily dashboard. You can see how much activity there is for the current day and lifespan of the campaign as well as click into each to get a detailed analysis of how it’s performing.

The second change will help provide more accurate dashboard statistics. You may now remove citizen statistics from the dashboard results by going into the citizen profile page and checking the “ignore stats” check box that displays when you edit a citizen. This is useful for removing your profile and test accounts from the dashboard stats.

Web Marketers, How Well Do You Know Your Visitors?

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Can your site anticipate the needs of your visitors? If not, you’re probably missing out on a lot of sales. When you visit a web site, would you prefer to stumble around looking for what you want (which most of us do) or would you like the site to evolve as you navigate through it, providing suggestions for what you’re looking for based on the previous content you’ve visited? Personally, I’d prefer the latter. Unfortunately, few web sites do this.

At Marketing for Mavens, our core purpose is to simplify web marketing management. Most of this focuses on making your life easier but we also want to focus on making your web visitors’ lives better. When we gather information on your visitors, we believe that it should be done in a win-win environment. You receive detailed information on what your visitors want and in return your visitors receive a personalized web experience that delivers the content and resources they need, in as few clicks as possible.

Remember, each person who comes to your site, comes with a purpose. The sooner you understand this purpose, the sooner you can begin building a relationship that can turn into a sale and blossom into a lifetime of service. Don’t expect your visitors to think like you do and find all of the information themselves. Evolve and personalize your site to your visitors and ensure they find what they’re looking for in as few clicks as possible.

Know your visitors, anticipate their needs, and deliver what they want.