After seeing a video with Todd Birkholz of The Outdoor Channel and Chris Burget of Bulls and Beavers I became interested in what the newly redesigned Outdoor Channel Website was offering. I checked out the site and saw a lot of features to be valuable to visitors. There is a ton of great video content (as expected) on the site and the layout of the site’s elements is simple and easy to navigate. It’s a great site for those who love the outdoors…

The competition for the attention of hunters is heating up online and some folks are using quality hunting picture galleries to attract attention away from the competition. My personal favorites tend to be the galleries that are easy on the eyes, easy to navigate and the ones that have the best photos of trophy game. My favorite type of hunting is bowhunting for whitetails so I always love seeing great photos related to this hunting niche. Here are the best hunting picture galleries…

I’ve been a reader of Field & Stream for quite some time. I’ve learned much from their annual articles about whitetail deer hunting and still look forward to their expert reviews on the latest in hunting gear. One of the reasons for the success of the Field & Stream Website I have to believe is their photo gallery. I subscribe to the Field & Stream Newsletter and it seems they are always including remarkable photographs from the outdoors. These photos are often reader-submitted, which is great…

Google Commerce was rolled out with Birkenstock and it seems to be a big step for companies with a focus on ecommerce. The step may not be directly related to Google Commerce Search, but the trend that Google Commerce Search addresses is certainly important for businesses with an ecommerce presence as well as for companies with any Web presence.

Marketing, thanks to the advances in connection and communication on the Web, is giving people a chance to meet on an individual level. The Web allows businesses and to move away from segmenting and toward a more individual relationship with consumers. With a landing page you are acknowledging the specific individuals that click on the link on your Twitter profile.

Working with a Web programmer and designer can be a great experience. However, when it comes to actually working to develop a Website that is focused on converting sales, simple things tend to get lost in the excitement of getting the site launched. During the process of launching the site we all have the tendency to include too many features while the features that really matter (the converting features) lose priority on the Web page. Let’s look at a few tips you can use when developing your new business Website…

Even in today’s difficult economic times there seem to be opportunities for entrepreneurs to expand their product and service offerings to fulfill the needs of audiences throughout the US and the World – this includes businesses like yours in the hunting industry.

A regular email campaign is one of the best ways to connect with your customers while also driving traffic to your site as well as driving sales of your products and services. I’ve been paying attention to a few email campaigns in the hunting industry over the past few months and a few have stuck out as being very impactful with their design, content, and innovation.

The folks at Smashing Magazine have the blogging game figured out. Their posts are extremely valuable for readers, audience, and customers. Highlighting the success of other companies and bloggers is a strategy you can use to grow your blog’s status and impact while building relationships with bloggers, other business leaders on the Web, and most importantly your customers (this relationship leads to sales and profit). Let’s take a closer look at the success of Smashing Magazine and a few ways you can use their success as an example when building your blog for your hunting business…

There is so much noise on the Web that it’s difficult to get your Website and content noticed. I remember just a year or two ago there were only a few basic hunting Websites that offered things such as photos, forums, and a few had blogs. Today, there are more hunting social networking sites than a person can count.