WordPress Blog Hosting

Recently on a WordPress project I decided to look at one of the highly touted WP blog hosts to host our new WordPress project client demo site.  I am not going to name the WordPress Blog hosts  but its on of the 10 hosts that get listed as a top WordPress blog host.  I [...]

First Website – Who and How?

A friend of mine that works from Microsoft the other day asked me about developing a website for him.  I was surprised that he asked me but also flattered.  He is very sharp and and very technical, but I guess building websites is still an art form.   To be honest, I get asked the [...]

Sense of Urgency – Do it Now!

Lately I’ve been thinking about the speed at which I get things done.  Ever since I can remember I’ve always finished my tests, dinner, homework, projects faster than most of my peers.  My two sons were commenting to me that they also finish earlier than their peers in class.  Which got me thinking, why [...]

Consumer Research and Purchasing

I found a great resource for consumer purchasing behavior.  According to a Harris Interactive Brief 12/08, “Evolving the Prototypical Path to Purchase” the shopping begins here

Search Engines 20% Family Friends 15% Retail Stores 15% Retailer Website 9% Multi Brand Website (amazon) 9% Print Media 9% Prod Comp Websites 8% Mfg Wesbites 8% Blogs [...]

BlueFly – Social eCommerce

I’ve always loved BlueFly.com.  I have bought several dresses for my wife at BlueFly and she looks great in them.  The one in the pic is from BlueFly.  It was her Easter dress several years ago.  Anyway, they have come up with a very cool social networking site, Closet Confessions.  I love the [...]

Social Selling through distributed eCommerce

In my last post I spoke about distributed ecommerce, and coincidentally Internet Retailer’s April 2010 magazine issue has an article by Zak Stambor, Social Selling, that summarizes a few forerunner companies testing  Social Selling on Facebook.  Personally, I’ve always thought that Facebook needed an eCommerce revenue model to make legitimate profits outside of advertising.  [...]

WordPress Blogs

I am currently learning the ins and outs of WordPress.  I am interested in the ecommerce capabilities for small businesses.  A client is looking to develop an online  jewelry store so I am researching the possibilities.  I am also interested in Facebook ecommerce and Alvenda; distributed ecommerce.

My Yums Project

On my last project with Yums, I was the project manager on their new Flash website and optimized their Nexternal hosted ecommerce website that increased conversion rate by 30%.  We also put into place a coordinated email campaign process using iContact.  I also developed an Internet Marketing plan so Yums management could develop objectives [...]

About Steve Parker and BrainScouts

Ya, I’ve been called “The Web Guy”, “SEO Guru”, “The Internet Dude” and more.  I have been working in Information Technology since 1988.  In 1992, an EDS co-worker was their lead Web developer, and Andy turned me on to the World Wide Web.  In 1993 I began using an ISP out of Seattle called [...]

Hello Fort Worth, Texas

In July 2009, My wife and I moved back home to Fort Worth, Texas from the Denver, Colorado area.  I grew up in Arlington and Houston TX.  We are both happy to be back home near family.

I am looking for contract consulting work in the Internet industry, more specifically ecommerce – retail.  I’ve [...]