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Death of a Salesman: A resurgent Internet is transforming e-commerce

September 1st, 2004 | Written By: Jay Baer
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You’ve heard it all before, right? Circa 1998. The Internet, with its 24×7 hours and minuscule overhead is going to put American retailers out of business. It’s just a matter of time before operational efficiencies triumph over brand and physical location, and quaint stores disappear faster than Diamondbacks’ pitching.
Well, it didn’t quite work out that [...]

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Jay Baer
Greetings. I'm Jay Baer. I'm a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. I've founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I've worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. I'm a frequent social media conference speaker, and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. How can I help you?
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