RE: UKNM: Ugh i'm mad (what is e-business?)

[Marshall, Jeff]

In response to my response to someone else's post, 


 Simon Stokes asked...

> - Finally are you an e-business if you procure on-line.  

> Companies like

> www.buy.co.uk (interest declared) can help small and medium 

> business buy

> with the same power/discounts as large corporations - surely 

> this counts as

> shaking up your business using e-commerce?

> 

> >  Ray Taylor said:

> > > e-business is fundamental, and I would like to ask for

> > > others' views.

> >

> > Here's my 2 centsworth:

> >

> > Any business (b2b or b2c) needs to meet 3 fundamental objectives

> (apologies

> > to Don Pepper et al):

> >

> > - - acquire new customers

> > - - retain existing customers

> > - - increase the profitability of every customer.

> [cut]

> 

> 

Answer is absolutely YES - fits perfectly into my definition, because it's

meeting objective 3 at least, and probably indirectly, objective 2.


Jeff Marshall

WorldWide Web Services Limited

(a member of VIA Net Works Inc.)



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