NetLingo: word of the day: e-commerce czar
By Ben Robinson on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 at 2:31 PM PST In Ideas and rants, Random
NetLingo really is one of my favourite sites on the InterWeb, as I’ve said many times before – and here’s the latest term they’ve made me aware of:
e-commerce czar
A nickname for a senior-level exec charged with reforming an “old economy” company’s Internet and e-commerce strategies. The new program will have to cut the mustard in the new economy.
Comedy…. and how relevant at the moment, in the turbulent times we are going through. I guess there must be an accompanying “m-commerce czar” in some companies – although since Mobile is taking big hits in the world economy right now, perhaps not so many as last year…. 
There’s probably a number of Mobile companies you could think of right now that have one of these people in place – thinking about people I know in those sorts of roles, then their backgrounds are amazingly diverse – in fact, that’s probably what makes them very suitable for that type of role – the future is an uncertain place, so the more you’ve done, the more places you’ve been, and the more experience you have, the better placed you should be… I say should be….
You can read more on the excellent site that is NetLingo here.
[Via: NetLingo]
Great blog! I’m glad you tell your readers about NetLingo.com – I love that website because I’ve learned all kinds of important information about the online world, especially about all of those acronyms and text message shorthand my kids are using (LOL)! Being relatively new to all of this, my free subscription to the NetLingo word of the day emails really helps me keep up, plus they have all kinds of other tips and tools. I now actually enjoy learning a little bit about the online lingo each day. Keep up the good work!