October 7th, 2009
We are consistently looking for new and inexpensive ways to market our E-commerce sites. Like many E-commerce sites, we operate on a shoestring budget, and are always looking for the least expensive ways to promote our site. We have found one of the best ways to market the site, with a very small budget is [...]
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September 25th, 2009
There have been lots of little hints that Twitter is a good place for businesses to establish a presence: the low barrier to entry, the rapid adoption rate, and so on. Now here’s another: a new study indicates that Twitter users are more receptive to advertising than people who use other social networks.
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September 9th, 2009
Mobile commerce is ahead of its time, says a report by eMarketer published on September 4.
[…] mobile commerce is still in its infancy. Web-enabled mobile phone users are much more likely to employ their devices to get weather forecasts, read news, find movie times and bank online than to buy products. Consumers are willing to [...]
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August 27th, 2009
Here are several excerpts from a very good article by Michael Greenberg, COO of Loyalty Lab, How Customer Loyalty Differs Online:
Customer loyalty in the online world is not the same as offline. Substitutes are just a click away vs. down the street offline. Customers expect you to know everything that’s ever happened between you online, [...]
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August 14th, 2009
If you want a sure way of increasing profits you should start looking inside your business. Shifting your sales focus from attracting new customers to enticing your proven customers to buy again is one way to increase your sales dramatically.
I’m not saying you should stop looking for new customers—not at all. However, it makes sense [...]
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August 5th, 2009
The Google Checkout Store Gadget is a game-changer for small business. In combination with the excellent Google Docs tool, this promises to make creation of small ecommerce stores easier than ever. Google rolled out the technology preview in April, and it is now fully in Google Labs now.
As many of you know I’m a big [...]
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July 22nd, 2009
Moving customers through the checkout process effectively is a critical element toward closing any sale online. Providing your customers choose to order directly from your website rather than over the phone, the information you present to them during checkout is ultimately what will help them decide whether or not to complete the purchase.
Throughout this process [...]
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July 17th, 2009
I’m building an online store with the help of a consultant and when we started talking about shopping cart backend systems, he told me that a standard SSL certificate was not sufficient for my needs and that I needed an “extended SSL certificate”? What is that, and is he right, or is it a [...]
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June 24th, 2009
E-commerce sites are becoming more and more popular these days with everyone wanting to make their products and services easily purchasable straight from the website.
Google are already helping you out here! Google Product Search lets you submit your products, which will then allow shoppers to easily and quickly find your site.
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June 9th, 2009
To be successful in ecommerce you need to be proactive not passive. Continually analyzing to discover problem points and testing methods that better those points is essential. You must market, promote, adapt and be willing to go out on a limb in some cases — thinking outside the box. You must continually monitor the customer [...]
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