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Know What Loads

Know What Loads

While it’s not on-going measurement or monitoring, simply getting familiar with all of the different components that load on your si... 0 Comments | Read More »

Offer Halloween Bundles

Offer Halloween Bundles

Bundling products together is a great way to sell items during the Halloween shopping season and attract curious site visitors. The... 0 Comments | Read More »

Keep Your Content Interesting

Keep Your Content Interesting

Connect with customers by offering content that will keep them interested in your company. Share helpful how-to tips, questions and... 0 Comments | Read More »

Segment Your Mobile Customers

Segment Your Mobile Customers

You can create segments based on the type of mobile devices used by consumers. This can be combined with the location and the device... 0 Comments | Read More »

Outsource Transient Needs

Outsource Transient Needs

The biggest benefit of short term outsourcing is that you are able to bring in an expert for a defined period of time to perform a t... 0 Comments | Read More »

Plan for Successful Promotions

Plan for Successful Promotions

A successful promotion should generate more activity, and may require a temporary ramp up of staff. Expect to receive more calls to ... 1 Comments | Read More »

Use a Social Media Management Application

Use a Social Media Management Application

To save time, use tools that enable you to manage all of your social media activities from a single administrative dashboard. These ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Track the Competition

Track the Competition

Pick your top five competitors and review their stores at least weekly. You may find one offering a 50-percent off sale, or a 2-for-... 0 Comments | Read More »

Change Your Theme

Change Your Theme

With modern shopping carts, it is easy to “reskin” your site with a different color theme or background. Give it try. It can change ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Focus on Keyword Prominence

Focus on Keyword Prominence

Keyword density is easy to understand but it isn’t as important to SEO as keyword prominence, which focuses on where the keywords ar... 0 Comments | Read More »

Clean Up the Site Weekly

Clean Up the Site Weekly

Assign someone to go through the home page, category pages, shopping cart, any other parts of your store where content might be chan... 0 Comments | Read More »

Clean Your Email Database

Clean Your Email Database

Email databases tend to go stagnant over time. Before the holidays is the perfect time to clean your database. Verify older email ad... 1 Comments | Read More »

Analyze Promotions From Last Year

Analyze Promotions From Last Year

Take time to analyze what worked last year. Go through old emails, offers, and messages and analyze sales and conversions. This a go... 0 Comments | Read More »

Create Consistent Promotional Messaging

Create Consistent Promotional Messaging

When you’re running a holiday promotion, make sure you promote it throughout all of your paid search campaigns — i.e., search, displ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Change Your Email Offers

Change Your Email Offers

Offering something of value in each email message is crucial. Presenting a similar discount each week will become boring. Recipients... 0 Comments | Read More »

Keep Recipients Engaged

Keep Recipients Engaged

Keeping your database fresh is vital to the overall health and deliverability of your emails. Major Internet service providers don’t... 0 Comments | Read More »

Offer Affiliates a Bonus

Offer Affiliates a Bonus

Affiliates who haven’t driven any traffic or sales may not have integrated your program onto their sites. A good way to get an affi... 0 Comments | Read More »

Maintain Some Margin

Maintain Some Margin

A team that has margin in its work calendar can fit in an extra project like video editing, when an opportunity is presented. While ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Explore all Potential Shipping Carriers and Services

Explore all Potential Shipping Carriers and Services

Hybrid shipping options that combine United States Postal Service delivery for the "final mile" with FedEx, UPS or DHL Global Mail f... 0 Comments | Read More »

Design to Reduce Error

Design to Reduce Error

The picking and packing of ecommerce orders can be repetitive, mistake-prone work. One of the most effective methods of eliminating ... 0 Comments | Read More »

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