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Advertise With Social Word-of-Mouth

Advertise With Social Word-of-Mouth

If your site sells products that can benefit from word-of-mouth marketing, then Facebook is a great tool to use. You can put special... 0 Comments | Read More »

Expand Your PPC Ads

Expand Your PPC Ads

PPC ad extensions allow you to provide more relevant information in your ads and increase the space your ads take up. While individ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Cross-platform Marketing with SoLoMo

Cross-platform Marketing with SoLoMo

The term "SoLoMo" signifies combining social, local, and mobile marketing to connect with potential customers. It seeks to particip... 1 Comments | Read More »

Give Your Affiliates Content

Give Your Affiliates Content

After an affiliate is approved, it gets access to the retailer’s advertising inventory. This should include a variety of advertisin... 0 Comments | Read More »

Plan Beyond the Sale

Plan Beyond the Sale

If you’re planning to sell your business, be sure to think about what you will do afterwards. You may need to work for the company ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Navigation Helps SEO

Navigation Helps SEO

SEO is a war of a thousand small battles. Relevance and value, or quality, are the foundation of SEO. A site's navigation has the po... 0 Comments | Read More »

Focus SEO on Conversion

Focus SEO on Conversion

Search marketing's ultimate goal isn't usually to drive more traffic; it's to convert more sales. More traffic just creates more ser... 0 Comments | Read More »

Target Your Email Subject Lines

Target Your Email Subject Lines

A well written email subject line can increase open rates and, potentially, increase conversions. An email with a poorly written sub... 0 Comments | Read More »

Find Legal Forms Online

Find Legal Forms Online

Hiring attorneys for issues such as incorporation, contracts, or business sales can be extremely expensive for small businesses. The... 0 Comments | Read More »

Forget The Fold

Forget The Fold

The Fold, or the top 600 pixels of your website, has traditionally been the focus of web design, because it was what customers could... 0 Comments | Read More »

Fulfill Email Expectations

Fulfill Email Expectations

Consumers are very sensitive to what they are receiving in their inbox — emails are permission based, after all. For this reason, m... 0 Comments | Read More »

Include a Content Slider

Include a Content Slider

A content slider allows a retailer to show shoppers products, specials, or information in a visually appealing way. Sliders also mak... 0 Comments | Read More »

Emphasize Site Search

Emphasize Site Search

Search is perhaps the most important navigation feature on a retail website. Make sure that your search field is in an obvious spot ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Provide Sufficient Product Information

Provide Sufficient Product Information

The higher the price tag, the more information the customer expects. This is especially vital for products such as engagement rings ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Use SEO Affiliates For Marketing

Use SEO Affiliates For Marketing

I you don’t have an internal search team you may be able to rely on affiliates to fulfill that function. And since it’s based on rev... 0 Comments | Read More »

Consider Dynamic Navigation

Consider Dynamic Navigation

A basic site-search may no longer be sufficient. You may want to consider a dynamic site-search that can return products similar to... 0 Comments | Read More »

Beware Credit-Card Processing Pricing

Beware Credit-Card Processing Pricing

The new Durbin Amendment and interchange-plus pricing do not automatically guarantee that your merchant account provider is giving y... 0 Comments | Read More »

Be a ‘One Percenter’

Be a ‘One Percenter’

The 90-9-1 Principle states that 90 percent of web users rarely contribute, 9 percent contribute occasionally, and that there is one... 0 Comments | Read More »

Make Your Site Bot-Friendly

Make Your Site Bot-Friendly

When designing your site to be attractive to shoppers, be sure to make it friendly to search-engines as well. Try visiting your sit... 0 Comments | Read More »

Prepare for Online Holiday Shopping

Prepare for Online Holiday Shopping

Despite the poor economy, ecommerce sales have been growing steadily. However, many shoppers this year are resolved to spend less m... 0 Comments | Read More »

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