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6 Quick Tips to Capture Those Holiday Sales Now

6 Quick Tips to Capture Those Holiday Sales Now

Holiday shopping is well underway this year, which means many consumers have already begun looking for those special gifts. A... 0 Comments | Read More »

Great Ideas for The Holidays: Part 1

Great Ideas for The Holidays: Part 1

For many merchants, the holiday season is the largest sales period of the year. In this “Great Ideas for the Holidays” series, ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Sharable Coupons Can Boost Sales

Sharable Coupons Can Boost Sales

What our friends and relations think matters to us. I care about what my wife thinks of my new shirt, and when I got a 12-inch... 0 Comments | Read More »

Video Boosts Online Sales, Merchants Confirm

Video Boosts Online Sales, Merchants Confirm

With the holidays ahead, and a new inflatable fruit cake product selling only sparsely, Seattle toy store Archie McPhee this ... 4 Comments | Read More »

Survey: Female Shoppers are Influenced by Their Friends

Survey: Female Shoppers are Influenced by Their Friends

Personal recommendations and coupons or flyers passed on by friends are key factors in how female shoppers select products, acc... 0 Comments | Read More »

Secure Checkout Most Important in Attracting New Customers

Secure Checkout Most Important in Attracting New Customers

A newly released consumer survey from Harris Interactive, a research firm, and Volusion, a hosted shopping cart company, sugges... 1 Comment | Read More »

Direct Traffic is Better Than Google Traffic

Direct Traffic is Better Than Google Traffic

Not all web traffic is equal and understanding the value of direct traffic can help online retailers hone their marketing. “Di... 4 Comments | Read More »

Online Retailers Want More Web Traffic

Online Retailers Want More Web Traffic

Preliminary results from a new Practical eCommerce survey showed that at least 63 percent of respondents thought traffic genera... 2 Comments | Read More »

Interactive Chat Improves Sales, Customer Service

Interactive Chat Improves Sales, Customer Service

Memorysuppliers.com offers more than just electronic-device memory cards. It also offers one-to-one, 24-hour-a-day chat. Wit... 1 Comment | Read More »

Online Reputation Management: Get Pro-Active

Online Reputation Management: Get Pro-Active

A wise entrepreneur once said that “you can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.” While computers weren’t around wh... 2 Comments | Read More »

Use Comparison Shopping Sites To Boost Leads

Use Comparison Shopping Sites To Boost Leads

Savvy online retailers can attract thrifty customers this holiday season with a sound comparison shopping strategy, but those m... 6 Comments | Read More »

Trigger-Based Email Marketing Improves Sales and Customer Experience

Trigger-Based Email Marketing Improves Sales and Customer Experience

Trigger marketing is the next step for the critical ecommerce function of automated email communications. While traditional aut... 2 Comments | Read More »

Video Boosts Sales for Online Retailers

Video Boosts Sales for Online Retailers

At brick-and-mortar retailers, shoppers can stroll the isles, handle items, speak to clerks, and receive well placed merchandis... 8 Comments | Read More »

Seven Tactics to Boost Online Banner-ad Response Rates

Seven Tactics to Boost Online Banner-ad Response Rates

Ecommerce has been the great equalizer for retailers—a small book store in Iowa can oftentimes compete with Barnes & Noble,... 0 Comments | Read More »

Christmas Is Coming: Six Quick Online Marketing Tips

Christmas Is Coming: Six Quick Online Marketing Tips

Christmas is coming. And now is the time for you to take a hard look at your current search engine marketing campaigns. With bi... 4 Comments | Read More »

Landing Pages: Five Pointers to Boost Conversions

Landing Pages: Five Pointers to Boost Conversions

Website traffic is up. Your pay-per-click (PPC) ads are receiving traffic, and you’re reaching your monthly budget. Sounds like... 3 Comments | Read More »

Social Media Marketing

Social Media Marketing

Something my employer at Bizzuka said recently sparked my thinking. "What you're doing (in terms of marketing) will not just h... 1 Comment | Read More »

Employing Social Media

Employing Social Media

This job posting arrived in my email inbox yesterday: “Responsibilities: Create and maintain MySpace, Live Spaces, Facebook, B... 2 Comments | Read More »

Offer Multiple Currencies To Facilitate International Sales

Offer Multiple Currencies To Facilitate International Sales

To cater to an international clientele, multi-currency processing is the way to go. “In addition to Internet usage growing mu... 0 Comments | Read More »

Decline In Dollar Creates Opportunities For U.S. Merchants

Decline In Dollar Creates Opportunities For U.S. Merchants

With the U.S. dollar’s decline, buying American-based products online just got a lot cheaper for the rest of the world’s slew o... 5 Comments | Read More »

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