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Automated Chat Captures Prospects After They Leave A Site

Automated Chat Captures Prospects After They Leave A Site

UpSellit’s SMARTagent promises to automatically bring shoppers back to your site and close potential sales. It’s part user-enga... 0 Comments | Read More »

Web Widgets Come Of Age For Ecommerce Sites

Web Widgets Come Of Age For Ecommerce Sites

For executives like Braden Hoeppner, director of web sales for optical store Coastalcontacts.com, today’s web widgets are a fas... 0 Comments | Read More »

Expert Reviews Usability Of Practicalecommerce.com

Expert Reviews Usability Of Practicalecommerce.com

Practical eCommerce is a website with the purpose of providing down-to-earth advice to help smaller businesses succeed online. ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Conversion: Seven Variables That Affect Sales

Conversion: Seven Variables That Affect Sales

Most online merchants want to increase sales, grow their business and increase profits, but few know the secrets to doing so. F... 0 Comments | Read More »

Ratings And Reviews Engage Your Visitors

Ratings And Reviews Engage Your Visitors

Trust in word-of-mouth recommendations is at an all-time high. Public relations firm Edleman says in its 2008 Trust Barometer s... 3 Comments | Read More »

Tools To Detect Slow Load Times

Tools To Detect Slow Load Times

Don’t you hate when it takes, seemingly, forever for a website to load? Here’s why the load time of your site matters Sl... 2 Comments | Read More »

Never Edit Your Own Stuff

Never Edit Your Own Stuff

How many times has this happened? You compose a blog post, usually in a hurry, then hit the submit button, only to read it late... 9 Comments | Read More »

Customer Service For The Hearing Impaired

Customer Service For The Hearing Impaired

In an era of Internet commerce, it’s an unsurprising phenomenon that we expect the vast majority of our interactions with custo... 3 Comments | Read More »

Conversion Report Card: Weddingthings.com

Conversion Report Card: Weddingthings.com

WeddingThings is an established ecommerce company that sells the unique gifts wedding guests traditionally take home, as well a... 0 Comments | Read More »

Conversion Report Card: Musicforte.com

Conversion Report Card: Musicforte.com

Musicforte.com offers songbooks, sheet music and music reference materials to artists and music fans. It relies heavily on sear... 1 Comment | Read More »

Keep It Simple And Straightforward

Keep It Simple And Straightforward

During a recent online shopping experience, I was thrilled to find the particular store offered free shipping on orders of $25 ... 4 Comments | Read More »

When To Ignore A 50% Conversion Rate

When To Ignore A 50% Conversion Rate

Now that your analytics tool is tracking your conversions, you can measure the conversion rate of search engine keywords, refer... 3 Comments | Read More »

Conversion Success: Simplicity, Target and Alignment

Conversion Success: Simplicity, Target and Alignment

I enjoy watching those television shows where the masked magician reveals the secrets of how stage magic is done. It’s funny be... 2 Comments | Read More »

Accessibility: Use Audio To Describe Your Products

Accessibility: Use Audio To Describe Your Products

On Memorial Day my wife and I went to see the new Indiana Jones film. You might find that odd, a blind person going to the movi... 1 Comment | Read More »

Conversion Report Card: Folica.com

Conversion Report Card: Folica.com

Folica.com is an online beauty retailer that is achieving success through the implementation of a unique business model that in... 0 Comments | Read More »

Five Fast Steps to Improve Website Usability

Five Fast Steps to Improve Website Usability

Problem: Your website doesn't work like it should, and every day you're losing sales because of it. As much as you'd like to ta... 5 Comments | Read More »

Pay-per-click Advertising: Try The Home Page For A Landing Page

Pay-per-click Advertising: Try The Home Page For A Landing Page

Over the last couple years a lot of emphasis has been put on creating the perfect pay-per-click landing page. The overall land... 6 Comments | Read More »

Analytics: Collect The Right Data

Analytics: Collect The Right Data

"If you had just..." often starts a phrase of regret. If you had just left on time. If you had just bought that stock. In web... 2 Comments | Read More »

Conversion Report Card: Firststreetonline.com

Conversion Report Card: Firststreetonline.com

FirstStreet Online is a large, Virginia-based ecommerce company that offers gifts and lifestyle products to "boomers and beyond... 8 Comments | Read More »

Bells And Whistles, Or Accessibility Stop Signs?

Bells And Whistles, Or Accessibility Stop Signs?

With the advent of high-speed Internet, a treasure trove of possibilities presented themselves to the web developer. Java, embe... 0 Comments | Read More »

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