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Don’t Focus on Social Media Traffic

Don’t Focus on Social Media Traffic

New data from a leading marketing optimization firm indicates that social media is not a significant traffic driver for online ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Google's Purchase Path Tool Helps Merchants View All Marketing Channels

Google's Purchase Path Tool Helps Merchants View All Marketing Channels

The path customers take before making a purchase has become more complex due to social media. Very often, they perform extensiv... 1 Comment | Read More »

Instagram's 'Photos of You' New Sharing Feature

Instagram's 'Photos of You' New Sharing Feature

Popular photo-sharing app Instagram recently introduced a new sharing feature called "Photos of You," which allows users to tag... 0 Comments | Read More »

Using Vine Videos for your Ecommerce Business

Using Vine Videos for your Ecommerce Business

Vine is a new iOS app that allows users to record six-second, looping videos — called "vines" — on their iPhones, iPod Touches,... 0 Comments | Read More »

Understanding YouTube's Redesign of Channels

Understanding YouTube's Redesign of Channels

YouTube recently announced major design changes to its channel interface. YouTube cited three reasons for the changes: Increa... 0 Comments | Read More »

Facebook Changes Layout of Mobile App

Facebook Changes Layout of Mobile App

Facebook recently changed the Pages layout in its Apple iOS mobile app. The reason for the change, according to Facebook, is th... 0 Comments | Read More »

10 Ideas for Facebook's New Cover Images

10 Ideas for Facebook's New Cover Images

Facebook recently changed its policy on cover images for business pages. The 20 percent text overlay rule is still in effect, b... 2 Comments | Read More »

13 Inspiring Brands on Pinterest

13 Inspiring Brands on Pinterest

Pinterest is a place for inspiration. Successful brands use it not only to show off a product, but also to inspire people with ... 0 Comments | Read More »

25 Tips for Successful Twitter Engagement

25 Tips for Successful Twitter Engagement

Many ecommerce merchants use Twitter to connect with customers, build personal relationships, and influence conversations to me... 1 Comment | Read More »

Using Twitter Hashtags for Ecommerce Marketing

Using Twitter Hashtags for Ecommerce Marketing

By some accounts, as many as 75 percent of Twitter users include hashtags in their tweets. While hashtags are popular, from a m... 1 Comment | Read More »

Facebook Changes Ads Manager to Improve Tracking

Facebook Changes Ads Manager to Improve Tracking

Facebook recently made several changes to Ads Manager to make it easier for advertisers to track performance against goals and ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Buffer: Timesaving Social Sharing and Management Application

Buffer: Timesaving Social Sharing and Management Application

Sharing content to social networks typically happens in one of two ways: by clicking a social sharing button found on many blog... 0 Comments | Read More »

5 Social Marketplaces for Merchants and Shoppers

5 Social Marketplaces for Merchants and Shoppers

Social marketplaces promote interaction between merchants and their customers, and enable product discovery in a social environ... 1 Comment | Read More »

3 Changes to Facebook Pages: Replies, Cover Photos, Hashtags

3 Changes to Facebook Pages: Replies, Cover Photos, Hashtags

Facebook made two recent changes that affect Pages and is considering another. The two recent changes are the addition of threa... 1 Comment | Read More »

4 Tools to Simplify the Blogging Process

4 Tools to Simplify the Blogging Process

Bloggers can spend a lot of time selecting topics and researching and writing the posts. Here are four tools I use to speed up... 1 Comment | Read More »

Pinterest Adds Analytics Component

Pinterest Adds Analytics Component

Pinterest launched business pages a few months ago, which allow companies to create accounts specifically related to their webs... 0 Comments | Read More »

6 Alternatives to Google Reader

6 Alternatives to Google Reader

Google announced last week that it is retiring Google Reader, its longstanding RSS feed reader application, citing a decrease i... 1 Comment | Read More »

Facebook Changes News Feed; Implications for Merchants

Facebook Changes News Feed; Implications for Merchants

Facebook announced in a press conference last Thursday that it has drastically revamped the all-important News Feed, turning it... 0 Comments | Read More »

Understanding Google+ Design Changes

Understanding Google+ Design Changes

Google+ recently made several design changes. The most prominent is to the cover image, which is now much larger. Google+ also ... 2 Comments | Read More »

How to Use Google+ Hangouts; Benefits to Merchants

How to Use Google+ Hangouts; Benefits to Merchants

Hangouts is a popular component in the Google+ platform. Hangouts enables live video chats with up to 10 people using Google+, ... 2 Comments | Read More »

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