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Mobile friendly, but just barely
April 22, 2015 • Erica Tevis
Google’s long awaited “mobile friendly” algorithm change occurred yesterday, April 21. Sites that weren’t mobile friendly (as determined by Google) presumably experienced a reduction in mobile-search rankings. In this post,
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How to promote your ecommerce business
February 27, 2015 • Erica Tevis
During a recent discussion in a New Jersey wedding professionals networking group, a new member asked, “If you could promote your business through only one form of advertising, what would ...
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Achieving a work-life balance
January 7, 2015 • Erica Tevis
Resolutions made in a new year are frequently discarded by the end of January. But a few years ago, when I was burnt out of running my own business, I ...
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How I detect ecommerce fraud
November 17, 2014 • Erica Tevis
I read an article the other day that said online fraud is at its highest during the Black Friday to Cyber Monday timeframe. It’s no wonder: That is the busiest ...
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5 off-page SEO tactics, from a do-it-yourself merchant
October 27, 2014 • Erica Tevis
In “11 ecommerce SEO tips, from the trenches,” my post in August, I discussed how I manage on-page search engine optimization. But even the best on-page SEO may not be ...
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5 reasons to satisfy unreasonable customers
September 25, 2014 • Erica Tevis
When I was 15 I was hired for my first job as a cashier for a major fast food chain. With no customer service experience, I owe much of my ...
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11 ecommerce SEO tips, from the trenches
August 31, 2014 • Erica Tevis
If you are a small ecommerce business owner, chances are your budget is limited for areas such as advertising, search engine optimization, email marketing, and website design. I’ve been in ...
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Identify your target customers, and market to them
July 30, 2014 • Erica Tevis
A friend moved to Europe last month and launched, with her fiancé, a business aimed at teaching locals the English language. She messaged me and asked for advice on the ...
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Overcoming search-engine penalties the DIY way
June 26, 2014 • Erica Tevis
Ecommerce is a competition. No matter how well you run your operation, using white hat techniques, producing original content and sharing it on the web, ecommerce owners compete against a ...