Schools & Resources
Our schools and resources coverage explores sources to help merchants improve their ecommerce skills. We look at helpful books, podcasts, blogs, tutorials, courses, YouTube channels, and more.
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Schools & Resources
9 Trusted SEO Blogs
July 9, 2017 • Jill Kocher Brown
Search engine optimization is always changing, requiring constant investigation to keep up. One of the best ways to identify new trends, in addition to research and analysis on your own ...
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10 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2017
June 18, 2017 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of new ecommerce books for your summer reading. There are titles on podcasting, video marketing, entrepreneurship, disruption, global ecommerce, and valuing digital businesses. I compiled this list ...
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2017
March 17, 2017 • Sig Ueland
Springtime is here, more or less. It’s time to look at the new ecommerce books. There are titles on digital marketing, native advertising, platforms strategies, crowd-based commerce, public relations, and ...
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22 Free Web Design Elements, Winter 2017
March 6, 2017 • Sig Ueland
Take advantage of free elements and tools from the design community to enhance your website or online project in 2017. Here is a list of new web tools and design elements ...
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What Are Chatbots and How Do They Work?
February 20, 2017 • Armando Roggio
Messaging chatbots may help businesses improve customer service, sell more, and earn more profit, thanks to a familiar interface and increasing customer interest. Consumers — your potential customers — use these ...
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15 Free Online Courses for Entrepreneurs
February 6, 2017 • Sig Ueland
If you need help launching a business or bolstering your entrepreneurial skills, access free online courses from leading universities and industry experts. Here is a list of free online courses for ...
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12 Blogs on Medium for Merchants
January 16, 2017 • Sig Ueland
Medium, the social publishing platform, has been in the news recently for abandoning traditional ad-driven publishing (and shuttering its offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and laying off 50
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14 New Business Books for 2017
January 1, 2017 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of new and upcoming business books for entrepreneurs, managers, and creative professionals to read in 2017. Learn how to get funded, shape social behavior, work happy,
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Design & Development
11 Animated Websites, for Design Inspiration
November 21, 2016 • Sig Ueland
Animation can be a powerful tool to bring life to a website and engage visitors with background videos, traditional illustrations, parallax scrolling, cinemagraphs, and more. Here is a list of ...
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5 Ecommerce Site Design Trends for 2017
November 2, 2016 • Armando Roggio
In 2017, ecommerce websites will really be mobile websites. Designers may begin to think of the site design as mobile and adapt that design to larger laptop and desktop screens.
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15 New Books for Entrepreneurs in 2016
October 16, 2016 • Sig Ueland
Here is a list of some this year’s outstanding new books for entrepreneurs, written by an impressive group of professionals and mavericks. Learn how to focus, negotiate with anyone, tell ...
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Glossary of Web Development Roles
September 22, 2016 • Eric Davis
Web development teams are typically complex and filled with a variety of people. It is often difficult for outsiders to understand who does what. Many roles in a development team are ...
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2016
September 19, 2016 • Sig Ueland
It’s time to look at the new ecommerce books for fall 2016. There are titles on the entrepreneurial life, innovative financing, creative marketing, customer relationships, content marketing, mobile commerce, and ...
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27 Free Web Design Elements, Summer 2016
August 28, 2016 • Sig Ueland
Enhance your website with free elements from the designer community. Design-focused websites, like Dribbble and Behance, provide plenty of access to high-quality elements, with lots of freebies. Here is a list ...
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To Improve SEO, Understand How It Works
July 15, 2016 • Jill Kocher Brown
Search engine optimization isn’t a mystical dark art. It boils down to signals of relevance and authority. Understanding the signals that search engines interpret as relevance and authority is key ...
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Lessons from 99 Retail Website Footers
June 29, 2016 • Armando Roggio
Stuffed full of links, contact information, legal notices, email subscription forms, and social media icons, the footer section of many ecommerce web pages might seem like pure miscellany. Nonetheless, I ...
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2016
June 12, 2016 • Sig Ueland
Summer is here, which means it’s time to look at the new ecommerce books. There are titles on startup funding, being the boss, digital currencies, disruptive marketing, social media, and ...
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7 Ecommerce Design Conventions for 2016
May 15, 2016 • Armando Roggio
Online shoppers expect ecommerce sites to follow certain design and layout conventions, including logo position and function, the placement of product navigation, and the use of a “hamburger” menu on mobile ...
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2016
March 20, 2016 • Sig Ueland
Spring is here, which means it’s time to look at the new ecommerce books. There are titles on content marketing, crowdfunding, platform enterprises, brand identity, startup strategy, and building a ...
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6 Web Design Trends for 2016
January 14, 2016 • Daniel Kedinger
Web design trends are never static but change constantly. Here are six new trends that you can expect to see in 2016.
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Winter 2016
December 20, 2015 • Sig Ueland
It’s time to look at the new ecommerce books for winter 2016. There are titles on content strategy, mobile marketing, building a business plan, design theory, launching small startups and ...
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15 Helpful Forums for Online Merchants
November 30, 2015 • Sig Ueland
Online merchants often work alone or in small teams, particularly when starting out. However, merchants can find help from many of their peers in online forums. Here is a list of ...
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10 How-to Video Examples for Merchants
November 5, 2015 • Sig Ueland
How-to videos can establish your expertise, promote your products, and entertain and inspire viewers. Here is a list of how-to videos from brands and merchants. All of these videos provide helpful ...
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8 Digital Marketing Awards to Follow, for Inspiration
October 26, 2015 • Sig Ueland
When developing digital content for your brand, why not learn from the best? Annual digital marketing awards are good for discovering creative content and effective campaigns on the Internet. And ...
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11 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2015
September 17, 2015 • Sig Ueland
Autumn is here. Here is a list of new ecommerce books for fall 2015. There are titles on branding, online ratings, contest theory, social media, attracting new business, management principles,
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12 Online Marketing Courses, to Increase Your Skills
August 19, 2015 • Kathleen Fealy
It is essential to stay current with online marketing techniques and best practices in the ever-changing world of SEO, PPC, and social media. Due to time and budget considerations, local business owners, in-house staff, and digital marketers can’t always attend conferences or take outside courses. The solution is online courses that offer attendees the chance to learn on a flexible time schedule.
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11 Website Design Galleries for Inspiration
July 30, 2015 • Sig Ueland
Website design galleries are useful for inspiration — with your own site or if you’re just a fan of great design. They can also be good resources for finding a ...
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13 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2015
June 19, 2015 • Sig Ueland
Summer is here. Don’t forget to bring new ecommerce books with you to the beach. Here is a list of new ecommerce and Internet-marketing books for summer 2015. There are ...
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15 ‘Contact Us’ Pages, to Inspire
May 6, 2015 • Kathleen Fealy
Contact pages on websites are where businesses typically drop in the phone number, email address, and perhaps a contact form. Often treated as an afterthought, contact pages deserve more attention since they serve as a: Consumer resource for contacting key personnel; Lead generation touch point; Trust generating focal point.
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15 Infographics to Improve Your Online Marketing
April 29, 2015 • Kathleen Fealy
It is often easier to process information visually than through reading. These fifteen infographics and their related articles include actionable insights that can help improve your online marketing efforts. Topics include advertising, consumer behavior, mobile, local search, email marketing, social media, and search traffic.
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