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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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25 Top-Selling Ecommerce Books in August 2011

September 1, 2011 • Sig Ueland

A new school year is just around the corner. Time to hit the ecommerce books. Here is a list of Amazon's top-selling ecommerce books in August. There are several books on using social media to help your business. And there are books on creating dynamic content for your site. There are ...
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9 Mobile Apps for Business Training

August 31, 2011 • Sig Ueland

A small business owner must continually learn new skills to address challenges. Mobile training apps provide an inexpensive and convenient way to train yourself as you run your changing business. Here is a list of mobile apps for business training and education. Some of the apps are st...
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4 Free Photoshop Alternatives: Sources to Learn

August 30, 2011 • Drew Coffin

My suggestions for free Photoshop alternatives we published earlier this month, in “4 Free Photoshop Alternatives for Image Editing.” I described four free Photoshop alternatives — GIMP, Paint.NET, Aviary, and ...
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20 Government Sites to Help Small Businesses

August 12, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Do-it-yourself small businesses don’t normally look to the government for help. But maybe they should start. The federal government is desperate for small businesses to succeed. In the midst of record unemployment, a new Kauffman Foundation-funded U.S. Census Bureau study reports that...
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Reading List: Josh Colter of Elias Interactive

July 27, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: Steve Castro-Miller of Bold Software

July 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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25 Top-Selling Ecommerce Books

July 4, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Assembling your reading list for a summer getaway? Don’t forget to pack the ecommerce books. Here is a list of top-selling ecommerce books. There are general books on ecommerce and social media for businesses. And there are books on specific ecommerce subjects, such as search engine op...
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Reading List: Tomer Tagrin of Yotpo

June 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we corresponded with ...
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5 Free Business Training Opportunities

May 19, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ecommerce entrepreneurs are responsible for every area of their business, from accounting to order processing to website maintenance. So it is common for some small business owners to find that they need to learn new skills to either get their business started or help it grow. In this ...
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Reading List: HiConversion Founder Zee Aganovic

May 17, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: ZippyCart Co-Founders Nick Grant and Amy Balliett

May 6, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with Nick Grant and Amy Balliett, co-founders of ZippyCart, an ecommerce solution provider offering shopping cart...
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Reading List: Optify CEO Brian Goffman

May 3, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: SteelHouse CEO Mark Douglas

April 19, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with Mark ...
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Reading List: DYMO Endicia Founder Amine Khechfe

April 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: Ji Kim of DiJiPop

March 25, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we corresponded with ...
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An Introduction to Flash Cookies; How to Manage Them

March 16, 2011 • PEC Staff

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed "Do Not Track" legislation has generated a lot of interest in how websites track visitor behavior. In this article, I am going to introduce Flash cookies and explain how they may be used to violate consumer's privacy. What Is a Flash Cookie...
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Reading List: 1SaleADay CEO Ben Federman

March 15, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we corresponded with Ben ...
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Reading List: iGoDigital President Eric Tobias

March 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: Cleverbridge CEO Christian Blume

February 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we corresponded with Christian ...
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Reading List: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo

February 9, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: Adyen CEO Peter Caparso

February 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we spoke to ...
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Reading List: Zoovy CEO Brian Horakh

January 26, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we corresponded with ...
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Reading List: RevenueExpect CEO Josh Pierry

January 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we spoke to Josh ...
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Reading List: LimitedPressing CEO Nick Mango

December 23, 2010 • PEC Staff

In Reading List, we ask ecommerce professionals to share some of their favorite books and blogs and tell us why they read them. For this installment, we spoke to ...
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Reading List: Mobify CEO Igor Faletski

December 15, 2010 • PEC Staff

In “Reading List,” we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite recent books and blogs and tell us why they read them. In this installment, we ...
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Booklist: Invodo CEO Craig Wax

July 6, 2010 • Nic Murdock

In “Booklist” we ask Internet professionals about the books and blogs they read, and why. For this list, we asked Craig Wax, CEO of Invodo, an ecommerce video company. Wax leads ...
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Mobile Commerce: Four Good Examples

March 18, 2010 • Brendan Gibbons

Deciding what to do about the explosive growth of mobile traffic can be difficult. That’s why we’re bringing you some of our picks for the best of the mobile web, with mobile-optimized sites that bring a unique and useful experience for users. Some of these sites are from large retailer...
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Booklist: McAfee VP Stuart McClure

December 9, 2009 • PEC Staff

In “Booklist” we ask Internet professionals about the books and blogs they read, and why. For this list, we asked Stuart McClure, vice president and general manager risk and compliance unit ...
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Booklist: Braintree CEO Bryan Johnson

October 26, 2009 • PEC Staff

In "Booklist," we ask Internet professionals to name books they believe are useful resources for ecommerce merchants. For this installment, we asked Bryan Johnson, the CEO and founder of Braintree Payment Solutions. Braintree provides online credit card payment processing and PCI compl...
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Booklist: MailChimp Co-founder Ben Chestnut

October 20, 2009 • PEC Staff

In Booklist we ask ecommerce personalities about the books they read and what they like about them. For this list we asked Ben Chestnut, co-founder of MailChimp, a self-service email marketing firm. As the MailChimp website explains, the company was built on the pragmatic notion tha...

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