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Online Store

5 Ways To Humanize and Socialize Your Online Store

June 21, 2010

Your online store can be a bit of an impersonal place and the challenge with an ecommerce store is trying to make the experience online as close to the bricks and mortar in store experience as possible.
There are a few ways to provide a more social and humanized experience online that makes the online store and the brand [...]

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7 Ways To Grow Your Business With A Dynamic Website

May 31, 2010

 The challenge for each business whether it a start up or an existing enterprise is the challenge of continuing to grow. This ongoing challenge is repeated every day. It doesn’t matter if it is an online store or a bricks and mortar enterprise the principles remain the same.

Here are “Seven Ways To Grow Your Business” and some tips [...]

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Are You Ready To Take Your Business Online Or Is It A Dinosaur?

May 27, 2010

I was doing some research recently and I came upon a statistic that really jolted me. That information was that nearly half of all businesses (46% to be precise) don’t have a website. Did I hear someone saying.. “you have to be joking!” (I have just checked the calendar and I have verified by the way that it is 2010 [...]

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Who Are The Top 5 Online Retailers That Are Growing At 977 Percent?

May 7, 2010

Online retail is picking up pace in Australia with sales for 2010 predicted to exceed $20 Billion  for the first time this year.
I thought it would be worth having a look at the growth rate of the top online retailers to see what is happening in the market.
In this article we will look at the top 5 and [...]

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Why Would Your eCommerce Website Need 13 Blogs?

February 4, 2010

Zappos is an online shoe retailer that was recently sold to Amazon for $928 million. They are well known for using the latest technology including social media such as Twitter and online video to enhance their marketing and word of mouth. Part of their success comes down to their exceptional customer service. What caught my eye recently is that [...]

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E-Commerce Study: One Page Checkout vs Multi-Step Shows An Improvement of 21.8%

January 21, 2010

As E-commerce continues to expand worldwide the online merchant is confronted with many different variables to monitor, measure and consequently improve the online store.
One significant factor that can provide major benefits is  by analyzing and improving the checkout process. A lot of the older eCommerce platforms have multiple page checkout and a recent A/B Test case [...]

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How Much Should A Web Site Cost?

January 12, 2010

The cost to develop a website essentially comes down to the time taken to design, develop and maintain the website. Unless you are purchasing a fixed price solution, prices can vary widely depending on the calibre of designer you have chosen, and the type and size of solution you are after.
A typical small business website [...]

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How To Get People To Come Back To Your Website

December 16, 2009

If you want to be successful it is worth taking a look at what some of the leaders in your industry and market segment are doing, so today I will take a look at a company that maintains thirteen seperate corporate blogs. Now I am not suggesting that your company should have thirteen blogs, [...]

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How Online Video Can Increase Your Sales By 30%

December 8, 2009

The use of online video is continuing to grow and develop as higher broadband speeds become more widespread worldwide and the appetite by the younger generation for viewing rather than reading.
The old chestnut phrase , “A picture is worth a thousand words” begs the question, “How many words is a video worth?”
Zappos (an online shoe retailer)  [...]

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Is Online Retail About To Explode In Australia?

December 2, 2009

Online retail in Australia has not kept up with the rest of the world in its implementation and takeup of ecommerce.
In the USA though, online retail is a $130 Billion a year industry and has grown at 21-26% since 2002. Online searches for online specials for the USA shopping days of “Black Friday” searches, [...]

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