• Online Community – 6 Benefits of Online Community

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Community 6 Benefits of Online Community Share Online communities represent a great opportunity . When you join an online community you get the chance to convert relationships with other community members into revenues . Joining an online community can be proved fruitful if you know how to go about it and also if you know the right way to engage other . members Not only will an online community increase your sales it can also save you a lot of money when it comes to advertising . Next to blogging , joining an online community is one of the less expensive ways of getting the word out about your business . The success of your online business centers on its capability to produce a well-built community with its

  • Online Marketing Trends – 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Marketing Trends 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Online Marketing Trends If you are starting-up your own online business then you know how important it is to allocate your money wisely . Investing your capital wisely will enable you to get a return on your investment as well as lessen the risks . Now of course as an online marketer you cannot help but invest in various marketing channels , right It will be in your best interest that you take a closer look at the online marketing trends before . investing Understanding the changing online marketing trends will help you perform better and also will

  • 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business Share The main reason why you build a website is to attract customers and spread the word about your online business . As I have said time and again although it is not a requirement , building a website has its advantages . Having your own website gives you an edge  compared to other online businesses without a website when it comes to your goal to attract customers and spread the word about your . business The thing is there are times that it seems like your website is not able to attract customers and it does not do anything when it comes to spreading the word about your online . business To be honest there are plenty of factors that can cause

  • Social media and Email Marketing – 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Social media and Email Marketing 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing Share Social media and email marketing are important facets of internet marketing . Social media and email marketing are very important to the success of any internet business . Why Well let us face it that most if not all of your customers are part of some social media and have . emails So as online entrepreneurs we should make the most out of social media as well as email marketing to boost our profits . Maximizing the use of social media and email marketing is something we should be doing because of the benefits it can bring to our online . business Most of our prospects or customers are participating in conversations in social

  • Website Features – 3 Website Features To Include

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Website Features 3 Website Features To Include Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Thinking and deciding which website features to include is not as easy as it seems to be . If you are not versed on website development and design then it would be indeed difficult to decide which website features to include on your . website Knowing which website features to include is important because that would make a difference between a sale and shopping cart abandonment . So as online entrepreneurs who utilize the power of the internet we should know the basics of which website features to . include And so today we will talk about three important website features to include .

  • Grow your Business – 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Grow your Business 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting In the past I have talked about how to boost your profits using various techniques . It does not matter if you already have an established business or you are just starting-up , those strategies are formulated to boost profits and grow your business in the long . run To truly grow your business you need to look at things all of which are important when you want to grow your . business Acquiring more leads Being able to convert your leads into paying customers Convince your customers to make bigger purchases Convince customers to buy frequently Get more sales at higher

  • Content Management System – 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems

    Updated: 2010-10-31 17:10:17
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Content Management System 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting As what I have said in my previous articles the reason why plenty websites fail to perform what the entrepreneur is expecting is basically because of obsolete contents . Always keep in mind the adage , content is king . The reason why many websites fail to maximize its performance is because the content is not up to . date Because there is a need to update your website on a constant basis content management systems came about . I mean if you are a visitor and you arrive at a website expecting to see valuable information but you arrive to a website with out-of-date

  • 3 Small Business CRM Apps for Ecommerce

    Updated: 2010-10-30 01:39:04
    We provide details on three small business CRM apps that offer just the right amount of tools and customer data for ecommerce business owners.

  • Interview: Bret Eickhoff Talks About Wrazz

    Updated: 2010-10-29 22:09:05
    Yesterday, a new beta site launched offering social and tech-savvy consumers a chance to explore their city (starting in Seattle) in a fun and engaging way. Wrazz (wrazz.com) is a new site that blends social networking and social commerce allowing friends to connect and find the best deals in their local area. Wrazz co-founders Bret [...]

  • 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable – October 28: Convert Potential Customers To Partners

    Updated: 2010-10-29 17:38:35
    Sramana Mitra is a leading expert in entrepreneurship and hosts weekly roundtables to help small business owners grow. Check out this week’s recap below. At today’s roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. At the end of the session, each left with specific action [...]

  • 5 Ways to Utilize Digital Gift Cards for Easy Holiday Ecommerce Sales

    Updated: 2010-10-29 17:38:32
    Digital gift cards are a simple solution for last-minute holiday shoppers. Prominently displaying these on your ecommerce site is a sure-fire way to boost sales as the holidays draw closer. Continue reading to learn why online gift cards are so important and how your online business can best utilize them. Does this sound familiar? It’s less [...]

  • Display Category Name in Sidebar & on Product Pages

    Updated: 2010-10-29 16:45:44
    A couple of simple code snippets for you this week on the Magento Blog. Something that’s come up recently is needing to display the category of a product on either the product page, or in the sidebar (for example above the subcategories). To add the current category name to the sidebar, use the following: <?php [...]

  • Microsoft Bing Now Serving All Yahoo Paid Searches

    Updated: 2010-10-28 16:15:35
    As the holiday sales season approaches, the two companies have completed a major milestone in their search marketing deal.

  • Echo Customer Data Variables

    Updated: 2010-10-28 09:28:14
    Following my blog post from yesterday quite closely, today I’m going to show you several nice scripts for retrieving customer data on your storefront. Let’s say you wanted to prefill a form for customers who are logged in, or even customise the checkout with some personal messages. You could even combine it with the isLoggedIn(); [...]

  • 101 Holiday Ecommerce Tips: Extra Answers from the Webinar

    Updated: 2010-10-28 00:09:56
    Yesterday, we held the first of our holiday webinar events . To see the recording, check out the Volusion YouTube channel or download the full list of 101 Ecommerce Tips to Boost Holiday Sales. Continue reading to see answers to questions we didn’t get to the webinar. Thanks for attending yesterdays’ webinar, 101 Ecommerce Tips to [...]

  • 4 Ecommerce Regulations to Need to Know

    Updated: 2010-10-28 00:09:47
    E-tailers must comply with a number of regulations e when doing business online. We provide details on four of the ecommerce regulations that every small business ecommerce site owner should know.

  • PayPal Talks Up Mobile Commerce at Innovate 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-27 16:09:08
    PayPal adds to its mobile, social and digital goods online payment options.

  • It’s cold and raining – Winter for Kimono De Jack

    Updated: 2010-10-27 11:27:41
    Well, it rained on the first kimono de jack and the weather is getting colder. So the next “KDJ” on the 13th of November needs to be catered for. EMS shipping is the only way to get your winter kimono warmers before that date! So, what do we need: 1. Rain Geta It rains in [...]

  • Echo Magento Session ID

    Updated: 2010-10-27 09:42:04
    If you’ve set up a Magento installation with multiple domains, it’s quite likely that you’d want to maintain the shopping cart status across those domains, especially if they’re all related and the customer’s logins work on every site. The best way of doing this is to attach the customer’s session ID to any links you [...]

  • Ecommerce Tips to Boost Holiday Sales – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-10-27 08:08:37
    In this video, Matt Winn gives 5 of his top tips to increase your sales during the Holidays. Today’s video is also a preview to the “101 Ecommerce Tips to Boost Holiday Sales” Webinar, which takes place on Tuesday, October 26th at 2pm EST. If you miss the webinar, check the out the webinar video [...]

  • Small Business Marketing Tips: An Affiliate Marketing Tool

    Updated: 2010-10-27 08:08:28
    Our marketing expert offers up an affiliate marketing tool to help you drive added revenue -- what’s not to like about that? Plus, tips on how to make more money from assets you already own.

  • 7 Tips To Save Money On eCommerce Credit Card Processing

    Updated: 2010-10-27 02:10:00
    Home About Subscribe Email Call : 1-213-316-6188 Retail Ecommerce Blog Online Retail Marketing eCommerce SEO Tips by Mobius 10 26 2010 7 Tips To Save Money On eCommerce Credit Card Processing Source : Getty Images Note : The following is a guest post written by Frank Collins of CreditCardProcessing.net Electric commerce or what many people refer to as eCommerce has grown in numbers and popularity over the past few . years With almost every American household having access to the Internet , more and more consumers are turning to electronic networks to buy and sell products . online This greatly expands business opportunities and options for consumers , however it also brings about a new issue with which merchants must . contend When products and services are exchanged online , there is a

  • Kimono De Jack UK and Social Shopping

    Updated: 2010-10-25 11:02:56
    So, it happened. We managed to get 5 kimono lovers together for the first Kimono De Jack event and more will be attending the next event. *photos by Lyuba Johnson It was a great event and we shopped, talked and afterwards networked on facebook. I was recommended an obi clip for my obi troubles on [...]

  • Do You Need A Mobile Version Of Your Site?

    Updated: 2010-10-25 01:30:34
    The big question… Do you have a mobile version of your website? If not, why? Typically the answer is… I don’t have that many customers shopping on our website with mobile devices. My response… Have you checked? Recent response…. No, I just know. Why bother thinking you know how your customers are shopping when your analytics will tell you very [...]

  • Volusion Lands on Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500™

    Updated: 2010-10-22 22:40:29
    Shopping cart software company ranks as 87th fastest growing technology in North America, based on 1305% growth from 2005-2009. We’re excited to announce a new addition to our growing trophy case. This time it’s in recognition of our rapid growth and expansion over the past 5 years. Thanks to our 1305% growth, we were awarded the [...]

  • “CSMetal” - Code generating/Linq provider sample now available

    Updated: 2010-10-22 20:13:00
    “CSMetal” is a command line tool that reads Commerce Server 2009 metadata and generates a set of strongly-typed classes to use with the Commerce Foundation API and a set of Linq providers to allow access to Commerce Server entities via Linq...(read more)

  • Interview: Joerg Rathenberg Talks About Virtual Events & Unisfair

    Updated: 2010-10-22 17:06:29
    Bringing The Event To You Some of the most important parts of business are making connections, following leads, and communicating with future prospects. Many companies participate in Expos, Conventions, Trade Shows, and many other eCommerce events for this reason. Today, business travel is on the decline and smaller companies are missing potentially valuable associations. However, [...]

  • JW Player 5.3 and Magento

    Updated: 2010-10-22 15:17:34
    JWPlayer is an amazing video player that is as SEO friendly as it is easy to set up (very). However there is one major oversight that has yet to be rectified – and that is the conflict that exists between JWPlayer and Scriptaculous. Unfortunately there is no blue pill for this as yet though they [...]

  • Amazon Q3 Profits, Revenue Beat the Street

    Updated: 2010-10-22 06:39:25
    Ecommerce heavyweight Amazon reports third-quarter profits up 16 percent and revenues up 39 percent as it heads into the make-or-break holiday shopping season.

  • Move Magento Shopping Cart

    Updated: 2010-10-21 17:15:37
    A dead simple one today, but it’s one that I get asked about a lot. How do I move my shopping cart to the header, or the footer, or somewhere else? For all my colleagues and others starting out in Magento – you need to get very familiar with XML blocks, because these blocks govern [...]

  • EBay Q3 Profits Spike, Revenue Holds Steady

    Updated: 2010-10-21 02:41:52
    Ecommerce giant eBay continues forward momentum thanks to its payment services division, particularly PayPal, while overall revenues remain flat.

  • 9 Ecommerce Conversion and Remarketing Words to Know

    Updated: 2010-10-21 02:41:51
    This Ecommerce Dictionary will make it easier to understand ecommerce conversion and remarketing lingo.

  • Volusion Opens London Office, Makes a Splash at Ecommerce Expo

    Updated: 2010-10-20 18:40:23
    Volusion announces the opening of their London office, the first step in establishing itself in the growing European ecommerce market. This achievement coincides with a big appearance at Ecommerce Expo, one of Europe’s best ecommerce events. It’s truly amazing to look back at the past decade to see how far we’ve come. From our humble beginnings [...]

  • Magento Sage Pay Integration

    Updated: 2010-10-20 10:32:41
    Sage Pay is without doubt one of the most reliable payment processing providers available on the Internet. Sage Pay is unlike Paypal, who’s unique selling point is to take away the need to enter credit card details on websites, instead favouring a simple username & password combination. Sage Pay sticks to the traditional ‘Enter your [...]

  • 3 Web Tools for Building Better Websites for Less

    Updated: 2010-10-20 02:39:17
    These three tools will help you find free graphics, instantly discover an available domain name and create a members-only website to generate income.

  • 5 Tips to Boost Landing Page Conversions – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-10-19 18:38:53
    In today’s Two Minute Tuesday episode, Matt Winn from Volusion will walk you through five ways to optimize your landing pages for higher conversions. These include consistency with your PPC ads, strategic copy and brand integration. Watch this short video to take your landing pages to the next level. Welcome back to our latest installment of [...]

  • Noscript Duplicate Content Issue

    Updated: 2010-10-19 12:02:44
    Did you know that when you check any magento site for duplicate content you will always receive at least 1 error. That error is in all likelihood the text that appears when javascript has been disabled on your browser. If you were to disable javascript on your browser now you will see on your magento [...]

  • New Ecommerce Web Design

    Updated: 2010-10-18 12:12:40
    It’s been a while in the making but I’m happy to reveal the new-look Ecommerce Web Design & Magento Blog! As well as a brighter and fresher design the new site is faster than before as it’s coded to a much higher standard. As a result of the new design we had missed our last [...]

  • FastSpring Rated 2nd Fastest-Growing Company by Pacific Coast Business Times

    Updated: 2010-10-15 21:32:59
    The Pacific Coast Business Times, a leading publication on entrepreneurial activities and business news along California’s Central Coast, recently published a list of the area’s fastest-growing companies. FastSpring was ranked #2, showing 1,165% revenue growth between 2007 and 2009. Other Central Coast companies features on the list include InTouch Health, Lynda.com, and Patagonia. Entitled “Where [...]

  • Facebook Changes Equal More Control, Smaller Groups

    Updated: 2010-10-15 18:51:06
    Facebook's latest round of policy changes gives users tighter control over personal information, but it also lets them connect and build community with smaller groups of like-minded people.

  • Free Holiday Graphics for Your Online Store

    Updated: 2010-10-14 16:58:45
    To help your online store get ready for the upcoming season, please help yourself to the following holiday graphics and add some spirit to your ecommerce site! Tis’ the season to be selling! As you probably know, the busiest (and most exciting) time of year for ecommerce is rapidly approaching. So to help you and your [...]

  • Making The Call: Using A/B Testing To Build A Better Website

    Updated: 2010-10-13 23:52:28
    So we’ve talked about how to build a website people like, and we’ve talked about how to gather metrics, both of which are useful skills for any small eBusiness owner. But a question still remains: How do I know what my customers really like? Thankfully, there are ways to find this out, and in this [...]

  • Optimise your Magento Links: The Definitive Guide

    Updated: 2010-10-13 16:57:28
    Welcome to the definitive guide to optimising links on your Magento site – this post is an improvement on by my earlier post (“Making Links Local in Magento”) and Adam’s earlier post (“Optimise Magento CSS & JavaScript Links”). This post is going to quickly sum up the previous posts and address this issue of https:// [...]

  • Buying Online – Breaking Down Import Charges FEAR!

    Updated: 2010-10-13 09:47:47
    I have the fear do you? The fear that when an item pop through UK customs the entire parcel value plus shipipng costs are taken into consideration when customs and VAT charges are due. How selfish, I really don’t think shipping charges should be a factor but they are. So when I had to recently [...]

  • 4 Ways Your Homepage is Hurting Your Bottom Line – Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-10-12 23:50:42
    In today’s Two Minute Tuesday, Matt Winn from Volusion outlines four common areas of your ecommerce homepage that leaves a negative first impression on shoppers. These include nonstrategic images, ineffective CTAs and wasted branding opportunities. A big hello and happy Tuesday! As the temperature starts to drop, the online selling season is heating up. That’s why [...]

  • Multiple Magento Domains with SSL

    Updated: 2010-10-12 12:52:50
    This post follows quite closely one of my previous posts about multiple domains using one installation. The drawback of this method was that it was not possible to assign separate SSL certificates to each of the stores. Obviously if all your domains are pointing to 1 IP address, only 1 SSL can be active, and [...]

  • Simple Magento Category List with ID’s

    Updated: 2010-10-11 12:05:11
    Recently I needed to hand over a magneto spreadsheet for product import and needed to supply a list of categories for the products to go into. The problem was that there were over a hundred and I didn’t really fancy clicking and writing down all the names and ID’s from the manage categories section. What [...]

  • New Social E-Commerce Feature: Incentivized Reward-Based Promotions via Social Marketing

    Updated: 2010-10-11 08:02:09
    Social media tools have clearly transformed the way people communicate. Internet users routinely share information, from photos, videos and music to sites and links. Recipients of these user-friendly, ubiquitous, one-click communications often pass them on in turn, extending the reach of a personal recommendation. Imagine if at point of sale this process were not only [...]

  • Setting Up Status Alerts For Your Ecommerce Site

    Updated: 2010-10-11 01:30:00
    One of the most crucial aspects of running your online business, is knowing what is going on with your online store. With the holidays right around the corner, it will be more important than ever. Are your customers able to access your online site? Are your customers able to checkout? Are you able to access your email? Yahoo maintains [...]

  • Add a Clock to your store

    Updated: 2010-10-08 01:46:24
    Sometimes on your Magento store you may find that you want to be able to display the time in a real way. This may be because you are offering next day delivery shipping before 8pm or something similar and want the customer to buy something urgently in order to qualify. Whatever setup you have it [...]

  • Facebook Releases New Features, Addresses Privacy Concerns

    Updated: 2010-10-07 19:38:43
    Facebook just added three features to their wildly popular social platform. These include: a third-party application dashboard, full profile downloads and a revamped group feature. Each addition is meant to address privacy concerns from earlier this year. Not only has Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, turned his life into the top-selling movie in America, he somehow had [...]

  • Volusion Releases New Ecommerce Services

    Updated: 2010-10-07 19:38:40
    The Volusion Services team is proud to announce the addition of new ecommerce services, including new Premium Templates, Shopping Feed Optimization and Management and our Quick-View Add On. Here at Volusion we’re truly a full ecommerce agency, going beyond our software platform to provide high-quality, effective and affordable Design, Marketing and Professional Services to take [...]

  • Clean Up Demo Store Notice

    Updated: 2010-10-07 14:32:19
    It’s a bit trivial I know, but I get quite annoyed with the way the demo store pushes everything down when it’s enabled. If it’s needs to be there to warn unsuspecting people who have wandered into your store that they can’t actually buy anything, it should at least not ruin the design. After you’ve [...]

  • Change and/or Reorder the Magento Top Links

    Updated: 2010-10-06 20:27:19
    If you need to rearrange the topLinks in your latest magento site, don’t panic! You can reorder them quickly and easily through the XML file as needed – you can also remove (or add) links here as you need to. To Reorder Top Links Locate your customer.xml file – the tags you are looking for [...]

  • 5 Product Photo Mistakes that are Costing You Sales – Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-10-05 20:22:19
    In today’s Two Minute Tuesday, Matt Winn from Volusion illustrates five common mistakes online business owners are making with their product photos, causing a decrease in conversions. These include low quality images, a failure to focus on benefits, lost SEO opportunities and more. Enjoy! Greetings, salutations, and most of all, happy Tuesday to all you ecommerce [...]

  • CMS Pages in Top Navigation

    Updated: 2010-10-05 09:41:46
    Have you ever wondered how to bring your CMS pages out and display them on your top navigation alongside your category pages? Or even if you don’t want to display them there – how about a new menu of just your CMS pages? For the purpose of this tutorial we are going to attempt to [...]

  • Marketing Tactics for the 2010 Holiday Season - Q&A with Lisa Raehsler

    Updated: 2010-10-04 19:49:00
    Home About Subscribe Email Call : 1-213-316-6188 Retail Ecommerce Blog Online Retail Marketing eCommerce SEO Tips by Mobius 10 04 2010 Marketing Tactics for the 2010 Holiday Season Q with Lisa Raehsler I am happy to present our first online interview with Lisa Raehsler , a SEM strategy consultant and PPC expert . Lisa is a certified Google Advertising Professional GAP who has supervised over 30 pay per click campaigns . This interview is in collaboration with SES , Chicago 2010 Our questions are in context with holiday marketing t echniques and I believe that L is a’s insightful thoughts will help small and medium online retailers prepare better for the upcoming holiday . season Many thanks to lisa for sparing time to answer our questions and our special thanks to Byron Gordon of

  • Lessons Learned from Shop.org 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-04 18:23:13
    The Volusion team attended the 2010 Shop.org Annual Summit last week in Dallas, making a big splash in the Expo Hall and taking home valuable new insights from the Conference. Continue reading to get the full recap and pick up some advice from respected industry leaders. What a show! This year’s Shop.org Annual Summit was packed [...]

  • Optimise Magento Contacts Page

    Updated: 2010-10-04 11:10:48
    The contact us page is one of Magento’s long-forgotten pages. There it is, a freebie, sitting alone amongst the entire Magento architecture and often overlooked. Contact Us pages are very important to any website and should be optimised accordingly. Here’s a few pointers that will improve the quality and hopefully the rankings of your Magento [...]

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