• Online Community – 6 Benefits of Online Community

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

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

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

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

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

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

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

  • Website Features – 3 Website Features To Include

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

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

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

  • Content Management System – 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:48:59
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Powered by Max Banner Ads 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

  • Snowstorm Helps Online Retailers Top Holiday Spending Record

    Updated: 2010-12-31 00:44:16
    Ecommerce sector poised to finish the year with a bang, as snowbound East Coasters add to an already-record-breaking holiday shopping season.

  • 8 Security Resolutions for Ecommerce Site Owners

    Updated: 2010-12-31 00:44:16
    Start the New Year off knowing that your business is safer and more secure than ever before. Our eight tips will help you do it without spending a lot of dough.

  • FastSpring to Attend 2011 CES and Affiliate Summit West

    Updated: 2010-12-30 22:38:55
    FastSpring has representatives attending both the 2011 International CES (January 6th-9th) as well as the upcoming Affiliate Summit West 2011 (January 9th-11th). If you are a client or prospect of FastSpring and will be in Las Vegas, NV for either of these shows, please contact us, we would love to meet with you in person [...]

  • 15 More Twitter Tools for Small Business Marketing

    Updated: 2010-12-30 02:48:40
    From segmenting Twitter searches by negative or positive tweets to desktop applications and tracking trends, these 15 Twitter tools will help make Tweeting easy.

  • 2010 Ecommerce Year in Review: One Hell of a Ride

    Updated: 2010-12-29 18:47:56
    Ecommerce in 2010 started off with a healthy dose of skepticism, but quickly turned into a skyrocket of success. Reaching historic revenue totals, online businesses across the world enjoyed new platforms to boost sales, but also faced fresh, unexpected challenges. Recession. Growth. Facebook. Coupons. Mobile. If these words sound like a complete cluster, you probably weren’t selling [...]

  • 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Online Business – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-12-28 18:45:26
    In today’s episode of Two Minute Tuesday, Volusion’s Matt Winn shares five resolutions that your online business should make for the New Year. It’s going to be an exciting time for online sales, so getting started with these ecommerce predictions for 2011 will help lead to greater returns. CONGRATULATIONS for surviving (and hopefully thriving) the busiest [...]

  • 5 Coupon Code Marketing Tips

    Updated: 2010-12-22 21:34:52
    Tips to help small business ecommerce site owners to promote coupon code campaigns -- and stay within a budget.

  • Retrieve Categories / Subcategories

    Updated: 2010-12-22 17:32:03
    Heres a little script that you can use to disect your url and display the parts I’ll show you some uses for this in the new year. But for now I’ll just post it so that you can use your imagination. I used this in the header.phtml but you can use it anywhere. If anyone [...]

  • Roundup of Recent SpringBoard Updates

    Updated: 2010-12-22 08:16:19
    It’s been a busy time throughout the Fall and heading into the holiday season at FastSpring. FastSpring stores continue to thrive, and benefit from a number of improvements in the SpringBoard platform that are worth noting. Let’s relate a few of these that appeared in the last two releases. Many of these upgrades are direct [...]

  • 5 Mistakes Costing You Last-Minute Holiday Sales – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-12-22 05:33:40
    In these final days before Christmas, you have a great opportunity to capitalize on last-minute holiday sales. Avoid these five pitfalls to help your online store get the most bang for its holiday buck. If you read yesterday’s blog on free shipping and holiday sales, you’re likely still salivating at the chance to rake in some [...]

  • Displaying Subcategories with Images in 1.4.1.1

    Updated: 2010-12-21 17:08:22
    A technique I have been using for ages to display subcategories has finally been outgrown by Magento. Indeed if you’re using 1.4.1.1 my previous tutorial won’t work for you if you want to display category images. I spent 15 minutes messing around with the code and have a nice alternative, which is actually better because [...]

  • Good News? Free Shipping, Online Transactions Hit Record Levels

    Updated: 2010-12-20 23:47:57
    Over 50% of all online orders include free shipping while four individual days surpass $900 million in sales during the week of December 11-17, 2010. How will this impact your online business in the long-term? The holiday ecommerce train is picking up steam. comScore reports that the week of December 11-17 hit a record high of $5.5 [...]

  • Final Free-Shipping Week Sets Ecommerce Record

    Updated: 2010-12-20 23:47:38
    With computer hardware posting the sharpest increase among segments, online retailers enjoy four days last week when sales topped $900 million, making it the heaviest week on record.

  • Adding Social Commerce With Facebook Tabs

    Updated: 2010-12-20 13:30:59
    Retailer’s are finding a lot of ways to use Facebook these days for presenting products and offers to their fan base. I’ve seen some really nice implementations over time and wanted to post a few links to tabs you might want to consider for your Facebook fan page. Not all of these are free apps, yet [...]

  • List Products From a Category

    Updated: 2010-12-18 20:23:39
    Just a quick one today but which might be useful in some situations. You may find yourself wanting to display products from a category in some form of navigation. You may also want to display an attribute in that menu item too. Here’s one way to do it: function getCatProds($catid) { $category = new Mage_Catalog_Model_Category(); [...]

  • How to Grab Last Minute Holiday Shoppers: Tips from the Trenches

    Updated: 2010-12-17 18:44:53
    A recent survey shows that the majority of consumers have yet to finish their holiday shopping for a multitude of reasons. With the ecommerce holiday rush picking up speed, check out these different ideas from online merchants to bring in these last-minute purchases. Good news continues for this year’s holiday ecommerce season. This week, comScore released [...]

  • Rockefeller Ecommerce Scam Bill Heads to President's Desk

    Updated: 2010-12-16 18:42:23
    Measure to crack down on so-called "post-transaction" marketers that enrolled unsuspecting shoppers in fee-based clubs, bilking consumers out of more than $1 billion, is poised to become law.

  • Now Accepting Paypal Logos

    Updated: 2010-12-16 17:33:48
    Yes I agree. Paypal is very expensive to run as a payment gateway on your e-commerce site. And yes I also agree and accept that there have been a catalogue of problems with Paypal as a payment processing solution with Magento. Remember all those shipping problems we’ve had? But did you know that Paypal has [...]

  • New Career Opportunity & The Future of eCommerce Optimization

    Updated: 2010-12-16 14:08:40
    Been awhile since I last updated everyone on the latest in my life and here with eCommerce Optimization. My last update post hinted at the upcoming “re-launch” of the blog and community, and I have been working hard to make that dream a reality. Update on Future of eCommerce Optimization My biggest issue up to [...]

  • Ecommerce Poised for Strong Finish to Holiday Season

    Updated: 2010-12-16 00:36:15
    Latest comScore figures show sustained spending likely to hold strong through holiday season, with two-thirds of consumers saying they still haven't finished their shopping, while overall sales are up double digits over last year.

  • 25 Twitter Tools to Make Tweeting Easier, Faster

    Updated: 2010-12-16 00:36:15
    From URL shortening services to Web-based trend-and-influence tools, we offer details on 25 twitter tools to help make your tweet-based marketing job a little easier.

  • 5 Helpful Magento Videos for Clients

    Updated: 2010-12-15 16:41:19
    When you hand over a Magento website to a client, training them how to use the actual system can be a difficult process, particularly if they’re not as computer-literate as you are. I’ve picked out my top 5 videos to help your customers with certain parts of Magento commerce management that they may need reminding [...]

  • Mobile Devices Take a Holiday: A Guide to Mobile Gifts

    Updated: 2010-12-15 00:33:34
    Nothing says holiday cheer like a new smartphone or an iPad. Get your gift-giving on with our 2010 Holiday guide to Mobile Devices.

  • 5 Ways to Leverage Social Media for Holiday Ecommerce – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-12-14 16:32:38
    In this episode of Two Minute Tuesdays, Matt Winn from Volusion discusses 5 great ways to use Social Media tools to boost your sales during the Holiday season. From announcing existing promos to sampling from Groupon, these tips will help your online business take advantage of social media during this record-breaking holiday season. Happy holidays! We’re [...]

  • Volusion Wins UK Customer Service Leadership Award

    Updated: 2010-12-13 21:40:31
    Volusion’s Chief Customer Officer, David Mitzenmacher, took home the Customer Service Leader award at the UK’s National Customer Service Awards 2010. As we continue to expand our presence worldwide, we make it a point to carry our obsession with customer service along for the ride. Our latest award is a testament to this dedication, which [...]

  • Upcoming 2011 Microsoft Commerce Server Training by Vertica

    Updated: 2010-12-13 21:29:00
    Microsoft Partner, Vertica has announced upcoming 5-Day Commerce Server 2009 training sessions in both the US and Europe: New York, USA March 7-11, 2011 Sign up before February 5th, 2010 to receive a 15% early bird discount Aarhus, Denmark May 2-6, 2011...(read more)

  • We have *love* – we are someone’s favourite!!

    Updated: 2010-12-13 11:01:51
    OK, well due to being busy I have not blogged in a while. I am still here, still e-commercing and will do more updates soon. But in the meantime we have been given some love: http://www.onlineaccountingdegree.org/best-ecommerce-blogs I have more blog posts up my sleeves ready for publishing but I imagine it will be over Christmas [...]

  • Effective Content Marketing for Small Business: 9 Ways to Get Started

    Updated: 2010-12-11 00:15:20
    Content marketing comes in a variety of forms, ranging from blogs to videos. Part 2 of our content marketing series covers 9 formats for your small business. In part one of our series, we summarized content marketing as “Leveraging relevant, sharable content, based on insights, to educate customers/prospects and leave a lasting branding impression.” Today, we’re [...]

  • Webinar Follow-Up: Design Best Practices for the Holiday Season and Beyond

    Updated: 2010-12-10 00:13:08
    Last week, two of our design experts held a webinar to share key insights and advice for sprucing up your store for the holidays and into the new year. From navigational improvements to promotions placement, this recap will give advice to help boost conversions. And for this post, we’ve also got answers to a few [...]

  • Online Retailers Cashing In as Holiday Spending Soars

    Updated: 2010-12-10 00:13:00
    With retailers widely offering free shipping for online purchases, ecommerce spending to date this holiday season is up 12 percent over last year, comScore reports.

  • Volusion Welcomes AdRoll, Atandra, OrderCup to Growing Partner Network

    Updated: 2010-12-08 21:53:12
    Volusion is proud to announce the addition of three partners to help its clients enhance their business operations: AdRoll, Atandra and OrderCup. Continue reading to learn more about these exciting new integrations. Our dedication to helping you succeed online doesn’t end with enhancing our software – we’re always on the lookout for new partnerships and integrations. [...]

  • December Promotion

    Updated: 2010-12-08 13:52:21
    We’re having a special discounted price for WP Auctions till the 25th of December, 2010. WP Auctions Pro is available for only $30 (a $19 savings), and WP Auctions Pro Plus is available for only $70 (a $59 savings). Remember you get all Add-ons, styles and the Compose Framework WordPress Theme with the Pro Plus purchase. Of course, you still get free updates and support for 1 year from your...

  • 6 Steps for a Successful Holiday Email Promotion – Volusion’s Two Minute Tuesdays

    Updated: 2010-12-07 21:51:11
    In this video, Matt Winn from Volusion discusses 6 tips for a successful email campaign for the holidays. From an effective subject line to the content of the email, pay special attention to these ideas to help promote your discounts and featured products. We’re getting closer and closer to holiday crunch time. Now that the big [...]

  • Resetting Your Magento File Permissions

    Updated: 2010-12-07 10:40:47
    There may come a time when you will find your Magento website non-functional. That is to say the darn thing has just stopped working! Don’t worry this wont just happen out of the blue – it will only happen if you forget to treat your files and folders with reverence. The problem occurs when permissions [...]

  • Adding Optimization To Your eCommerce Categories

    Updated: 2010-12-06 13:30:46
    Today’s post is in response to a question that came in via email asking, “How do I optimize a department/category page with a lot of products?” This is a fairly common question, but it has some subtleties and nuances to it. I’ll try to address those issues in this post. The first aspect is how many [...]

  • BabyBump.ca Eases the Minds of Moms-to-be

    Updated: 2010-12-04 13:40:38
    This month’s success story focuses on a growing skin care business, Baby Bump. Continue reading to learn more about Kate’s rise to the top and how her products have helped her rub elbows with celebrities. One of the strongest forces of a successful business is clear: find a need and offer a solution. This premise is [...]

  • New Commerce Server MVP - Rajendra Dewani

    Updated: 2010-12-03 23:08:41
    We are pleased to announce Rajendra Dewani has been awarded Commerce Server MVP status . Rajendra has been active in the Microsoft Commerce Server community through various mediums such as his personal blog , and Commerce Server 2009 Forum . He has 8...()

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