by Andrew Chapin July 3, 2016 Follow @andrewjchapinJuly 3, 2016 There’s an old adage with food (and pretty much anything you come across intended for consumption): Just because it tastes good doesn’t make it good for you. Case in point: deal sites that attract and provide goods to customers at discounted prices but end up … Continue reading How Small Businesses Can Move From the Deal Site Monopoly
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Is Your Site Encouraging Shoppers to Finish Purchases or Abandon Ship?
by Alexandra Morbitzer June 29, 2016June 29, 2016 Since the dawn of the internet, shopping has gone viral. Literally. Whether it’s the never-ending stream of coupons arriving in our email inboxes, pop up ads taking starring roles in our social media timelines, or phrases like “flash sale” and “discount code” coming up first in search … Continue reading Is Your Site Encouraging Shoppers to Finish Purchases or Abandon Ship?
5 Ways to Promote Your E-commerce Site for a Steady Business
by Tahir Akbar June 25, 2016 Follow @tahirakbrJune 25, 2016 Going by the latest sales figures, e-commerce is on the rise and is growing at a good pace. This growth has forced business planners – particularly marketers – to use all available resources to take benefit of the opportunities available. However, there are still challenges … Continue reading 5 Ways to Promote Your E-commerce Site for a Steady Business
Does Your WordPress Business Site Really Need A Blog?
by Graeme Caldwell June 24, 2016 Follow @nexcessJune 24, 2016 You have a WordPress lead generation site you’re happy with. It does a good job of advertising your business and the services it offers. A trickle of leads visit your site, and some of them fill in a contact form. Everything seems to be going … Continue reading Does Your WordPress Business Site Really Need A Blog?
Is Your Ecommerce Site On A Sales Slump? These 6 Burning Questions Will Help Fix That.
by Jimmy Rodela June 24, 2016 Follow @dbjim21June 24, 2016 Have you ever been in a situation where you’re just about ready to jump off the cliff out of your sheer aggravation of something? Well, that’s pretty much how frustrated my client was when he talked about how terrible his ecommerce site’s sales conversion was. … Continue reading Is Your Ecommerce Site On A Sales Slump? These 6 Burning Questions Will Help Fix That.
To Keep Visitors on Your Site, Set External Links to Open in a New Tab
by Sue Cockburn June 18, 2016 Follow @SueCockburnJune 18, 2016 Quite often when I’m visiting a business website I’ll check out the ‘design by … ‘ info. Probably because I’m in the business of designing websites, but also because I’m curious by nature. What I’m surprised to see is how often these links when clicked … Continue reading To Keep Visitors on Your Site, Set External Links to Open in a New Tab
11 Keys to Keep Visitors On Your Site Longer
by Andrew Macey June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 For most businesses, the website is the primary driver of inbound leads. There is often a direct correlation between the quality of a lead and how much time they have spent on your website. Because of this, marketers are constantly working to increase the time visitors are … Continue reading 11 Keys to Keep Visitors On Your Site Longer
When Relaunching a New Web Site Actually IS News
by Arik Hanson June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 By now, most of us have been in the following situation. “We’re revamping our web site–this is big news! Shouldn’t we write up a news release and alert the media?” “Yeah, I mean, we now have a more ‘mobile-friendly’ site–that’s news, right?” “And we completely changed our … Continue reading When Relaunching a New Web Site Actually IS News
Google has a new tool for small businesses to check how well their web site scores
Google’s new tool not only scores your page speed but also gives you a score for how mobile-friendly your website is. Barry Schwartz on June 2, 2016 Google launched a new small business-friendly tool at testmysite.thinkwithgoogle.com that will show how mobile-friendly and fast a site is. The new tool combines the mobile-friendly testing tool … Continue reading Google has a new tool for small businesses to check how well their web site scores
The Anatomy of a Profit-Pulling eCommerce Site
by Andre W. Klein June 2, 2016 Follow @akleines2June 2, 2016 By now you already know that an eCommerce website is a place where business is conducted; from selling goods and services to advertising products through affiliate sites, and you have an idea of how an eCommerce site looks and works. You know that a … Continue reading The Anatomy of a Profit-Pulling eCommerce Site