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Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:05:12 PDT

Email Marketing by Constant Contact® is the easy, effective, and highly affordable way to get your message out to your customers, clients, or members. You’ll create high-impact, professional-looking emails—quickly and with no technical expertise. And, most importantly, you’ll build strong connections with your audience that lead to referrals, repeat business and loyalty.

With Email Marketing by Constant Contact, you can:

Choose from more than 400 easily customized email templates—or create your own from scratch.
Create highly visual, professional-looking email newsletters and promotions in just minutes.
Drive more traffic to your website with focused, targeted email communications.
Build and manage your email list: import existing customer lists, add names individually, or capture contact information from website visitors.
Measure your email campaign results instantly-check click-through rates, review new subscribers, and see who opened and clicked on each link so you can tailor your follow-up communications.
Send automated communications to new sign-ups via our Autoresponder tool.
Communicate with your audience with confidence, knowing that Constant Contact will take care of getting your email delivered and keep you CAN-SPAM compliant.

Discover how the power of Email Marketing by Constant Contact can help you better connect with your customers, strengthen your relationships with them, and grow your organization.

Google Plus One (+1) Benefits & Features for Your Business

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:53:11 PDT

What is Google Plus One (+1) Button?

Google Plus One (+1) button is similar to “like” button of Facebook or “Follow” button of Twitter. It’s used to recommend content to others.

Benefits of Google Plus One (+1) Button:

Sharing Content: Google +1 is used to share content you like with others. If you have a website or blog, then implement Google +1 on your page so that visitors can click on it to show their likes.
Google +1 Multiple Times on a Page: Facebook’s like and Twitter’s “Follow” can be added to your content page only once. But Google +1 can be added to your page multiple times at the positions you desire. When it exists at multiple places, it induces the reader to click on it at least once thereby increasing the votes.
Google +1 gets more traffic to your Page: When you press Google +1 button, your content will be visible publicly in your profile. Your friends get a chance to read the content and click on Google +1 button. By this way, it brings more traffic to your blog or website content.
Google +1 offers SEO Benefits: SEO benefits are unique to Google +1 and it is not available with Facebook or Twitter. All logged in Google Users will see +1 button near to each Google search result in Google Search Engine. The user can click on it if the result is relevant and content is good. Also the page containing highest +1 value will have better ranking in Google Search Results.
Google +1 for Ads: Google +1 button is present near the ads displayed in Google Page. Based on the +1 value, its relevance and existence will be decided by Google.

E-Commerce Getting Started What You Need To Know To Succeed

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:30:36 PST

Domain Name (www.yourbusinessname.com)
Determine a good business name for your e-commerce store and then purchase a domain name for the name of your store. The name should have a keyword that people would use to find your products and or services.
Web Hosting
Sign up with a quality web hosting provider. It should have at least one SQL database, and can do server side scripting, such as SHTML, PHP, and/or CGI scripting and at least 300Mb or more of space.
A dependable shopping cart software. We reccommend BigCommerce.
The shopping cart will need to have the following features:
1) Built in Content Management System (So you have full control to add & remove items)
2) Ability to accept more than one payment option
3) Order Tracking
4) SEO Ready (Search engine optimization friendly)
5) Multi-currency support
6) Create Item Discount Codes
7) Integrate with other systems (Quick Books, Payment Gateways & UPS, etc…)
SSL Integration
A secure socket layer encrypts the data between the customer’s computer and your web server. It keeps prying eyes from sneaking a peek at sensitive data, such as credit card info. This is very important for you and your customers safety.
Payment Gateway
A payment gateway collects the credit card info and sales info (price, customer info, etc.) and does a basic fraud check, to make sure the credit card isn’t stolen, etc.
It charges the customer’s credit card and deposits the money into your bank account.
Merchant Account
You will need a merchant account to allows your business to charge sales to credit cards. It is basically a type of agreement between your business and a bank. Both a merchant account and a payment gateway are needed to accept payments online.
E-Mail Marketing
Keeping your customers updated with new products, specials and information via email will keep your customers coming back to your store.

Affordable Live Chat Solutions for your Website & Mobile Device

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:37:40 PST

LiveChime is an easy new live chat feature to capture more leads from your existing online classifieds, auctions and marketplaces.

Sellers who are available land more leads
Live chat makes your marketing more productive
Big company benefits without the big budget
Never miss a lead with live chat available on your mobile phone

Easy and Affordable Do it Yourself E-Commerce / Shopping Cart Solution

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:10:27 PST

BigCommerce Makes it Easy for Anyone to Sell Online

Would You Like to Sell Online?

With BigCommerce anyone can quickly and easily create their own online store without any technical experience. Unique features such as Drag & Drop Design Mode make it easy to completely customize the look and layout of your store using just your mouse. BigCommerce has built-in search engine optimization features which help your online store rank at the top of all major search engines including Google and Yahoo.

Voted #1, Find Out Why!

Here’s why over 8,956 successful online retailers have chosen BigCommerce:

It’s very easy to customizeDesigners have full access to HTML and CSS via FTP, as well as the QuickEdit and diff tools. Business owners can choose from over 50 store designs and use the Drag & Drop Design Mode to customize the layout of their store.
Sell products online, no learning curveIt couldn’t be easier to sell products online with BigCommerce. The getting started wizard helps you get your store up fast and there are dozens of step-by-step videos if you get stuck.
Our software is optimized by SEO expertsBigCommerce is the only ecommerce software reviewed by the world’s #1 SEO guru Aaron Wall. Aaron’s feedback was incorporated into the software, meaning you’ve got a better chance of outranking your competitors on Google.
Reports to make you more moneyWith over 25 business intelligence reports built in (such as top selling products and average revenue per order), BigCommerce helps you make better decisions which mean more money in your pocket with less work.
No transaction fees – ever!Unlike other shopping carts we don’t penalize you for selling more. We never charge transaction fees and have no hidden costs. What you see really is what you get.
Your data is safe and secureThe security and up-time of your store is our #1 priority. We protect your store and data with the same military-grade security and encryption that the big banks use, and we have a 99.99% average uptime track record.

Launch Your Online Store Free!

The good folks at BigCommerce have made it possible to try their award winning ecommerce software absolutely free. There’s no credit card, no risk and no obligation. If you’re looking for a real all-in-one solution to sell online then I highly recommend BigCommerce. I give it 5 stars!

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We Rate BigCommerce 5 out of 5 Stars