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You Can't Buy Real Followers and Fans

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:32 +0000

SEO Impact of Google’s Search Plus Your World

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:10:58 +0000

The Importance of Regular Website Redesigning

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:11:33 +0000

February 3, 2012 By Richard Fisher Building a website and keeping it running is one thing but maintaining it is another. It is crucial to keep constantly change your website design. As time passes, the taste and preference of countless internet users change. Furthermore, integrating the latest internet trend into your website design can be [...]

How to Use Google+ Scrapbook Photo Album to Showcase Your Products

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:27:36 +0000

Facebook's Open Graph and Timeline Could Help Ecommerce Merchants

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:04:39 +0000

Manage Customer Calls with Twilio

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:41:21 +0000

17 New Productivity Apps in Jan. 2012

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:23:17 +0000

Reducing Shipping Costs for Low-Volume Merchants

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:42:35 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Seven: More Functions for the Custom Post Type

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:20:14 +0000

Cheaper Clicks from AdWords Coming?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:08:07 +0000

Affiliate Marketing: Segmenting Your Affiliates

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:23:06 +0000

Google, Rich Snippets, and Miva Merchant

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:04 +0000

I bet you’re looking to stand out in the search engines.

Right?

45 Tutorials for Magento Go

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:37:29 +0000

Fake Reviews, a Despicable Practice?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:16:10 +0000

Design 1, 2, 3: Flower eTailers & the Perfect Valentine

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:47 +0000

If you’re a flower or gift eTailer, Valentine’s day is like a second Christmas for you: it’s great for business, but user expectation is high, very high. Hopefully, you’re fully prepared for the season and plan to read this to give yourself the proverbial pat on the back. But just in case, why not read on and see what the top gift eTailers are doing this Valentine’s day.

SVG Images: Sources to Download, Create

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:45:12 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Six: Create a Custom Post Type

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:18:26 +0000

PetFlow.com: Customer Focus, Business Savvy Drives Success

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:47:02 +0000

Google Integrates Google+ in Search Results

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:06:33 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Five: Install WordPress, Copy Theme

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:38:11 +0000

Optimizing a Page for Search Engines, Part 3: Keywords to Content

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:44:52 +0000

Increasing Conversions by Referring Consumers Elsewhere

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:40:57 +0000

Too Much SEO Can Harm an Ecommerce Business

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:07:51 +0000

Durbin Amendment Updates – How has the Industry Responded?

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:57:00 +0000

The Federal Reserve made final rulings on the controversial Durbin Amendment back in June of 2011 that capped processing fees on debit and credit card transactions. The impacts of the amendment are now being seen and felt throughout the banks, merchants and even down to the consumers. The Durbin Amendment fought to protect merchants and consumers; however, the amendment is actually protecting the banks, resulting in increased costs for merchants and consumers.

How to Expand to the U.K. Market

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:45:02 +0000

Importing Mechanical Turk Results into Magento

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:57:58 +0000

3 Things to Love About Quarterly.co

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:45 +0000

How Online Retailers can take advantage of The Latest Adwords Features?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:32:00 +0000

Apologies
for the lapse in posting – we were too caught up in the Cosmic world of
Multiple Projects and deadlines, hence the delay.

Every year, Google outdoes itself in terms of
delivering quality to its users. This year 2012 is no different. The transition
from 2011 to 2012 has seen Google roll out some astounding features for its
Adwords users as well as modify some existing features, to helps us reach our
target in a cost effective manner as well as help users get what they...

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Legal: Ecommerce Owners Liable to Patent Trolls?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:23:27 +0000

Developer Toolbox: A Guide for Installing Magento Extensions

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:44:57 +0000

The Magento platform is one of the most versatile carts on the web today, and one of the driving forces behind its success is its flexibility. Not only are there a wide variety of features included out of the box, but there is an ever-increasing pool of extensions and customizations that can be found to suit the needs of any store. Because extensions are such a large part of the Magento experience, I’d like dive into the process of installing a Magento extension.

20 New jQuery Tools and Tutorials

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:24:12 +0000

Top 20 Brands on Google+ for Jan. 2012

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:01:03 +0000

Using 'Quick Views' to Increase Conversions

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:26:15 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Four: Facing Design Challenges

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:31:27 +0000

3 Content Lessons from Top Performing Blogs

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:30:44 +0000

10 Ideas to Grow Ecommerce Profits in 2012

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:50:51 +0000

Optimizing a Page for Search Engines, Part 2: Keyword Mapping

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:34:33 +0000

5 Ways Blogging Is Better than Social Networking

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:36:34 +0000

Book Review: The WordPress Anthology

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:34:54 +0000

eCommerce 2012: Expand, Integrate, Refine

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:54:47 +0000

January 19, 2012 By the ZippyCart Content Team January is always a great time for merchants to plan their strategy for the coming year, so it makes sense that they would want to gain some insight as to what type of trends could impact their business in 2012. We recently had the opportunity to discuss [...]

Email Marketing: 3 Ways to Increase Relevancy

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:32:49 +0000

Make A Difference With Your Products

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:58:22 +0000

Vat19.com Thrives in 2011, Recap

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:10:45 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Three: CSS Grid, Home Page Design

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:52:01 +0000

6 Innovative Ecommerce Uses of YouTube

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:09:50 +0000

How to Analyze Your Ecommerce Competitors

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:51:51 +0000

PetDoors.com Launches on Magento Enterprise

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:48:11 +0000

Patio Pacific has been selling America’s finest pet doors since 1976. Over two years ago, they decided to redesign their ecommerce website, PetDoors.com, and replatform to Magento Enterprise in order to update the look and improve the user experience. After moving efficiently through the design stage, Patio Pacific began experiencing delays in the backend development due to a maxed out development resource.

11 Free Graphic and Image Editors

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:20:49 +0000

SVG Images: What Merchants Need to Know

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:04:49 +0000

Pinterest for Business

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:10:43 +0000

Pinterest is a social bookmarking platform that is used to collect images to create categorized and visually stunning online bulletin boards. Pinterest acts as an interactive scrapbook, allowing users to organize and share inspiring imagery and interesting products from across the web in a pinboard-like fashion. Think of Pinterest as a visual version of social networking, as it allows users to follow others, create and share content, tag users and comment on pins.

Attention Business Owners: 3 Inventory Sourcing Techniques You Should Know

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:01:39 +0000

January 6, 2011 By Andrey Zavyalov, Wrightimc.com When you decide to start an online business, you start with one question, “What should I sell?” The next question then becomes, “Where do I get the products to sell?” When you’re making that decision, how you plan to manage your inventory should be a primary consideration. The [...]

How to Use Pinterest for Your Ecommerce Business

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:45:57 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part Two: Logo and Color Palette

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:33:39 +0000

Daily Deals: A Good Investment for Merchants?

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:21:01 +0000

220 Million Top-Level Domains: A Breakdown

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:29:37 +0000

Check Your Site on Webmaster Tools for Broken Links

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:41:41 +0000

Broken links are links that lead to pages that do not exist. When clicking on a broken link, the page you land on is called a 404 error page, and that indicates that the requested URL doesn’t exist.

Optimizing a Page for Search Engines, Part 1: Keyword Research

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:41:36 +0000

7 Tactics for Better Product Detail Page Design

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:35:58 +0000

0.7.2

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:22:31 +0000

It’s been in “beta” for months, but we are finally calling FoxyCart v0.7.2 “official” and making it the default version for new stores. Highlights of v0.7.2 include:

Groove Sponsors & Exhibits at the Internet Retailer Web Design and Usability Conference

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:56:48 +0000

The Internet Retailer Web Design and Usability Conference focuses on creating stand-out ecommerce sites that enable e-retailers to attract and retain customers, generate sales and please today’s more demanding consumer. Groove Commerce will again be exhibiting, speaking, and consulting at IRWD February 13-15th 2012.

Credit Card Processing: Don’t Be Seduced by Teaser Rates

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:10:32 +0000

Installing Magento Community Edition on an Ubuntu LAMP Stack

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:34:44 +0000

Buying Sites to Boost Traffic

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:13:57 +0000

What Is Good Content?

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:54:59 +0000

Using Real People to Test a Website

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:58:37 +0000

Using WordPress for Ecommerce, Part One: Defining the Project

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:35:59 +0000

4 Essential Social Media Tools

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:16:31 +0000

Google+ Your Business

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:35:43 +0000

What does Google+ Your Business equal? It’s probably still too early to tell. But in the days of the Panda Algorithm, quality content is king.

Ok, admit it, every once in a while you Google yourself. While going through search engine optimization strategies and hearing about what new practices will make Google’s algorithms twitch, you’re likely to Google your own business, and in a moment of vanity, perhaps you like to see what comes up in the search results when you type in your own name.

Use Pinterest to Raise Consumer Interest

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:02:40 +0000

12 Resources for Graphic Design

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:06:17 +0000

10 Tips to Hire a Great SEO Agency

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:57:52 +0000

Part 3 - 12 Holiday PCI Compliance Tips, Questions and Advice and Security Best Practices to Get You Ready for the New Year

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000

PCI compliance tips nine through twelve 9. What are some signs of suspicious behavior that may indicate fraud during card present transactions? The customer appears nervous or overly talkative The customer questions the sales clerk about the floor limit, and then makes several separate purchases that approach, but do not exceed the floor limit The card is produced from a pocket, not a wallet The customer signs the sales draft in a deliberate or unnatural manner 10.

Are Customers Bouncing Off Your Site?

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:44:44 +0000

Try Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Inexpensive Labor

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:54:38 +0000

Selecting DOM Elements with jQuery

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:25:41 +0000

Google+ Adds Multiple Administrator Capability

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:51:54 +0000

9 SaaS Subscription-Billing Solutions

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:36:30 +0000

15 Noteworthy jQuery Plugins

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:05:23 +0000

U.S. Online Holiday Sales Reach $37 Billion, Set Record

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:12:24 +0000

Drunken Debauchery Benefits Retailers’ Ecommerce Solutions

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:10 +0000

January 6, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team There are several activities people engage in while drunk that are generally looked down upon like drunk driving, dialing or texting. However, ecommerce retailers are loving a new activity that is swiftly gaining popularity: drunk online shopping. According to a recent study in the UK, many respondents [...]

Creating a Killer Post-Holiday PPC Strategy

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:25:20 +0000

Creating Color Schemes for Web Design

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:41:28 +0000

How to Choose an Expert Magento Developer

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:31:16 +0000

As the Sales and Marketing Coordinator at Groove Commerce, much of my job revolves around walking potential clients through the initial stages of the sales process. I have experienced clients from each end of the spectrum. Some clients have been deep in research for months – they know what they need and when they need it. For others, all they know is that they would like to switch platforms.

Why You Should Always Include a URL

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:00:21 +0000

January 5, 2012 By Myron.com The Internet is king these days, and fewer companies can come up with good enough reasons not to offer their products online. The few companies that haven’t adopted online shopping are more likely to lose business as the interest in shopping electronically grows. Borders Bookstores, America’s second largest book selling [...]

Using Social Buttons to Enhance Search Engine Optimization

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:47:54 +0000

Consume an RSS feed with Zend_Feed_RSS

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:37:26 +0000

Top 20 Mobile Productivity Apps of 2011

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:39:09 +0000

New Steve Jobs Action Figure: Creepy or Collectible?

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:00:21 +0000

January 4, 2012 By the ZippyCart Content Team Only 3 short months after the highly publicized death of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Chinese company In Icon has created an extremely realistic looking action figure of the late technology mogul. The 12-inch “Collectible Figure” will be available this February for $99.99- a price quite a bit [...]

Social Media Users Look for New Products and Offers, Survey Finds

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:46:07 +0000

22 Feedback Tools for Web Designers

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:21:31 +0000

4 Ways to Increase Consumer Satisfaction on Your Ecommerce Solution

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:15:13 +0000

January 3, 2012 By the ZippyCart Content Team The 2011 holiday shopping season is officially over and retailers have shifted their focus to the heaps of holiday gift returns coming in as we begin the New Year. Holiday returns are up 8% this year from the same time last year, which is due to more [...]

Layaway: Retro Purchasing Process Reappears Online

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:28:46 +0000

How To Use The Marketing Mix To Boost Sales

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:00:51 +0000

Changes for the week ending 2012-01-01

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:55:00 +0000

Changes for the week ending 2012-01-01

Affiliate-Marketing Events Worth Attending in 2012

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:53:29 +0000

10 New Year's Resolutions for Web Developers

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:52:41 +0000

Segmenting Email Lists for 2012

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:24:34 +0000

Happy New Year, I’ve Missed You!

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:30:09 +0000

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Element is Named the Best Channel Vendor by Business Solutions Magazine for the Third Year in a Row

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0000

2010, 2011 and now 2012. For the third year in a row of Element Payment Services has been selected by Business Solutions magazine as one of the Best Channel Vendors. Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Providers (ISVs) who participated in the Business Solutions' annual survey ranked Element as a top payment processor for its innovative and reliable technologies, and service and support. Being honored for this award actually marks the fifth award in a row for Element Payment Services from Business Solutions magazine.

Multi-store Merchant Recaps 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:03:56 +0000