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A Bag of Search Engine Optimization Techniques

Mike Story — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:59:08 +0000

Search Engine Optimization Techniques is a very hot topic on the Web, and for good reason; everybody wants to rank higher and come up on the first page of Google, Yahoo and Bing search results and get more traffic. I have made a list of highly effective SEO best practices that I recommend for every [...]

Website Usability

Mike Story — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:11 +0000

Website Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job function [...]

5 Tips To Better Optimize Your Website For Google’s New Rules

Mike Story — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:48:16 +0000

Google announced it will be releasing a new algorithm change that penalizes websites that are “over-optimized” or “overly SEO’ed.” This information was released by Mat Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, during his panel at SXSW. Matt responded to a great question asked by someone in the audience: “With so many SEO companies showing up [...]

What Is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Mike Story — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:23:12 +0000

Don’t know SEO? Know someone who needs a short, easy to understand overview of search engine optimization and how it works? Grab some popcorn and watch our new SEO video, which in just three minutes covers the basics of search engine optimization: I’m really pleased with how the video turned out, and I hope you [...]

New BigCommerce Features and Improvements

Mike Story — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:27:43 +0000

Every two weeks we release new features and improvements for your BigCommerce store. Here are some of the more exciting improvements that have rolled out recently or that will appear in your store shortly: Built-in Pinterest integration inyour store so shoppers can quickly and easily “pin” photos of yourproducts to a board on Pinterest. Quickbooks [...]

Direct Marketing

Mike Story — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:38:49 +0000

Direct marketing is a channel-agnostic form of advertising that allows businesses and nonprofits to communicate straight to the customer, with advertising techniques such as mobile messaging, email, interactive consumer websites, online display ads, fliers, catalog distribution, promotional letters, and outdoor advertising. Get the Full Wiki

BigCommerce Video Tutorial – Using the Dashboard

Mike Story — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:02:10 +0000

This video is an overview on how to use the BigCommerce control panel (Dashboard) to configure your new online storefront. Click Here to sign up for your Free 15 Day Trial

Kieren Perrow Wins 2011 Billabong Pipeline Masters

Mike Story — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:49:20 +0000

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 10, 2011) – Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves. John John Florence (HAW), 19, also found his way to the podium as [...]

Twitter Launches Enhanced Profile Pages

Mike Story — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:17:34 +0000

Enhance your brand’s Twitter profile page to increase engagement and drive your business goals. An enhanced profile page increases your brand’s Twitter presence by prominently featuring your most important content and visually branding your page. Your enhanced profile page is completely public — users can view it without joining or logging into Twitter. Enhanced profile [...]

What Is Internet Strategy?

Mike Story — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:27:19 +0000

Defining your Internet Strategy is the single most important piece of the online puzzle. The term is used all the time these days. I hear it at marketing events, trade shows, lunch meetings, on airplanes and in coffee shops around the world. We see it in advertising campaigns throughout the web and on TV, but [...]