According to Pinterest’s about page, this virtual pin board: Lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Pinterest requires an invite to start,
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Creativity 101 for Ecommerce Teams
Creativity is a buzzword that has been used in corporate work spaces for decades, but speaking the lingo and actually conjuring palpable results from creative training sessions is another story. It’s fantasy in fact, and even worse many of us have gone decades believing the myths. It’s sort of fitting, and ironic that there are
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Want to Add Product Reviews to Your Website? Make Sure They Are Real.
There’s nothing worse for a shopper than feeling duped, double crossed, or cheated. It makes them feel stupid, and to rub it in, they’re left holding a bad product as a reminder. But the product reviews were five star. How could that have happened to me, the customer thinks, over and over again until the
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Meet FastPivot President at IRWD 2012
IRWD 2012 (Internet Retailer Web Design conference) will held in Orlando Florida again this year, from February 13-15. A number of top speakers will be at this year’s conference, including keynotes: Paul Miller, Vice President, U.S. E-Commerce, W.W. Grainger Inc.and Thomas Ryan, CEO, Threadless.com. FastPivot president, Matthew Ledford, will be on-site providing consultations, as we
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Simply Youth Ministry Team Visits FastPivot Headquarters
As a Yahoo! Store development agency that serves clients wherever they are in the world, FastPivot’s team of programmers, graphic designers, project managers, etc. are located all over the U.S.. But, we do have a physical headquarters in Asheville N.C., where owners Matthew Ledford and Keith Enloe are located (among several other team members). Occasionally
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Shop Translated Struts New Custom Homepage Banner Image Map
Shop Translated, a Yahoo! Store focusing on “translating” modern fashion trends for plus-sized women, recently up-styled their store. FastPivot’s development team assisted in the development of enhanced functionality, stream-lined interface and behind-the-scenes management systems. The site was widened overall, a new background was added, an enhanced footer was integrated. and the cart was wrapped to
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Yahoo! Stores May Lose Some Functionality for 30-40 Minutes During January 23-24 Update
Via Yahoo! Merchant Solutions: On Monday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m. PT, until Tuesday, January 24, at 6:30 a.m. PT, Yahoo! Merchant Solutions will be releasing several feature enhancements for your store. While we do this work, you may experience a 30 to 40-minute period during which shoppers may be unable to use coupons or
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When Facebook Fails, A Reminder to Diversify
Here’s the scenario: You’ve spent countless time building your Facebook Page, because you know social media is the marketing of the future. In fact, to really make social media work you’ve got to be there posting and interacting everyday. And you’ve even added Facebook link icons to all your webpages, product pages, blogs, etc. etc.
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FastPivot Team Given Paid Day Off to Serve Community for MLK Day
FastPivot’s team members had a chance to take a paid day off this past Monday to volunteer in honor of Martin Luther King Day, and check out the good many of them did in their communities: Jennifer Boos, Project Manager: Volunteered with the Bent Creek Community Trail Improvement Project (Trash Cleanup) Her story: Living in
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Google Goes Black to Protest Sopa and Pipa; What Are You Doing?
Go to Google.com today and instead of seeing the familiar “Google” type in the middle of the page, you’ll see Google has a large obstructing black rectangle over it’s name. For Google, going “black” is to protest the #Pipa and #Sopa bills going through congress right now. They both could inflict serious blows to internet
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