Christmas in August is a far removed concept for most holiday shoppers, but for ecommerce merchants, this is a time to prepare for what is to come. Some reports suggest an 11% projected growth in 2010 online/ecommerce sales this year vs. only a 2.5% sales in overall U.S. retail. To put this in perspective, “in
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Going Mobile, Mobile, Mobile: Titanium Jewelry Recently Upgraded to a FastPivot Mobile Store Design
Going mobile, mobile, mobile…so many standard ecommerce stores are upgrading to mobile, we’re having a hard time keeping up. This Youtube video (below) depicts one of our recent mobile store designs: TitaniumJewelry.com ‘s mobile store. FastPivot.com mobile store designers recently upgraded Titanium Jewelry’s standard Yahoo! Store to include a mobile design. When mobile shoppers visit
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Parts Pros Love Their New FastPivot-Made Custom Advanced Search Feature for Yahoo! Online Stores
FastPivot Yahoo! Store designers recently unveiled this custom advanced search feature for Parts Pros. “Looks like everything came together great…I am already seeing a sales increase, and I believe you guys [FastPivot] are directly responsible. I appreciate all of the great work. ” –-Steven Skipper, Parts Pros This custom Yahoo! Store feature is especially useful
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Is Your Online Store Telling Lies?
As an Ecommerce merchant, you’ve probably considered a variety of marketing techniques. Everyone wants to get their product moving, so most are willing to try many different tactics to get the job done. Some even begin telling little white lies to hurry the process. The idea of using deceptive marketing techniques is alluring, because they
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Yahoo! Store Spotlight: Framethedate.com Debuts in Southern Living Magazine
Just the other day, FastPivot’s Creative Director, Nikki Whited, was flipping leisurely through Southern Living Magazine when suddenly her eyes focused hard and her hands brought the pages closer in for a better look. Sure enough, she wasn’t mistaken, one of FastPivot’s Yahoo! Stores, Framethedate.com,had made it into the cosmopolitan glossies of Southern Living Magazine.
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Expert Panel Members Named for FastPivot Led Duke University "Social Media for Non-Profits" (Asheville) Workshop
FastPivot’s Jonathan Poston will be presenting on Social Media Road-Mapping for non-profit organizations at this (see below) upcoming (September 9th, 2010) Asheville NC-based Duke University Non-Profit Management Workshop. This social media workshop is one of many Duke University Non-Profit workshops that non-profit leaders will be attending in order to complete the distinguished Duke University Non-Profit
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Sign Up Today For a Free Yahoo! Store Mobile Analysis Video Guide
Sign Up Today For a Free Yahoo! Store Mobile Analysis Video Guide Why you need a FastPivot mobile store: * 2-5% of your online store visitors are on a mobile three inch touch screen. * You need a FastPivot mobile store so you can stop frustrating mobile shoppers. * Your ecommerce store looks great on
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FastPivot President, Matthew Ledford, To Present on Mobile for Ecommerce August 8, 2010
FastPivot President, Matthew Ledford, will be presenting on “Mobile for Ecommerce” this Sunday (8-8-2010) at 4:00 PM ET at this New Life Event. Mobile commerce is all the rage: Local businesses and ecommerce merchants around the world are modifying their marketing plans to include mobile smart phone screens. With more mobile shoppers now buying from
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This Video Shows How Your Online Yahoo! Store With A Mobile Design Upgrade Looks to Mobile Shoppers
In this embedded Youtube video, we go over a sample mobile design so you can see how your own ecommerce store should be designed to fit a 3-4 inch touch screen. As you can see the branded banner is nicely displayed and below all the features are nicely presented which allows you to find products
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This is how mobile shoppers are viewing your standard online store: now, do you see why you need a mobile design?
This is an example of how your regular ecommerce store might look when viewed from a mobile device. Now, do you see why you need a mobile design? Mobile shoppers would be very frustrated with this store because navigation is challenging. You’d have to travel far distances in finger bend miles just to get to
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