A recent CBS mobile commerce news report portrays the rising m-commerce wave as one with obviously enough push to lift mobile commerce into the main-stream, but also one fraught with sinister sharks of malfunction. One hypothetical the article posed was: what if a major retail ecommerce store wanted to test a new mobile payment application
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The Mobile Store Revolution Is Upon Us: 2010 Begins the Age of M-commerce
With a global consumer base tossing out their dumb flip phones in favor of smart phones, a noticeable shift has begun to take place within the world of ecommerce. In fact, the shift is so palpable that industry trend watchers are calling it the beginning of the age of mcommerce. It has long been believed
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Can Google's Triple Headed Dragon Continue to Reign & Why Should Ecommerce Merchants Care?
At present Google is¬†Triumvirate Supreme as far as Search, SEO & Adwords goes, but with a bellicose band of competitive tech firms contracting its collective muscle, many wonder when Google’s triple headed dragon will fall. It might be a different fight if only Google were tussling with the tag-team effort of search underdogs Bing and
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Reminder: Free Social Media Strategy Webinar To Be Held Tomorrow: Sign Up Today!
The industry treats ‚Äúsocial media‚Äù as if it were a simple plugin for the online store. A social strategy is much more than simply acquiring Twitter and Facebook accounts. Social strategy is about real relationships with real people. In this upcoming webinar presented by social media experts from SingleFeed & FastPivot you’ll learn how to
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Name Server Change Will Affect Some Yahoo! Stores
Earlier this month, Yahoo! announced that it will be retiring two Yahoo! Store legacy name servers. The servers are: Old primary name server: st-ns1.yahoo.com Old secondary name server: ns5.store.yahoo.com Stores that are still using these name servers will need to update their DNS records.  The servers your store should be using (if you are using
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FastPivot.com Now Has a Company Profile on LinkedIn.com
FastPivot.com was recently approved for a company profile on LinkedIn.com, a social media platform for professionals. Now clients and customers have yet another way to stay in touch with us. We’ve found LinkedIn to be a great place to meet others interested in what we do: online store design, mobile store development, social media strategy,
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Asheville Community Fundraising Efforts for Injured Triathlete Pay Off
We’ve gotten word that, with the help of his friends and local business donations, approximately $5000 was raised for Brad Smith at last weekend’s silent auction. Local businesses that provided donations and support included: Foot Rx, FastPivot,¬† Liberty Bikes, Carolina Fatz, Sycamore Cycles, Jus’ Running, Asheville Tri Club, Biowheels, Hearns Cycling, Industry 9, Ultimate Direction,
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"Why Won't Anyone Re-Tweet Me?"
Savvy online merchants know what Twitter is, but many are still grappling with how exactly to use it. In a previous blog, we explained that marketing with Twitter could be done in two ways: 1) Rapid fire promotional posting or 2)¬† Relationship centered marketing. If you’ve chosen number one, the easier route, then at some
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How to Create Catchy Content For Distracted Social-media-lites
As a part of an ongoing marketing plan, online store merchants often find themselves creating huge amounts of content. Think about it: there’s press releases, store copy, newsletters, blogs, etc. If the content within any one of those channels isn’t optimized for social-media-lite consumption, the chances of it being mentioned via social media is slim.
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FREE Webinar: Kick Start Your Social Media Strategy
The industry treats ‚Äúsocial media‚Äù as if it were a simple plugin for the online store. A social strategy is much more than simply acquiring Twitter and Facebook accounts. Social strategy is about real relationships with real people. In this upcoming webinar presented by social media experts from SingleFeed & FastPivot you’ll learn how to
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