In the online edition of their publication, Internet Retailer featured the recently announced TurnTo Networks / FastPivot partnership: Excerpt: New York, NY РTurnTo Networks (www.turntonetworks.com), a leader in social commerce, today announced a partnership with FastPivot (www.fastpivot.com) that will bring the power of social merchandising and social sharing to Yahoo! store owners.  A leading
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Don't Forget: TurnTo / FastPivot Social Media Webinar Coming This Wednesday
Many retailers think that by implementing a Facebook and Twitter account, they’ve mastered the art of “Social Media.” But the reality is that this is only the beginning of the social journey. If you stop there, most of the return that may be realized (2-5x higher conversion rates) from “social” is wasted. In this upcoming
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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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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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We Like You, Do you Like Us?
Some Yahoo! merchants might imagine our Yahoo! store developers congregating at the virtual water cooler to spout off about broken configurators, rebelling floating carts, and particularly stubborn RTML, but the truth is, we talk about YOU. Not a day goes by that we don’t discuss how awesome our Yahoo! merchant clients are! Facebook has been
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Why adding a splash page and custom fields to your company Facebook page is important
When most people think about improving their social media, they really don’t consider a social media design strategy that will be beneficial to their overall social media campaign. Embedded herein is a Youtube video discussing the benefits of installing a Facebook splash page and custom Facebook tabbed fields. As you can see in the video,
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Yahoo! Store Merchants Should Consider Placing Ads on Facebook to Grow Sales & Social Media "Fans"
Developing a sound social media strategy is just as much about using well placed graphic design as it is about using captivating and engaging copy/dialog. We’re highlighting this Facebook ad option for Yahoo! Store merchants because Facebook’s membership now exceeds more than 400 million users. As a social media platform giant, Facebook is also seen
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Fast Pivot To Present On Social Media Road-Mapping At Upcoming (September 9th) Asheville NC-Based Duke University Non-Profit Management Workshop
Jonathan Poston of FastPivot 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
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In Case You Missed It: Kick Starting Your Social Strategy Webinar Recording Now Available
Last week’s FastPivot & SingleFeed hosted social media training webinar, Kick Starting Your Social Media (recording archived and freely available below) shared social media training insights into the ways social media is growing and how it applies to online stores and ecommerce. The social current has been strong for a while now but many times
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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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