In 2015, we saw many changes in e-commerce from “mobilegeddon”, to the explosion of online content factories, to the rise of Instagram as a marketing tool. The bottom line is today’s online shoppers have a plethora of opportunities to interact with your brand. Despite the changes (most of them positive) many e-commerce store owners are slowly
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Increase Organic Search Traffic: Are You Willing To Do What It Takes?
Our agency receives calls and emails seemingly on a daily basis from e-commerce and e-business owners puzzled as to why their once strong organic search traffic is steadily dwindling. The simple answer is: the rules of the game have changed. However, you can work to restore traffic volume and get back on the first page of results,
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5 Pitfalls of E-commerce Site Design and Architecture
Recently, while browsing a widely-known and highly-respected company’s online store, I was truly shocked at the unpleasant online shopping experience I was having. I sat in front of my computer screen amazed that with the resources that should be available to a company of their size, the site I was on was a pretty poor
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Website Branding is More Than Just a Logo
If I asked you to draw the McDonald’s logo, you could probably come pretty close, right? Of course! Their logo has become a pop and business culture icon – seemingly ingrained in our minds through years and years of well planned advertising. However, the famous golden arches are only a small part of the multi-billion dollar
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5 Ways to Grow Organic Search Traffic with Online Buyer’s Guides
Obviously, online shoppers can’t try-on, ride, use, measure, or test the products offered on your e-commerce storefront. For some, the convenience and savings of buying online vs. visiting a brick and mortar will diminish if they aren’t exactly sure what to buy. Sure, you probably have spec sheets, descriptions, and customer reviews for each product,
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Saddleback Church expands reach with Shopify WordPress collaboration
Pastors.com is the main content hub for Saddleback Resources, the publishing arm of Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, one of the most influential Christian ministries in the United States. The organization is quickly becoming one of the largest online distributors of Christian books, sermons, and ministry materials. To amplify their reach, Pastors.com needed a partner
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FastPivot Design leads United Exchange Corp’s Netsuite eCommerce transition
When considering an eCommerce store or website in general, it should be no shock that the design stage is often the longest and involves the biggest budget. Not only is the designer capturing brand and styling, he or she is also tasked with working within the website’s platform to provide all areas of user-interface. Recently,
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Don’t Push Customers Away
There was a great post over at the Hubspot blog about 9 Awful Ways We Push Customers Away. None of us like to lose customers, especially if it’s easy to avoid. Of their 9 reasons, here are a few that stood out to me. 1) Poor Showcasing of Merchandise Leading brick and mortar retailers like Macy’s
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How to Set Up Ecommerce Tracking in Google Analytics
Note: These instructions is for sites that accept on-site transactions and don’t use third-party vendors for their ecommerce transactions. If you’re an online store that hasn’t set up ecommerce tracking in Google Analytics, you’re missing a great opportunity to make better decisions by using data collected from visitors and buyers. By using just a plugin
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