FastPivot.com - Newsletter - January 29, 2007
January 28 , 2007
 

Fearlessly Flying South…
FastPivot take on IR Web Design 2008!

You gotta love the folks at IR. The folks who get 5,000 online retail merchants…and lots of people who love them…into the same room every June have now convinced 500 of them…and some of people who love them…to come to Miami in January.

“Who needs convincing to go to Miami in January?” you ask. Point taken. But it’s for a more than worthy cause. IR now brings us Internet Retailer Web Design—a new online retail event that focuses exclusively on the importance of online design and merchandising innovation. (Another of our favorites is Shop.Org’s Online Merchandising Workshop in July. Check out what they were up to in San Diego last year.)

If we thought this new show meant an artistic lovefest about look, feel, and fonts…we’re not sure what we’d be saying about it. But every day, we’re more and more convinced that it’s going to be 72 hours about how look, feel, fonts, copy, navigation, site search, SEO, interactive merchandising, wishlists, registries, lookbooks, product reviews, blogs, cross-selling, carts, and everything else you can put into your online store combine into a design strategy that spells selling success. (Yes, site search and SEO are, in fact, design issues. No, we’re not kidding.)

We’re so sold on the idea…we’re not just going, we’re going big. Taking another step forward during our 10th anniversary year, FastPivot will exhibit at IR Web Design, also take part in the free 30-minute web consultation program running throughout the show. It’s been a crazy month getting ready while keeping up on workload, but we support the principles of this show so strongly, we knew we had to make it work. (The production team is so looking forward to February…)

If you plan to be there…let us know! If not, we’ve got three ways we plan to share the experience (sun and sand not included!)

Wish us luck! And see you January 30-February 1 at Booth 34…or at a screen near you February 21!

GOING? STAYING HOME? CHECK OUT OUR IR WEB DESIGN PROMOTIONS AVAILABLE TO ALL!

We partner with the best!!
Fluid makes social shopping sell!
New Year's Resolution #43: Make our blog more like this.
(TheHub never fails to inspire. Check out the Points of Innovation 1/1/2008 post!)
Who needs Hollywood? The good stuff is online!
(Stay tuned! The 12th annual Webby award nominee announcements due soon!)
Our Newest Client
Store Launches
 

 
Yahoo! Stores Changing Form Submission…TODAY (1/25/2008)!

Yahoo! just announced a security update affecting merchants using the Yahoo! Stores form submission function.

All affected merchants will receive an email update from Yahoo! explaining the change and how to address its effect on your site.

While Yahoo! is automatically doing the security update on their side of the store, there are things for you to do. Otherwise, newsletter signups, contact, and quote forms might not get to you!

FastPivot will be contacting clients soon with more details about this change to the Yahoo! Stores platform.

  • If you are a retainer client: Your site receive a complimentary update by FastPivot automatically.
  • If you are a past client with a site less than 90 days old: Your site will receive a complimentary update by FastPivot automatically.
  • If you are a past client with a site more than 90 days old: We can help.
  • HTML and RTML savvy? Please click here for Yahoo! DIY support.

Know you need help? While we’ve already determined this isn’t a difficult change, it will require a developer’s time and specific attention. Here’s how to proceed:

  • We will respond to you within 1 business day.
  • During this call, we will determine if your store needs a fix and present you immediate options.

We want to ensure no store is left behind. Please check your forms and call us if we can help!

For ideas on growing your business through more traffic, better email marketing, more efficient operations, better design and merchandising or ways to improve your online operation in general, call our account services team at 888.770.8883. Visit us on the web at the new www.fastpivot.com.
 

 
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