Ecommerce Tips for Beginners

Ecommerce means selling products and services online which is a rapidly growing with the rise of smartphones and tablets. We have presented some tips for starting, managing and launching an ecommerce business and website online below: Branding:  What is your brand identity? What are your products & services? Who is your target audience? What is unique about shopping on your website? All these elements including brand’s name, logo, communication style and other visual elements define your brand identity. These can be created with the help of marketing consultant. Design: The first and foremost need is to have a website. How it looks,

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10 Reasons Why Every Ecommerce or Online Business Websites Need a Digital Marketing Consultant

Digital marketing strategy is one of the most important aspects of ecommerce and can be defined as implementation of methods for marketing your business or website online. Digital marketing involves various tactics including Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), Press Releases (PR), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and content marketing to get traffic, convert into customers and finally engage them. Digital Marketing and Online Advertising can be a daunting task for any ecommerce website. The Marketing Director, owner or a team, more often than not, may be given the task of managing more than one marketing channels at one

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Highlights of the Magento Imagine eCommerce Conference 2014

Imagine 2014 brings together nearly 2,000 merchants, developers, digital industry experts, partners and open source enthusiasts to Magento’s exclusive eCommerce event at Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas. The conference took place over a three-day schedule with networking sessions, informative sessions and collaboration. Imagination ran rampant throughout the conference with a kickoff party sweetening the deal. Here is a brief account of the Magento Imagine eCommerce 2014 Conference : Day One: Imagine 2014 eCommerce Conference began in sunny Las Vegas with sessions and insights sparking new ideas and fueling partnerships. The day’s event began with eBay Inc. Merchant Solutions Forum, specifically designed

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Importance of a Blog for Your Ecommerce Website

Ecommerce websites can surely get extra benefits by adding a blog. Nevertheless, before you add a blog to your website, many things need to be thought of carefully. Magento is an open source e-commerce platform that enables highly feature rich state of the arts, scalable, functionality, and flexible content management system to e-commerce websites. Below are some of the most important benefits of a blog for an ecommerce website that will provide a clear picture. Better Communication with Customers: Your blog is a platform for you to reach out to your customers. It facilitates a healthy interaction between customer and vendor. This is

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San Diego Google Partners Connect from PROS

We’re hosting an exclusive Google event on May 21st, and you’re invited to join us. It’s a great opportunity to learn from Google experts about how to grow your business. We’ll provide refreshments, all we need is your company. Please RSVP by May 20, 2014. We’d love for you to come learn with us. Sincerely, Deepak Wadhwani When : Wednesday, May 21st, 11am to 12pm PST Where : PROS, 350 10th ave 10th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101 RSVP :  Call (858) 652-8920 or email me by 05-20- 2014 Here are the speakers at the event: Arjan Dijk VP, Global

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Tips for Improving Ecommerce Site Search

Ecommerce site search technology has been utilized by the most successful global ecommerce companies like Amazon, eBay, buy.com and Staples for over a decade. They realize the importance of site search and its ability to engage tens of millions of users. Site search is the preferred tool used by visitors to find products & their information, subscriptions, FAQ, content, customer support and store locations, if any. Top rated ecommerce websites continuously innovate their  search technology to improve their website user interface & user experience (UI/UX) and promote their products relevance at the same time. It does not matter how big or small  your

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Top Surprising Words That Get Content Shared On Social Media

If you are thinking, how important can words be to increase traffic to your website, think again. Words that you use in your content or whatever you write go a long way to determine how much social media traffic you will be receiving. Take Facebook as an example. If you want more people to be engaged in your posts then use words like “when,” “tell us,” and “discounts.” These words will help you get more traffic and hence, more likes and shares to your site. But if you use words like “promotion,” or “contest”, the effect will be just the

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Google’s SEO Algorithm Changes and Infographic

Google has the largest share of global internet search with over 80% of searches worldwide. If you want your website to get rank higher and optimize it for organic search web traffic,  a deep understanding of Google and  evolutionary changes to its search algorithm is critical. Google’s Hummingbird, Panda and Penguin updates to its algorithm has given SEO experts all over the world many a sleepless nights affecting ranking based on 200 on-page and off-page SEO factors. But What is an Algorithm? In common terms an Algorithm is a set of rules that a program must follow in its execution. In

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The Definitive Guide to Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Conversion Optimization or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is the technique of creating an experience for a website or landing page visitor with the objective of increasing conversions of visitors into customers.  Most web traffic to your ecommerce website may not convert into a customer including sign ups, buy your products, call your company or download your info. Converting web traffic into customers requires conversion optimization techniques including A/B testing, landing page optimization and a comprehensive marketing strategy to target your demographic. In order to improve conversions, one must tweak, modify and test the way your web pages look, the colors,

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15 Content Types That Can Drive More Traffic to Your Websites

Content writing involves many parameters other than writing. It involves content marketing, launching your blog and the craft of producing good content. To keep things interesting and to ensure that you have content that will get more traffic, make sure to add new types of content. Keep it fresh, targeted for greater conversion rates and improved search engine optimization (SEO). Here are some ideas you can use for your blog to churn up new content regularly. 1)    Infographics: Infographics is a visual image such as diagram or a a chart used to represent data or information. Infographics are a great way

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