Archive for the ‘customer value proposition’ Category

The Thompsons Ride Away From the Competition

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Mark and JoAnn Thompson sat down with us to discuss their online motorcycle accessory business. In April of 2007 they started www.CycleAccessoryStore.com with MyEbiz, selling everything needed to “Ride, Rock and Talk;” but less than a year later they had moved their store to Volusion. They shared with us some interesting information about their experiences […]

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The Business Blogging Checklist

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Business blogging can be a daunting task. First-timers can get scared off and end up missing out on a great business opportunity. How should you even get started? What should you blog about? How much time will you need? What if it isn’t good? Will anyone really follow it? Even if you are currently blogging […]

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The How-To for an Easy Web Design Make-Over

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Spring cleaning is here. This year take it online and give your website a design make-over! As the graphic designers for .NET Magazine* remind us, a stunning website design make-over can be easy (not to mention lucrative) this season.

Make It Clear

Use an easy to navigate standard layout
Customers expect to see certain standards on a website- […]

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Don’t Let Your Ecommerce Business Become a Victim of Online Fraud

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

While the online fraud rate has remained steady over the last few years, the amount of total dollars lost by online businesses to fraudulent scams has increased. According to recent data collected, online merchants lost about $4 billion to fraud in 2008.
The biggest reason why online businesses lost more money to fraudulent scams in 2008 […]

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Do Not Let Your Ecommerce Business Become a Victim of Online Fraud

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

While the online fraud rate has remained steady over the last few years, the amount of total dollars lost by online businesses to fraudulent scams has increased. According to recent data collected, online merchants lost about $4 billion to fraud in 2008.
The biggest reason why online businesses lost more money to fraudulent scams in 2008 […]

Original post by Kate

Don’t Let Your Ecommerce Business Become a Victim of Online Fraud

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

While the online fraud rate has remained steady over the last few years, the amount of total dollars lost by online businesses to fraudulent scams has increased. According to recent data collected, online merchants lost about $4 billion to fraud in 2008.
The biggest reason why online businesses lost more money to fraudulent scams in 2008 […]

Original post by Kate

How to Avoid 7 Fatal Ecommerce Mistakes

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Harvard Business Review journalists Carroll and Mui conducted a comprehensive study looking at all the major US companies that failed in 2008. They published their findings in the September 2008 Issue in a powerful article entitled “7 Ways to Fail Big.” It outlined seven basic categories of mistakes: the synergy mirage, faulty financial engineering, stubbornly […]

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All About Bandwidth

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

What is Bandwidth?
Bandwidth usage can be defined as any visit to a website that causes data to be transferred to a visitor (be it a customer, search engine, security scanning device, etc.). Anytime someone or something visits any website, it uses a certain amount of bandwidth.

What to Look for in a Hosting Company
Every hosting provider […]

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A How-To Guide For Position Preference

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Defined:
The Google AdWords position preference tool “Lets you tell Google where you prefer your ad to show among all the AdWords ads on a given page.” Essentially you come up with ads for particular keywords and then decide where you prefer those ads to display and Google makes the adjustments needed in order to try […]

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When Paying Less Can Get Greater Online Advertising Results

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

For those of you who currently have or have previously had a Google AdWords account you know that the process of setting up a Pay Per Click (PPC) campaign with Google looks fairly easy. You generate keywords, you write short little ads, you decide how much you can reasonably afford to spend on your ads, […]

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When Paying Less Can Get Greater Online Advertising Results

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

For those of you who currently have or have previously had a Google AdWords account you know that the process of setting up a Pay Per Click (PPC) campaign with Google looks fairly easy. You generate keywords, you write short little ads, you decide how much you can reasonably afford to spend on your ads, […]

Original post by Kate

Internet Multi-Tasking

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

We have all seen distracted drivers who, while speeding down the freeway, are also making calls, texting, reading, applying make-up, etc. Now-a-days that is the trend while surfing as well- surfing the internet that is!  According to recent studies internet users are increasingly apt to multitask while online- engaging in everything from listening to music […]

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Blair Rhodes Uses Volusion’s Reliability and Convenience to Grow www.thepashminastore.com

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Blair Rhodes had experience with websites as a web designer for Hollywood studios and software companies. That’s why when his online store, The Pashmina Store, went down during the Christmas season of 2004, he knew he could do better.”We knew we needed a more reliable company and a better website, but the final straw that […]

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