Interesting News Stories 12/28/08 - 01/03/09
Sunday, January 4, 2009 – 1:30 pm- Chris Brogan’s 27 Blogging Secrets (and his “Using the Social Web To Find Work” e-book).
- Fortune Magazine’s 21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008.
That Software Guy’s 2008 Zen Cart modifications
Friday, January 2, 2009 – 4:45 pmTake a look at what That Software Guy did in 2008:
- External Polling Sidebox
- Integrated Zen Cart Promotional Page
- Big Upsell
- Dymo Labels for Zen Cart
- Newsletter Discount
- Quantity Discounts by Dollars Spent
- Blog Integration
- Better Together Admin Panel
- Better Together Version 2
- Spender AutoCoupon and Chooser AutoCoupon
- Wishpot Integration
- Combination Discounts Admin Panel
2009 will be just as exciting … stay tuned.
Zen Cart Better Together Admin Panel Upgraded
Thursday, January 1, 2009 – 1:15 pmThe Better Together Admin Panel has been upgraded with a feature called “Set Inactive” that allows you to temporarily disable discounts instead of deleting them. The upgrade fee to get this feature is $10 for prior purchasers of Better Together Admin.
The Frictionary
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 – 6:55 amLinda Bustos’ great list of design elements that impede e-commerce.
Better Together, Frequently Bought Together and Combination Discounts
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 – 8:12 pmE-Commerce expert Linda Bustos writes in the Elastic Path blog about how Amazon is ditching Better Together for larger discounted bundles. Now I’m a huge Amazon fan, but I don’t think that making the bundles individually switchable, as they have, is a good idea. 3 items combined in any way yields 7 choices, which I think it just too many.
You can get larger bundles than 2 in your Zen Cart by moving from Better Together to Combination Discounts. You can also offer single click purchases of the bundle (as long as all the items are products without attributes) using Buy The Set. And of course, don’t forget about the new Combination Discounts Admin Panel!
Zen Cart Combination Discounts Admin Panel Released
Saturday, December 27, 2008 – 10:57 amThe Combination Discounts Admin Panel for Zen Cart is now ready. Come and get it!
Interesting Commerce Stories 12/14/08-12/20/08
Sunday, December 21, 2008 – 11:55 am- Top 100 Marketers of 2008 (and here’s a list of their twitter ids)
- 40 Shopping Carts from Elements of Design
- Web Techniques that build market buzz (hint: video)
Twitter must follow lists for E-Commerce, Social Media
Friday, December 12, 2008 – 5:02 amOK, here you go: @thatsoftwareguy’s top ten list of people you must follow:
@TheGrok, @dmscott, @roxyyo, @penelopetrunk, @chrisbrogan, @andybeal, @problogger, @doshdosh, @nametagscott, @copyblogger.
Extra bonus name: @JOHNABYRNE.
Want more names? Check out Linda Bustos’ awesome list. Or check out all the people @thatsoftwareguy is following.
How to use Twitter to build a community
Saturday, December 6, 2008 – 10:12 amHere’s a great article from TwiTip about building a community using Twitter.
If business is slow and you have extra time on your hands, one option is to learn more about social networking and build your business profile this way.
