Archive for January, 2009
Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Be careful what you post!
Merlin Mann talks about how to blog
Small business? You need to offer Paypal
Showing product descriptions in context
How free content can boost sales
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Amazon.com's shopping cart page has a feature whereby items can be set aside from the current checkout but still visible for later purchase. It's called "Save For Later." This functionality is now available in Zen Cart with my Save for Later contribution. I hope you like it!
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
BOGOF? Invented by Mr. Wedgewood, the world's first marketer.
Sell to your demographic, like Dove.
Internet Retailer's Hot 100 Web Sites.
Interesting uses of Video in E-Commerce.
How to socially network if you have been laid off.
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Things are slow right now. You're spending less time on sales, less time on support. How can you best spend the free time you have now to create value in your business?
One idea is to build a video portfolio on YouTube demonstrating the use of your products. Take a look ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Top 40 online retail satisfaction index - vendors seem stuck in the 70's. I wonder what it's going to take to move them to the 90's?
Designing a shopping cart page (or "review" page).
Small business trends for 2009
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
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.
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Take 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 ... ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
The 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.
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