There is much more to starting an ecommerce business than just having a great website. Running a company online involves many steps to ensure you come out the other side successfully. Customers are often time poor, …

Social Media Club of Dallas Speaker Aaron Strout shares the 10 tips about social commerce.

While you’re probably worried about the future and are constantly trying to make your business a more customer-friendly environment, there are a couple of things you need to know about mobile devices. Smartphones and tablets have been penetrating the workplace for a while already. They’ve made conducting business a very simple process while, at the [...]

To be successful on Twitter – whether you’re tweeting on behalf of a major brand, a small business, or yourself – requires a well-thought-out content strategy. Why are you tweeting? When are you tweeting? To whom? How will you measure success? Even when you’ve crafted that solid tweeting strategy – committing to practicing great social [...]

It’s easy to get phished. It’s really easy. You impulse click on the wrong link and that’s it. It’s ridiculously easy for the wrong people to get access to your sensitive information. You need constant vigilance to avoid it, but as we’ve covered before, there are a number of ways to plug every possible security [...]

Yesterday I was contacted by a reporter from a major media company, to contribute to a story. (Want to watch some of my advice on social media success? Scroll below to see the video for you) This is not the first time I’ve been contacted by a  journalist online – but most of the time [...]

Vimeo’s Video School once again has a wealth of information for those who would like to make their videos pop. This particular video goes over the DIY interview. And while you’ve probably heard of a few of these tips, it’s always good to have reminders.

Spring is synonymous with spring cleaning our homes. But have your ever considered spring cleaning for your business? In your zealous efforts to reach out to the customers via every form of web communication is your business guilty of an information overload? Have you failed to personalize social media communications or, even worse, still retain [...]

What’s your best tip for an entrepreneur just about to dive into PPC marketing for the first time? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that [...]

After this post rounding up some of our case studies, articles and reports on social media, I thought I'd steal Andrew Warren Payne's idea and do the same for ecommerce. We have written a lot on ecommerce since the blog launched, but here …

The following post is from Meghan Veroneau, Marketing Coordinator. It seems that a new social platform launches every few weeks, and with each introduction, a flurry of blog posts and mentions about how these platforms …

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Lets First Describe The term E-commerce , E-commerce Stands For Electronic commerce Provides Online Business Facility for selling product or service online and accepting the payment for same. Some Benefits Coming …

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We talk about security on Smallbiztechnology all the time: Securing your data, your identity, your networks and your devices. Smallbiztechnology recently had the opportunity to speak with Mark Grace, Vice President of Consumer Division, Absolute® Software, the makers of LoJack for Laptops (consumer) and Computrace (commercial) device security and recovery software. Mark shared with Ramon what [...]

Business intelligence. For many small business owners we have access to all kinds of business data, but we get lost when it comes to sorting it out and using it effectively to grow our businesses. In a recent article from Smallbiztechnology’s own Ramon Ray, that appeared in the Wells Fargo Business Insight Resource Center, he [...]

Think like a skeptic and you will make more money from your e-commerce website. This is one of the surefire ways to improve your site's sales and revenues. We use it all the time with our clients, from small businesses to …

Stillmotion continues to give great storytelling advice in Part 2 of their instructional video series being played on Vimeo’s Video School. In this one, they break down the “discovery” process during pre-production in order to come up with 5 keywords that you will follow throughout the production.

The more technology automates our lives, the less time we seem to have each day. Any available second is filled with responding to e-mail, managing social media sites, and dealing with billing and payroll. Aside from sacrificing sleep, many business owners aren’t sure how to squeeze an extra fifteen minutes out of a day, let [...]

This specific tutorial is just a single movie from chapter five of the Building an Ecommerce Web Site Using Dreamweaver with PHP course presented by lynda.co…

Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at the different ways that men and women use social media, advice on how best to engagement social media users, a look at how images are used on Twitter, tips for protecting your Twitter profile from [...]

Twitter is working hard to become a place for local businesses and customers to connect – so now’s the time to develop your local strategy. We’ve compiled 5 tips for local businesses to maximize their impact on Twitter, helping you use your 140 characters to reach the customers that care about your product most. continued… [...]

My colleague Stephanie Faris recently wrote an informative article on webcasting options available for small businesses today.  Whether it’s live streaming or on-demand videos, webcasting is being used by companies of different sizes for creating impact in meetings and events. Depending on the nature of business, webcasts can be used to promote products and service, [...]

Small business trade shows are a fantastic resource for generating leads, networking with fellow business people and learning about the latest in your particular trade or area of the world. It is one of the best ways to get your products in front of people, scope out the competition, increase brand awareness and much more. [...]

Life can be pretty intimidating for small ecommerce stores. There's a lot of tough competition out there. Sites like Amazon generate crazy money every day and have better brand recognition than you could ever dream of – how …

Life can be pretty intimidating for small ecommerce stores. There’s a lot of tough competition out there. Sites like Amazon generate crazy money every day and have better brand recognition than you could ever dream of – how exactly can you compete with that? Well the beauty of the Internet is that you can compete. [...]

If you have an online shopping store or an eCommerce site, search engine optimization is must to reach the customers. Learn how to use SEO as best online marketing tool.

Today, during the Boston Marathon, two explosions went off killing two people and injuring at least 23. As you can imagine, Boston Police want to find who did this – and quickly. Can you help? If you were in Boston and videotaped the finish line, even earlier in the day – your footage may help [...]

For a small business, exposure on a TV news show or in a newspaper or magazine can bring in big business. Whether a small business is pitching a local or national news outlet, there are several ways to set yourself apart from the competition. At a recent Meet the Media event, a panel of journalists [...]

All too often ‚Äì especially in ecommerce ‚Äì people just throw up a list of product features and specs without actually painting a picture of how the product will benefit the person in real life. Derek. April 10 2013, 05:50PM …

When it comes to online sales and customer conversion, connecting with your potential customers and describing your products persuasively is one of the most important parts of selling online. That’s because after your product photo, your product description is the information people turn to when trying to make a buying decision. And with Amazon a click [...]

Here is the 5 key steps checklist you can follow to make sure you are doing it right.