thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

These new entrants will also likely provide services that we don’t foresee today, similar to the Amazon example [which expanded from online book selling into AWS, content production and domination of ecommerce].” ” In 2016 I gave the closing keynote, entitled Fintech 2020, at a fintech summit in Bogota.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 20, 2012

With over 100 comments and close to 2000 tweets, it was by far the most shared and discussed. The Ultimate Guide to Increasing Ecommerce Conversion Rates. 8 Universal Web Design Principles You Should Know. 8 Universal Web Design Principles You Should Know. How to Design User Flow. Need ideas for A/B testing?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

What does it really takes to have a successful eCommerce store. Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Is your E-commerce Store design lousy? The design and appearance of your website matters a lot. Website design is not all about external appearance, the visuals, and the graphics.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

I started my business because I was sick and tired of web designers charging thousands of dollars and then not responding to calls/emails, taking forever to update things, and eventually disappearing never to be heard from again. It’s a huge problem in the web design industry and it happens all too often. Or so I thought.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. That said, Amazon – through AWS – even without strong competition is as wonderful an experience as Amazon the eCommerce retailer feels to you as an online shopper. I find this strange.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

They learn design skills alongside sewing and patternmaking, so that there is less reliance on mass manufactured clothing retailers, and they get to wear fashionable, unique handmade garments. . #8 We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). I’ve tested pricing models and conversion rates. I’ve hired and built great teams. These are the details that are needed to turn vision into reality.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We had two prospective clients this past week where their overall site design was good enough that they didn’t need a full redesign. You may have a great product or service and great design on your existing site, but you know you could be doing better. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.”. –

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2013

They ran the test over a period of a few days worth of traffic and in total had over 2000 subjects visit. Their client was an eCommerce site selling mobile phones and accessories. Didn’t Peep write the following about colors in web design in this post : I liked this tweet by Naomi Niles: I couldn’t agree more. 2:0 to red button.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

If there’s a consensus about anything in the fast-changing mobile market, it’s the idea that mobile eCommerce conversions are lower than they are on personal computers. Not only that but mobile traffic is now 18 times the size of the entire internet traffic from 2000. According to Cisco, Mobile Traffic grew by 81% in 2013.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

For example, today, designing a smartphone App that alerts you when you have lost your car keys isn’t a viable standalone company; today, a service-based local software solution to manage ecommerce for brick and mortar companies, even if it is profitable, is not an interesting technology investment. .

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

They had me lay off the entire team of seven designers and then laid me off. The realization that I could run a company and I could do it well was also the attraction, motivation, and inspiration for founding Artitudes Design. Thanks to Andrea Heuston, Artitudes Design ! #2- He didn’t believe that women should be in business.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It’s how busy your layout is, how many competing design elements there are, all asking for attention. Every design element, graphic, product option, copy block, unanswered question, misalignment, etc. In 2000, the average human attention span in Canada was 12 seconds. In a group setting, look for anything (design, copy, etc.)

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ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2016

Technically speaking , an icon is a person or thing “regarded as a representative symbol of something” Web designers use them in navigations (e.g. Icons are fast to recognize at a glance (if well designed) — particularly true for standard icons that people have seen and used before. ” (via Small Farm Design).

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ConversionXL

APRIL 22, 2015

Or you might spend tons of effort on your ecommerce product pages, only to find that even if you get wins, the financial impact on your business is negligible. If copying Amazon would be all that it takes to grow your ecommerce business, there would be many more Amazons around. SaaS, ecommerce, lead gen, affiliate models.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. SimpleGeo is designed with the idea that startups can create new mobile products without having to each build their own mapping functionality.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. I was vice president of Tom’s company back in the ’90s, from ’94 to 2000. Back to Podcast. Transcript. And that’s a phenomenal thing.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 12, 2016

That said, we have done quite a bit of user experience on eCommerce sites and have seen some trends in terms of what generates positive experiences from a customer perspective. These ideas came from a massive round of UX research we’ve done for eCommerce. Nothing works all the time on all sites. Product descriptions matter.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

SlideRocket – Design professional quality presentations and then deliver them in person or over the Web. Oprius – A contact management software designed for independent sales people. ProofHQ – Online management and review of designs, artwork and documents. Xythos – Online document management and storage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2013

Designers know the value of white space. But yes, there’s a time and a place for 2000-word, epic blog posts (like this one). Andy Crestodina is the Strategic Director of Orbit Media , a Chicago ecommerce company. Here’s a quick guide with seven tips for writing web content: 1. Keep it short. Align Pages with Phrases.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2012

Here’s how to increase the conversion rate of your ecommerce site. You *technically could* have an ecommerce site with just images, and no product descriptions (I don’t recommend it). The grandfather of boosting ecommerce conversion rates is having high quality photos of your product. The more the better.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 11, 2020

Klaviyo is a platform that helps growth-focused eCommerce brands drive more sales with super-targeted, highly relevant email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. I started out in design, slowly moved over to PR and communications. So I live in Iowa, and at the time I was doing a design company, graphic design. Transcript.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s designed for small and mid size companies and it all started based on a focus of the employees. Our slogan is, “We heart employees,” and everything that we do is designed around usability for the employees. We’re a time tracking system. It’s a web-based time tracking system. Bates: You know Josh—.

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