Up and Running

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Etsy is a popular eCommerce platform for everything handmade, from custom jewelry to baby clothes. It’s a robust online market place, with more than a million active sellers and over a billion dollars in sales in 2014. This is an eCommerce business, it won’t make you money if it’s sloppily created or neglected after launch.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. Thank you for reading our insights and our story.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Why do consumers, despite the rise of eCommerce, find buying online difficult? Has the eCommerce Industry Just Hit a Plateau? from 2013 to 2014. From Q2 2014 to Q2 2015, that number increased 14.1%. From Q2 2014 to Q2 2015, that number increased 14.1%. Is it really as difficult as they perceive it to be?

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 trillion in 2014. B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 Below, I’ve listed some of the SEO basics for ecommerce to get you started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/8/2014. Although technology is getting more pervasive in business, it’s not rocket science.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Consider that 40% of an ecommerce store’s revenue is created by 8% of its customers and that 82% of companies agree that retention is cheaper than acquisition. According to a 2014 survey, 61% of small business owners generate over 51% of their annual revenue from repeat customers. How to Use Social Media to Increase Revenue)?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). He is already increasing our deal flow in key areas in “the quantified self” and digital media and begun working operationally with existing companies. You can follow Greg on Twitter here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Wanting to cash in on these digital trends, a number of companies implemented the latest personalization, visual search and ecommerce tools this year to help boost their share of sales. With visual social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat becoming more popular, we are seeing the growing potential that visual search hold.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2013

I thought a great way to celebrate the doldrums of summer would be to test your business knowledge and social media acumen, so I put together a litte test. b) eCommerce. d) Social Media. By 2014, the mobile internet is predicted to overtake desktop internet usage. What is the #1 activity on the web today?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2015

The exponential rise of ecommerce illustrates the acceptance of internet as a major marketplace globally. billion in 2014. Even adding an ecommerce section to a website is no trouble. There are built-in ecommerce tools available in the market and all you have to do is just integrate them to your website to launch your store.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2015

Practical Ecommerce contributor Armando Roggio pointed out that personalization in the e-commerce industry is similar to dating – the brand has to be willing to take a few risks to capture the attention of its clients. Give the shopper something they won’t see anywhere else.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Perhaps your site’s ecommerce performance isn’t up to expectations, or you’re not getting as many conversions you’d like. In 2008, famed digital trends and internet analyst Mary Meeker predicted that mobile web traffic would overtake desktop traffic by 2014. Your site isn’t responsive or mobile-friendly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup' No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. It’s not too late to start.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Moving from a garage based business to an online ecommerce platform gave us exposure to customers beyond what we could do from a strictly brick and mortar retail location. Tom Fallenstein, owner of HalloweenCostumes.com. How did your business grow from a small garage-based business into a business with 1,000+ seasonal employees ?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

2014 is almost here. Here are my 10 rules for #winning in 2014. This is nothing compared to 2014 and beyond. So yes – companies spend ALL that money to get traffic to their site via SEO, PPC, social media and what not. Please stop being stupid in 2014. 2014 is almost here. Barack Obama.

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ConversionXL

JULY 10, 2014

Surveying Competitor’s Customers In The “Wild” You’ve probably already heard a lot about “spying” on your competitors using social media, but do you actually do it? Jan Dobson (@mytruself) July 10, 2014. Blog eCommerce Resources Landing Pages Lead Generation' image source.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 9, 2016

Is the site for ecommerce, editorial or news? Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) December 10, 2014. While this type of social proof can be impactful, when’s the last time you sought out testimonials? Polled social media, maybe. SaaS, agency, eCommerce, etc.) Does the content feature block text, images or video?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Clean measures of conversion rates require a clean and standard implementation of the ecommerce tags. In my case I'm looking at Social Media (boss LOVES social!), It is pretty interesting that while bluenile kissed kay in Sept 2013, it never comes close to Kay, who is pulling way in 2014.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 I am an entrepreneur and started my business in 2014. Before they were born, I was working as a salesperson for a big media company, making a lot of money. Since then, Anvil has achieved Fastest Growing, Most Admired and Most Philosophic Companies in Oregon. 4 – Meaningful and Unique.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 26, 2014

Here’s something scary, according to MECLabs & Magento’s 2014 eCommerce Benchmark, only 13% of those studied base their testing on extensive historical data. Peep Laja (@peeplaja) August 25, 2014. Blog eCommerce Resources SaaS Resources Analytics google analytics'

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Join my private newsletter and get the Complete Guide to A/B testing: Jan 31, 2014. Examples of Awesome Explainer Videos: Step 8 – The Importance of Social Proof, Authority & Testimonials. Do This: Create a social media listening dashboard to track mentions of your brand across the social web. Thanks Tim!

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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. He published the book Zero to One in 2014.

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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. – Mobify , February 2014. – Wired , February 2014. Blog eCommerce Resources User Experience & Persuasive Design Conversion Optimization'

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Though it may seem obvious, according to the CMO Survey , which collected responses from Fortune 1000, Forbes Top 200, and other high ranking Marketers, found that the state of analytics even now in 2014, is quite dismal. First, your advertising is either Paid, Owned, or Earned Media. Display ads are Paid Media. the conversion).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Small businesses rarely have the time or resources to invest in outsourced customer service support, and some are finding it more efficient to serve customers via social media platforms: one LinkedIn study from 2014 revealed that 81 percent of North American SMEs use social media [5]. Build a following.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Directors, the Marketers, the Optimization employees and our resident social media gurus. First, someone worked really hard on this and created a really nice model for a smarter decision to be made for 2014. The valiant hope is that they will do something. You are a Ninja, it will likely take you less. Leaders has to carry.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Research conducted in 2014 found that 73% of American B2C marketers think video is an effective content marketing tactic. Before people purchase from an eCommerce site, they want to see exactly what they’re purchasing. Following the video, there will likely be a call to try the product, social media buzz about the campaign, etc.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Ecommerce marketing often focuses on the bottom of the funnel—remarketing ads for abandoned carts, time-limited email discounts, etc. Yet the average ecommerce conversion rate is between 1 and 3%. The overwhelming majority of ecommerce site visitors are non-purchasers. Ecommerce content marketing for every stage of the funnel.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2015

As the study points out: 91% of all US consumers still use e-mail daily, and the rate at which e-mails prompt purchases is not only estimated to be at least 3 times that of social media, but the average order value is also 17% higher. Email is anything but dead. And just A/B testing isn’t enough. 42% unique click through rate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Special guest post by @JTRipton: “The Top 10 Business Books of 2014″| vcrowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1Aiew6K. I hope you enjoy!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2016

However, as the worlds of fashion, luxury and media descend upon Paris for Fashion Week, these experiences and transactions seem increasingly quaint and inconsequential. That means engaging and delighting shoppers on mobiles, social media and online channels. . 3] “eCommerce Industry Outlook 2016”, Criteo , January 2016. [4]

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. 12- To promote democratic norms using social media. I co-founded koyn because I was worried about the toxic role of social media in furthering biased and untrue information. Social media isn't really social.

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