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10 Things Your eCommerce Business Needs to Thrive

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Beyond your site itself, make sure you understand the SEO, or search engine optimization basics, so you’re setting yourself up to be discoverable in Google search. The customer’s journey through your site should be as frictionless as possible. From there, look at your paid ad campaign strategy. Also, look at your payment options.

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10 Ways to Find out What Your Competitors Are Doing

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Securities Exchange Commission or the equivalent in your country. It is also a good idea to have a look at Environmental Protection Agency files, the Patent and Trademark Office, as well as local planning commissions. Analyze your competitor’s website and SEO strategy.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

crowdSPRING Blog

Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules to govern the upcoming changes in equity crowdfunding for startups and small businesses. The calculation is that many consumers would happily pay the tax in exchange for the convenience. Crowdfunding for startup companies Great news, everyone!

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Given the high cost of capital for private SaaS companies, wise executives will often offer slight MRR discounts to customers in exchange for quarterly or annual pre-payment terms, and provide incentives for their sales force accordingly. Yet many B2B companies don’t have a clue.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Security is hard to get right. If you do, youll be able to get a lower hourly rate in exchange for some equity. Youll be forced into analysis paralysis because youre blowing your whole wad with every bit of work you commission. Id outsource security and performance testing to an external company. So is database design.

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The Definitive Guide To (8) Competitive Intelligence Data Sources!

Occam's Razor

Toolbars are add-on's that provide additional functionality to web browsers, such as easier access to news, search features, and security protections. If you are analyzing data for your SEO or PPC campaigns and you find the search engine providing the data then you should instantly embrace it and immediately propose marriage! #5:

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