by Susannah Morris at Hubspot.com | September 15, 2015 68% of all ecommerce visitors abandon their shopping carts – leaving $4 trillion of abandoned merchandize behind. But don’t despair – according to BI Intelligence, roughly 2.5 trillion (or 63%) of this is potentially recoverable. The top three reasons that people gave for abandoning their carts…Click to read more >
9 Simple Ways To Optimize Your Blog Post To Get Found By Google
by Brandon Schaefer July 25, 2015 Getting your article found by google is really not that difficult… that is… if you know what to do, and how to do it. Like I always share… if you stick to the basics and the core foundations… you’ll always end up in good shape. Optimize Your Blog Post So……Click to read more >
5 Tips for Maximizing Your Search Engine Optimization
As a website owner, you understand that your goal is to maximize the amount of qualified traffic to your website. Although referrals and word-of-mouth can be great sources for customers, the real Holy Grail of the Internet is Search Listings (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.). Through some effort, you can get your site in front of…Click to read more >
Understanding Search Algorithms and How They Impact Your Website
In SEO we often refer to a search engine’s algorithm. But, what is an algorithm and how does it impact your website? By definition, it is a step-by-step procedure to determine a calculation. It’s a formula. Search engines use a formula to rank websites based, in part, on particular keywords or phrases. Search engines have…Click to read more >
Introduction to Paid Search
My previous articles have all discussed organic search optimization of your website. I thought we should start to explore the paid side of search. So, what is the difference between organic and paid search? Organic and paid search listings both appear on the same page of the search engine, and can originate from the same…Click to read more >
Increasing Traffic to Your Website
In previous articles, I’ve talked about how to improve your website so people will want to stay awhile and shop; we’ve covered website merchandising, cross merchandising, social merchandising, creating value, and how to manage your reputation so your customers will return again and again. Let’s back up a bit now and think about what we…Click to read more >
Business Building with Blog Tours
If you’ve ventured into the quilting blogosphere, you’ve probably come across the occasional blog tour. Blog tours come in many different forms, but essentially they are a series of posts scheduled on different blogs within a short time period designed to promote something. The most common blog tours are for book releases, as publishers and…Click to read more >
The Do’s and Don’ts of SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a moving target and requires continuous learning, tweaking, and updating. In previous articles, we discussed key steps of SEO and the process of selecting your keywords. I think now is a good time to step back and outline some of the Dos and Don’ts in the SEO process. I want…Click to read more >
PCI Compliance – Small Businesses Facing Increased Scrutiny
Should you be worried about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards? If you accept any type of payment card—debit, credit, and even prepaid cards—then, yes, shopowners must take PCI Compliance (as it is informally known)very seriously. Businesses found to be out of compliance with these rules face, at the very least, serious fines from their…Click to read more >
Turn Old Inventory Into Cash Using Vendor Archives
We’ve heard about the importance of keeping inventory fresh time and time again. We know that any trendy fabric more than a year old should be should be marked down and cleared out. But what happens if you mark down those older fabrics and they still don’t move? How do you possibly get it sold…Click to read more >