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Real-time Pricing Affordable for Smaller Merchants

January 22, 2017 2:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Real-time Pricing Affordable for Smaller Merchants

Most retailers change product prices infrequently . But larger companies, such as Amazon, Jet, and Sears, continually adjust prices in real time. Now smaller merchants can also benefit from real-time pricing and ...


SEO: Be Community-centric to Earn Links

January 20, 2017 3:15 pm Published by Comments Off on SEO: Be Community-centric to Earn Links

Search engine optimization requires a unique blend of relevance and authority. Relevance is more easily mastered, but authority requires the community of people that is interested in the things you ...


Generate Product Descriptions with Natural Language Software

January 20, 2017 9:59 am Published by Comments Off on Generate Product Descriptions with Natural Language Software

Software solution providers are using templates and product data, such as brand name, price, and specifications, to automatically generate thousands of ecommerce product descriptions in practically no time. Ecommerce product descriptions ...


Want to Please Shoppers? Respond Quickly

January 20, 2017 12:03 am Published by Comments Off on Want to Please Shoppers? Respond Quickly

In “5 Ways to Draw Shoppers In, and Keep Them,” one of my posts last year, I addressed how you have about eight seconds to get an online shopper’s attention. ...


Understanding Email and Data Appends, for Marketing

January 18, 2017 10:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Understanding Email and Data Appends, for Marketing

Marketing professionals often ask me about email and data appends.  Both can help grow email subscribers and improve the information about existing ones. In this article, I’ll describe how email ...


Building your SEO strategy in 2017: what’s most important?

January 18, 2017 12:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Building your SEO strategy in 2017: what’s most important?

If you’re wondering what factors to consider as you build your SEO strategy for 2017, links are still the top-ranking factor for Google’s algorithm with content close behind. And high CTR is still at the core of the rankings pack as well


Legal: Protecting Against Idea Misappropriation Claims

January 17, 2017 3:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Legal: Protecting Against Idea Misappropriation Claims

Ideas are cheap. But ideas can also help an ecommerce company improve its products and services. Often a merchant’s customers or partners are in the best position to provide such ...


Former Amazon Exec on Marketplace Options, Prosper Show

January 16, 2017 8:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Former Amazon Exec on Marketplace Options, Prosper Show

The increasing dominance of Amazon has many merchants scratching their heads, wondering how exactly to work with that company, and how that company will impact their own businesses. I recently spoke ...