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Talking Internet Taxes, Outright

As one of the first beta testers for Outright, accounting software for small businesses and those who are self-employed that was launched in 2008, Kat Simpson has seen her fair share of changes affecting online sellers. Perhaps no...

Flash Sale Sites Don't Deliver when it Comes to Shipping

Flash sale sites like Fab, Gilt and RueLaLa excel at offering savings to consumers, however, they often fall short of meeting consumer shipping expectations, according to a new study. Fullfillment and logisitics solutions provider...

What's Vital in the E-Commerce Store Today?

The elements that make for a robust and effective e-commerce presence today likely aren't foreign to Internet retailers, but it's useful to periodically review what the new and emerging platforms are focusing on and what merchants...

4 SoLoMo Loyalty Program Leaders

Rewarding consumers for positive behaviors (e.g. purchases, social activity, etc.) is a win-win for brands and customers. To take advantage of the many benefits of loyalty and engagement programs, however, companies must transcend...

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Passing Go with Optimized Landing Pages for Gamers

:: Maximilian Beer, Senior Online Marketing Manager at TrafficCaptain :: Spurred by the increasing popularity of online games, the computer and video games market has in recent years seen rapid growth and today constitutes an important...

Brands on Knotice for Complete Customer Profiles

Creating coordinated brand experiences that extend across digital channels and device types can help companies better engage customers through consistency, helpfulness and value, according to Patti Renner, director of marketing at...

Easy Web Overlays with Chardin

One of the most popular posts in April 2013 here at Website Magazine was about the Intro.JS jQuery plugin which enables users to create guided virtual introductions on their website. But Intro.js isn't the only available option;...

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Tubular: Use YouTube Videos as Website Backgrounds

Delete that tired old static website background - and get Tubular ! The jquery plugin lets designers/developers use a YouTube video as a Webpage background - how cool is that? Now, I don't have any idea at all how or when this...

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Barriers to Engaging Web Design

For all intents and purposes, design is the most important part of a website when it comes to getting users to convert, and what matters more than that, right? Unfortunately, even on the most thoughtfully designed websites, there can...

7 Key Principles for Mobile Commerce Success

:: By Nathan Joynt, Volusion :: There are currently 115 million smartphone users in the U.S. and an estimated 200 million users by 2017. According to Internet Retailer, in 2012 U.S. smartphone and tablet users spent over $24 billion...

Simpler Checkout for Single Page Websites

Single-page site design is a popular Web trend, but it's not typically a good fit for those actually selling products. There are plenty of good examples where this style of design is used, but it's mainly for information publishers...

3 Ways to Kick-Start Conversions

Companies looking for increased conversions in 2013 should focus on mobile, particularly in relation to optimized landing pages, email marketing, and the mastery of short- and long-form content....

Amplify Partner Communication with Mobile Apps

Businesses typically launch mobile apps as a way to reach their customers who are on the go. It might be time, however, to consider also launching apps as a way to reach the variety of vendors that businesses work with on a daily basis...

Viralheat Users Get Fired Up for iPhone App Release

The Viralheat platform has gone mobile. The social media marketing suite provider just launched an iPhone app , which enables users to manage multiple Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts from their smartphones. The app can be leveraged...

Live Streaming Comes to Brightcove

Video platform Brightcove has released a new module that will enable its customers to create and deliver multi-bitrate live video streams to the Web, iOS, and Android devices. Similar to its on-demand video offering, Brightcove users...

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