181. Selling - Blending E-Commerce and Store Front Sale - 10/20/2005
There seems to be the misguided suggestion that e-commerce, buying or selling on the Internet, will very soon surpass regular means of retail such as department stores. Nothing could be further from the truth. The e-commerce industry shou...

182. Old Meets New in the Web Store Business Plan - 10/20/2005
E-commerce may be revolutionizing the way the world does business, but it shouldn’t change your approach to writing a business plan. Whether you’re starting a Web store from scratch or taking an existing outfit online, the basic elem...

183. New Type of e-Comerce Search Engine on the Block - 10/20/2005
Marketing your site to sell product is the way the internet works. What if you could miss out this step and sell your product directly to the right person just at the moment they are ready to buy WITHOUT incurring huge advertising costs? Doe...

184. The Color of e-Business - 10/20/2005
We all know the tremendous advantages to operating a store front on the Web. But often we overlook the built-in disadvantage that every Internet store front shares… The flat surface of a computer monitor has to substitute for the brick, m...

185. Shopping For A Shopping Cart? Make Sure You... - 10/20/2005
"Shopping For A Shopping Cart? Make Sure You Weigh your Options First!" If you sell more than a handful of products on your website, you'll need to add what's known as a shopping cart. This is a function that allows your customers ...

186. How Exactly Does Ecommerce Work? - 10/20/2005
This has to be the most-frequently asked question I receive from newbie clients. They know people are buying online and they know they have to accept credit cards if they want to stand a chance in all the net-based competition, but beyond ...

187. 2 Percent Conversion Rate - 10/20/2005
Do you wonder why the industry average of conversion rates of a customer buying on web sites is only 2 percent? Have you tried to purchase anything online from some of the Big Boys? I have a feeling that it's a game with them to load all t...

188. Adventures in Internet Retailing - 10/20/2005
The first big surge in the ecommerce explosion came from business-to-consumer (B2C) or retail sales. Companies such as America Online, Amazon.com, eBay and Priceline.com became the first household names in ecommerce. Their leaders became the...

189. The Keepers - 10/20/2005
In my 55 years I have spent about 50 of them marketing and selling something. Along the way I learned a few things about designing a web site with e-commerce that I would like to share. 1. Keep it simple. Design it to download fast, easy-to-...

190. Are you Losing Your Customers? - 10/20/2005
E-commerce is expanding at a time when our nation has slipped into an economic recession. Like any business, it is about getting the goods and services delivered so that you have a satisfied customer who will hopefully come back for more. ...

191. Is Your Affiliate Network Up to Scratch?... - 10/20/2005
"Is Your Affiliate Network Up to Scratch? Put Them Through A 30 pt. Checklist" Being part of one or more Affiliate Networks will provide a degree of organic growth in your affiliate marketing results; however by using a CAE as a com...

192. Have You Ever Wondered How the Experienced - 10/20/2005
Well there are many ways to generate traffic to your website and alot of them are very successfull. Here's a new twist on an old concept that will keep you reading and well stacks of focused traffic. Here's a two pronged approach to getting t...

193. Ecommerce: A New Artform - 10/19/2005
What creative project do you have in the back of your mind? Writing that novel? Putting together a bluegrass band? Painting the sunsets over the Rio Grande? How about starting a business? When you think of the term creative endeavor, does la...

194. 10 Super Tips For The Budding Online Entrepreneur - 10/19/2005
Five Percent of online entrepreneurs make things happen while ninety five percent wait for things to happen. But what are some of the things that do make things happen for you online. Here are 10 points that one should keep in mind when t...

195. Five Easy Ways To Do Business Automatically... - 10/19/2005
"Five Easy Ways To Do Business Automatically With Autoresponders" Most business-building ideas won't work unless you make the time to do them. If your day is already jam packed with work, family, and life in general, adding one mo...

196. 14 Steps To A Trustworthy Website - 10/19/2005
Have you ever visited a web site and been attacked by screaming pop-up ads, gotten lost in a clutter of banner ads, had things flash and go boom? And have you ever visited a site that was informative, easy to navigate and generally pleasant to...

197. Let Your Visitors Choose Your Keywords - 10/19/2005
Sometimes we can be too close to our own websites. For example, while one person might call their rates -"rates"... you might call them "fees" or "price" or "cost"or "rack rate". Here's an ...

198. Practical Information Products for the Internet - 10/19/2005
I have been in the training business for over twelve years. As I began writing how-to manuals, I naturally began offering seminars on how to write how-to manuals. And I still do. But I've found that by putting what I've learned about this subj...

199. The Five Most Commonly Encountered, Off-putting... - 10/19/2005
"The Five Most Commonly Encountered, Off-putting E-commerce Errors" While getting less public handwringing than during holiday season, the "abandoned shopping cart problem" continues to wreak havoc on online sales. Recentl...

200. Why You Should Provide a Long-Term Guarantee - 10/19/2005
Providing a guarantee to your customers is plain good business. Would you want to buy something that the seller didn't even think was worth a guarantee? Me either! If you believe in the product you're selling, then show it. Stand behind it ...