Archive for News And Announcements
Today, I just wanted to pass along some information about 30 ECommerce Webinars that have been going on this weekend and all are 100% free. I just found out about this event yesterday after the first two days were already mostly over. I did get to check out the last two sessions on Saturday and I can tell you they were spot on and very useful. If you have some time today, I highly recommend attending what you can. The conference is hosted on GoToWebinar.com and there is a Twitter party as well (optional) as well as some prize giveaways. The Twitter party is nice because you can interact with other ecommerce and marketing entrepreneurs during the conference. It was the first such Twitter party I have ever participated in. It was nice to see it in action. However, if you are not a member of Twitter, please do not let that stop you from attending. Read more... (500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)
I just wanted to let everyone know that we added a new web page tool to our free ecommerce tools page. It is a simple web page search engine bot test tool that takes any web page and shows you what a search engine bot may see when it visits your page. Not every bot will see your page “exactly” this way, but it gives you an idea of how your page is viewed via automated means. Remember highly graphical sites or sites with a lot of flash are hard to interpret by search engines without additional text-based content. This tool will show you: Read more... (208 words, estimated 50 secs reading time)
I just posted the latest video in the Nautical Modeler – How To Build An Online Store series in the video section of our website or in our ECommerce Lab section. This is Part 2 in the series and in it, I talk about Niche Marketing and why choosing a niche is critical to your chances of success. This is one of the last few videos, before we get into the meat of building the online store, but are very important as it sets the groundwork for things to come. It also gives you some insight in how I go about knowing what to sell and what my approach to online selling is about. Read more... (162 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)
Three new free ecommerce tools have just been added to our ECommerce Tools section on our website. These tools are interactive, and lets you generate a printable report of your data.
1. Breakeven Analysis – This interactive tool helps you find out how many items and what price you must sell each for to make a profit.
2. Financial Ratios – This interactive calculator helps you to zero in on areas of your business that may need attention. Areas such as solvency, liquidity, operational efficiency and profitability. Read more... (160 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)
