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If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Don't like RSS? That's Ok! Subscribe to our Blog and get email updates. You can also sign up for our monthly newsletter or get to know Shawna by following me on Twitter. Thanks for coming by and please come back again soon!! Wednesday, September 08, 2010 Want to know the secret to ranking higher in the search engines? Relevancy. Because if content is king, then relevancy is queen. In today's webinar you will learn how to show the search engines that your pages are relevant for search phrases from top to bottom. Sign up now ----> Plus if you are having trouble ranking for a particular search phrase you can submit your website and search phrase for evaluation. Join me today at 1:00 PM Eastern for this fun and informative webinar. Sign up now by going to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/948833113 Plus, everyone wins a really great goody! See you there :) by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Tuesday, September 07, 2010 If you are looking for an easy way to show customers what type of credit card payments you accept, check out this Free Credit Card Logos website. You can find images for:
WORD OF WARNING I would not suggest copying and pasting the code directly. They link the credit card images to other websites not appropriate for your store. Instead, do the following 1. Right click with your mouse over the image and choose - Save Image As 2. Upload this picture to your website. If you have a yahoo store, go into your Web Hosting Control Panel and click on Manage ---> File Manager --->Upload File 3. After you upload the file, go back to File Manager, locate the file, and click on view. This will open in a new window and we can copy the URL. 4. Inset the image into your website. If you have a Yahoo Store, you might want to put it in the bottom of your left navigation bar. To do this with your regular standard 3.0 store with no custom programming do the following:
5. Click update and admire your handy work. If you want to center the image just add the following: 6. Click update again and publish your changes. 7. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done! by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Friday, September 03, 2010 This weekend I will be reading Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing: An Hour a Day If you are looking to step up your pay per click campaigns for this holiday season, now is the time to figure out what works and what does not work. I will be back next week with a full review. Until then, have a wonderful weekend and I will talk to you again after the holiday! P.S. Ecom Experts will not be live this Monday due to the holiday but, we will be back the following week! by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Thursday, September 02, 2010 According to a recent article by eMarketer, "US Census Bureau reported that retail ecommerce sales were solid in Q2 2010, growing an estimated 13.7% year over year, a slight decline from 14.2% growth in Q1 2010." However, the article also states that holiday shoppers are still going to be careful with their spending this holiday season as they have been the last two seasons. BIGresearch conducted a survey in July of 2010 to find out how shoppers plan to save money this season. According to the survey:
Here are five tips we can use to increase sales based on the information above:
by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Wednesday, September 01, 2010 Have you recently opened a new Yahoo Store or are you thinking about starting one? Well, let me show you how quick and easy it is to get up and going in our webinar today. Sign up now I will show you in less than hour how to: * Add new sections * Add new items * Set up shipping * Set up tax rates * Set up payment methods We will also be discussing what you need to know to increase traffic and conversion to your new store as well. Join us today at 1:00 PM Eastern. Sign up now by going to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/251242801 I look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Shawna Seigel 1 Choice 4 Your Store P.S. We still have coupons if you want to give the Yahoo Store a try for free. Give us a call today to learn more - 888-312-7839 by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Mike Ober from Yahoo Small Business stopped by our radio show Ecom Experts yesterday to discuss the new features released earlier this month from Yahoo, as well as, best practices for Customer Registration. We kept him around to also discuss site reviews and many listeners received great advice and conversion tips they could apply towards their own ecommerce site. Air Date: August 30, 2010 Podcast: Play in new window | Download by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Monday, August 30, 2010 I love the last Monday of every month. It means that its site reviews and ecommerce questions day on our radio show Ecom Experts at 6:00 PM Eastern! http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/chat/ Plus, today we have a very special guest join us! Mike Ober from Yahoo Small Business is stopping by to discuss the new features released earlier this month from Yahoo, as well as, best practices for Customer Registration. So here is what you will want to do! 1. Submit your website and question to: http://www.ecomquestion.com/ 2. Then join us at 6:00 PM Eastern at: http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/chat/ You will be able to listen live, chat, and get answers to your ecommerce questions! I look forward to seeing you there :) by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Friday, August 27, 2010 Does tax time terrify you? Does the thought of getting everything in order for your taxes make your heart stop? There IS a better way! Rebecca's clients feel great when April rolls around because they know that their books are in order and they have a clear picture on EXACTLY what they owe and how much money they’ve made. How would it feel for you to go into the end of 2010 confident and secure? You can learn how in this webinar where Rebecca will include a “behind the scenes” look into QuickBooks; and clear, simple explanations of the different sections and what they mean for your business and taxes. Catch the webinar replay by going to: http://www.1choice4yourstore.com/quickbooks-for-online-retailers.html by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Does tax time terrify you? Does the thought of getting everything in order for your taxes make your heart stop? Join us at 1:00 PM Eastern as our invited guest Rebecca Tervo from Tervo Financial Fitness shows us a BETTER way! Sign up now -----> We will get a "behind the scenes" look into QuickBooks; and clear, simple explanations of the different sections and what they mean for your business and taxes. Sign up now by going to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/420809784 We will see you at 1:00 PM Eastern! Sincerely, Shawna Seigel 1 Choice 4 Your Store P.S. Have you heard the news? Yahoo Search is OFFICIALLY powered by Bing. Stay tuned as we bring you all the details Friday in our next edition of 1 Choice News. by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments Tuesday, August 24, 2010 You might be surprised - FREE.
Yes, free is the great four letter F-Word that keeps customers coming back for more. Zappos made it their mission to build loyalty with their customers and it paid off. 75% of their customers - Repeat business How did they build customer loyalty? They offered free shipping to their customers and free shipping when the product wasn't right. Now granted, not all of us can afford to give free shipping there and back. However, there are other small things that we can do:
Make sure to check them out below by clicking the play button. You will learn more ways you can drive repeat business to your store starting today! Air Date: August 23, 2010 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Studies show that its less expensive to bring existing customers back than to attract new ones. So how can you take your existing customers and bring them back into your store to purchase again? Shawna welcomes the always popular Kat from Kats Kloset! Kat was recently named one of the top 6 Social Media Sellers by eBays blogger, Richard Brewer Hayes and is keeping busy trying to live up to that image. by: Shawna Seigel Twitter With Shawna | Subscribe to our Blog | Subscribe To Our Radio Show 0 Comments |
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