Ecommerce Decisions
The questions you need to consider to help you establish what kind of ecommerce system you need for your website. Ecommerce decisions from Graham Jones
Graham Jones
Ten questions to help you select your ecommerce system
Your website needs a system to be able to sell your products and services and collect the cash. The problem is, the myriad of services and options is hugely confusing. Indeed, type in the phrase “best shopping cart” into Google and you end up with more than 44,000 results. And …
People do not use Google for search
Google is not a search engine – at least it’s not the way many people are using it. True, it can find you things – often unexpected and not always what you wanted. But, the latest information from Hitwise shows that most people are using Google merely as a “shorthand” …
Most Common Blogging Mistakes You Need to Avoid
By Luie De Von Promoting an online business can be easy if you know the tools and techniques to use. One effective way used by Internet marketers is blogging. How can you make your online marketing through blogs more effective? Below are ten blogging mistakes you should know to help …
Internet success is more likely when you meet the right people
RBS boss says bankers are paid to much; but that’s because of their brains The boss of RBS has scored a Gordon Brown-like “own goal”. The bank’s Chairman, Sir Philip Hampton, has admitted that city bankers are paid too much – “astonishingly high”, is what he said their salaries were. …
Gordon’s gaffe unwittingly reveals why web businesses fail
Unless you’ve been on a trip to the Planet Zog in the last 24 hours you cannot have missed the own-goal scored by Gordon Brown as he was caught out calling a life-long Labour voter a “bigoted woman”. You cannot move for the coverage in the media – and at …
Brain scans reveal who will help you achieve online success
Looking inside our head provides answers for Internet business owners trying to achieve online success Bankers at Lloyds will be deleriously happy today. They have returned to profit after being in the doldrums; and that means – you guessed it – bonuses….! Whoopee…! Here come the rich times again for …
Which Blog Posting Style Suits You Best?
By TJ Philpott The blog posting found on any one site normally reflects, at least in part, the personality of the author. This is normal and expected for a couple of reasons. Firstly most popular blogs gain their fame and favor by creating frequent and interesting posts. When writing this …
Do not annoy your loyal website fans
Fans of the hit TV series Dr Who are annoyed; no, they are furious. For two days the most popular story on the BBC News website has been about the anger of Dr Who fans who were annoyed by an on-screen trail for a Graham Norton programme. Like many TV …
Four Ways to Socialize Your Website
By Sandra S. Sea Unless you have been living under a rock, you will undoubtedly know that social marketing is an important aspect of your online marketing strategy. It is important that you connect with your customers where they live. Meaning, social sites. Unless your business is geared to seniors, …
Social networks could harm your productivity
Friends at work are important to your productivity Friends are hugely important to you in the workplace. Research has consistently demonstrated that when you have friends at work, you perform better. If you go to work and don’t have any friends who work with you, or if you don’t really …
Future employees will expect your business to do even more online
There may be books on the shelf, but young people prefer online learning Students are flocking to new technology rather like a bunch of pigeons pouncing on peanuts in London’s Trafalgar Square. And that means there is going to be the need for wholesale change in the way your business …
Don’t let your website be like a forgotten bowl of peanuts
Don’t let your website be a forgotten bowl of peanuts at a party…! Graham Jones explains why most business websites are just like a bowl of peanuts at a party.
Advertising industry battles to prove it is useful to Facebook
Facebook faces financial conundrum Most Facebook users simply don’t see the advertising the site serves up to them. That’s a conclusion you can draw from a new study on “social advertising” – the fancy name given to placing an advert on a website…! Indeed, anyone running even the smallest business …
Make people think of sex and boost your marketing
Romantic or sexual imagery on your website can change the way your visitors think Do you remember those dreadful adverts that used to appear many years ago in newspaper columns and classified listings? They said things like: “SEX: Now that I’ve got your attention here’s our latest set of spanners …