Drop shipping is a great business model if you want to be location-independent, don’t want the hassle of managing inventory, and want to be able to run your entire business from an iPad or a laptop. A lot of online businesses drop-ship – some may rely on it completely, and some may use it for [...]
This is a guest post by Nima Patel of Lettuce Shopify is an incredible ecommerce tool for for small to mid-size businesses. They also offer a wide range of functionality so today we’re providing a round-up of the top resources you need to get the most out of Shopify and utilize it to the max. [...]
The most challenging part of running an online store is not setting it up, but it’s how to market it. There are tons of ways you can go about marketing, from SEO, PPC, and even YouTube videos. Having a solid marketing strategy is crucial to succeeding in online business. What’s more important is that you need [...]
Happy 2nd day of the new year, everyone! I was just reading through an excellent post by Richard Lazazzera on a list of things entrepreneurs need to do in the New Year, and a behemoth post by Billy Murphy on how to accomplish your New Year goals. I highly recommend checking them both out. As [...]
I’m a big fan of Moz. For link building and competitor research, I swear by Open Site Explorer. But the crowning piece is really Moz Analytics, which is a powerful marketing tool that tracks zillions of aspects of your website and traffic. The only issue I have with it? I only use two of the paid [...]
Normally, I don’t listen to audiobooks, preferring to read, but a few days ago, I was listening to a podcast and heard about a free one-month, one-book trial of a service called Audible. I thought, “what the hell,” this is something new, and I’m getting a free book, so let’s give it a shot. I [...]
As online store owners, we are obsessed with getting traffic. I know I am. Every day, I open up my analytics and smile as I look at my vanity metrics. Traffic sources. Organic traffic. Direct traffic. Referral traffic. Time on page. Bounce rate. Then, as a by-the-way, I have a look at conversions. Yikes! It’s nowhere [...]
This post is a follow-up to my last one, 50 ways to build links to an ecommerce store. A giant list of 50 ways to build links is awesome, but at the same time, incredibly overwhelming. Heck, I was overwhelmed as I wrote it, so I can only imagine how overwhelming it would be to [...]
We’ve all seen this type of post before, right? 101 Ways To Build Backlinks. 32 White Hat Ways To Build Inbound Links. By far, my favorite on is on PointBlank SEO at Link Building Strategies: The Complete List. Plain awesome. But… Do you know what bugs me about these posts? None of them are tailored to [...]
You and me, we are all little guys. We aren’t Amazons, eBays, or Walmarts. But honestly? We would never wanna be those guys. Amazon, eBay, and Walmart are all machines. We are people. And you know what? People love to buy from people. So even if we don’t have the multi million dollar budgets those [...]
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