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Recent E-commerce Articles

4 Problem-Solving Analytics Tools

Buried deep in your data are all kinds of clues you need to strengthen your business. Here's how to uncover them.  Read more

8 Ways to Find the Best Long-Tail Keywords

Here are some simple and effective ways to identify the kind of keywords that keep the traffic coming.  Read more

5 Tips for Highly Effective Pinterest Boards

Pretty pictures help, but if you want to make the most of Pinterest, you need a more thoughtful strategy.  Read more

What's Your App Worth? Here's How to Know

Check out some tools that will help you price your app--and sell it to the highest bidder.  Read more

8 Tips to Improve Your SEO Now

Stop languishing in a dark corner of the World Wide Web. Grab your developer and go through this checklist to start getting more traffic.  Read more

How Google's Page Redesign Could Affect Your Business

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the search giant tweaked its search result pages. Here's what you need to know.  Read more

Want to Spy on Rivals? There's an App for That

Social media can offer lots of clues into your competitors' strategies. The trouble is capturing all that data. A new app promises to do it for you.  Read more

5 Baby Steps Toward Going Global

Doing business abroad doesn't necessarily have to take a Herculean effort, especially if you sell your products or services online.  Read more

It's Coming: Tech Industry to Slow Down

Read between the lines of the leading tech companies' earnings and you'll find grim takeaways for any business in the industry.  Read more

Are Online Ads Getting Too Expensive?

A recent report suggests the days of cheap online advertising are dwindling. But a look at the numbers reveals a more complicated picture.  Read more

Google's Earnings: Good News for Advertisers

Buried in the search giant's third-quarter earnings is a stat every e-commerce company should know.  Read more

How to Scale a Start-up Using Social Media

Online food ordering service Eat24 gets about a million visits a month and will reach $150 million in sales this year. Here's how it happened.  Read more

PayPal Offers 'Bill Me Later' for Small Businesses

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, PayPal will let you offer customers a buy now, pay later option. Bonus: You get paid right away.  Read more

Going Mobile? Make It More Than a Marketing Strategy

Smartphones and tablets are becoming an important tool for satisfying your customers' needs, not just for trying to sell to them. Are you ready?  Read more

How to Dramatically Improve SEO

Here's an easy way to determine what your customers want--and how to best meet their needs.  Read more

How to Choose the Best Platform for Your App

Do you develop on Apple iOS, Google Android, or Windows? Or all of the above? Check out the pros and cons for the major platforms.  Read more

Simple Tips to Make Your Website Look More Credible

Credibility makes--and breaks--online businesses. Here's how a newcomer in a competitive industry can build trust with customers.  Read more

7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs

Whether you're just starting up or need a way to manage existing operations, these tools have you covered.  Read more

Study: Social Media Just Doesn't Sell

A new study finds just 1% of sales come through social sites. Are you spending too much time on making your brand look great on social media?  Read more

Facebook Gifts: Shifting the Future of E-commerce?

The world's biggest social network is dipping its toe into retail, aiming to boost its revenue per user significantly. Here's how it will work, and why it'...  Read more

Future of Mobile Apps: 4 Predictions

More than 5,500 software developers were asked to look into their crystal balls. Here's what they saw.  Read more

3 Ways to Deal With Disaster

Here's how a veteran entrepreneur keeps from going bonkers when absolutely everything seems to go wrong.  Read more

Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs

Technology can make your job easier. But when something goes wrong, you need basic business instincts to back you up.  Read more

Why Apple's Maps Flap Could Make Your Life Harder

Don't think Apple's buggy new Maps app affects your business? Think again.  Read more

Want to Ride the iPhone 5 Wave? Get into Apple's Passbook

iPhone 5 customers will be able to store loyalty cards and coupons on their devices. Here's how to make sure they can access yours, too.  Read more