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Recent E-commerce Articles

Innovation Secrets From Apple, Priceline & Spotify

Find out why your customers come to you. And focus on making whatever that is faster and easier to get.  Read more

Daily Deals: Not Dead Yet

New data suggests that while the explosive growth may be over, the industry is hardly on its deathbed.  Read more

An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Inc.com columnist Phil Simon says Facebook could solve a few key problems with one simple solution: Charge users--they'll pay.  Read more

Most Important Clicks to Track on Your Website

That SEO strategy is all for naught if you're not watching the right metrics. Here's how to measure success.  Read more

Online Advertising: Surprising New Finding

Research suggests you might be using the wrong metric to measure the success of Web campaigns.  Read more

Which Mobile Payment Service Is Best for Your Business?

The race to dominate the mobile payment industry is on. Here's how six top contenders stack up.  Read more

6 Sales Tips From Istanbul's Grand Bazaar

Competition is fierce inside this ancient, 5,000-shop market. Here's how the best merchants stand out--and what you can learn from them.  Read more

7 Tools to Get More Out of Pinterest

If you're going to use the photo-pinning platform, turn those "pins" into sales. Here are a few tools that can help.  Read more

7 Great Tools for Building a Mobile App

Whether you're comfortable with HTML5 or don't know a single line of code, there's a tool for you.  Read more

Facebook's Biggest Problem

The social network is making money--but not enough for Wall Street. Here's why small business, in part, is to blame.  Read more

2 Web Metrics Every Entrepreneur Should Know

What do visitors really do when they come to your website? These two metrics will tell you.  Read more

Where Zynga Went Wrong

It's official: The business is stalling, and Zynga's prospects don't look good. Here's what happened.  Read more

7 Simple Tools to Keep Your Start-up Organized

Filing expenses, managing leads, tracking website bugs: all crucial processes--and potential time sucks. These online tools can help.  Read more

Reinventing the Billboard

This Chicago start-up aims to remake old-school, outdoor advertising. Here's why Groupon and Clear Channel have already signed up.  Read more

How Google Is Killing Organic Search

If your business depends on customers finding you in search results, you're in trouble--and it's likely to get worse.  Read more

4 Secrets for Marketing on Pinterest

Can't spend as much as you'd like to on marketing? Here's how one clothing company uses Pinterest to close the gap.  Read more

Grow Your Business by Buying Domain Names

Sometimes acquiring another domain is the cheapest way to increase leads and sales.  Read more

The Short Shelf Life of a Facebook Post

A new report reveals just how long your Facebook posts make an impact. Spoiler: It's probably a lot shorter than you think.  Read more

Is Your Customer a Mac or a PC?

You might want to find out: Orbitz shows higher-priced deals to Mac users because they tend to spend more. But be careful with the data you find.  Read more

Bonobos Founder: We Failed & We're Better For It

Entrepreneur Andy Dunn almost lost his e-commerce business to a major mistake. Find out how the company made a comeback.  Read more

Why Your Online Marketing Isn't Working

Attention spans have gotten shorter and the competition has only grown stronger. What are you doing to rise above the noise?  Read more

How to Comparison Shop the Cloud: 5 Tips

The cloud is cheap and easy to tap into--sometimes too easy. Make sure you get the right service and price with these tips.  Read more

How to Beat a Giant at Its Own Game

Can a database start-up go up against Oracle? Here are two reasons why this one has a fighting chance.  Read more

4 Lessons from Yammer's Success

Microsoft's acquisition proves tech start-ups are still hot. Want to be next? Learn from what David Sacks did right.  Read more

Is Your Business Too High-Tech?

Just because machines can do things faster and cheaper than your employees doesn't mean they should.  Read more