Paypal and ComScore recently conducted a survey among active shoppers in relation to shopping cart abandonment - and not much has changed over the years. Consumers are still abandoning carts at a frightening rate.
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Shopping cart abandonment survey
Turning around time burglars
Have you ever had an ongoing debate with a customer or peer via email that’s sucked up a lot of your time and wound up being more frustrating than fruitful? Here’s how to turn it into something more constructive and possibly profitable.
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Affiliate fraud warning
Affiliate programs are a great way for merchants to mobilize a large sales force with minimum outlay, particularly if the program is handled in-house; however, there are hazards.
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Automated spell checking for sites
Being your own proof reader is fraught with hazards. This tool may help.
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PCI compliance update
Starting next year, credit card accepting online merchants doing business in Nevada will need to be PCI compliant. What many merchants may not realize that regardless of where they are, they probably already have a contractual obligation for PCI compliance,
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Fully loaded - humor in advertising
The world of marketing can be a rather serious place. Times are tough and a good laugh is always appreciated. However, if you can turn that laughter into profits, even better.
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Google enhances Flash indexing
Google announced yesterday improvements that should see better indexing of Flash components.
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Twitter’s looming demise?
In Australia we have a term “tall poppy syndrome” and it seems that Twitter has become one of its victims.
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Partner canvassing and attachments
I’ve often said that friends don’t send friends large attachments (without warning); but that extends to business owners seeking partners or publicity too.
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Internet Explorer 8 bugs
If you’re a web developer used to using Firefox and you’ve assumed that Internet Explorer 8 will be pretty much the same compatibility-wise as IE7 in terms of how pages display, think again.
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