Posted on: 03 December, 2001
Author: Merle
If you sell more than a handful of products on your ... need to add what's known as a shopping cart. This is a function that allows your ... to pick out the items theywant and send th If you sell more than a handful of products on your website,you'll need to add what's known as a shopping cart. This is a function that allows your customers to pick out the items theywant and send them to a "cart," which holds onto them untilthey're ready to check out. The program then totals the orderand adds any applicable taxes and shipping...
Posted on: 03 December, 2001
Author: Lisa Lake
These days I receive a lot of email from web site owners who say"I get plenty of visitors to my site, but hardly anybody ... it is ... ... These folks are ... more t These days I receive a lot of email from web site owners who say"I get plenty of visitors to my site, but hardly anybody buys."Sometimes it is downright embarrassing. These folks are gettingWAY more traffic to their site than I get to mine. I'm temptedto write back and say hey, I'll fix your conversion problem ifyou will show me how to get all that traffic.Low...
Posted on: 02 December, 2001
Author: David Johnson
With a little money and a good idea, you can reach anyone who uses ... ... to the latest ... thats 158.5 million ... can use the World Wide Web to open new sales channel With a little money and a good idea, you can reach anyone who uses theInternet. According to the latest statistics, thats 158.5 million people.You can use the World Wide Web to open new sales channels, extend yourcurrent business into a different product line, enhance customer service, orshape the first impression your company makes on its target market. You canreduce your marketing costs (printing, mailing, and...
Posted on: 02 December, 2001
Author: Katie Bauer
If you're like me, you've fallen into the trap ofbuying an internet ... product online with suchhigh hopes, and when you finish reading it ... that's it? ... is missing. Where If you're like me, you've fallen into the trap ofbuying an internet marketing product online with suchhigh hopes, and when you finish reading it you'rethinking, that's it? Something is missing. Where isthat magic formula that was promised? How is thisdifferent from other products I've seen?The lesson in this article is that COMMUNICATIONis an absolute necessity, and shortly you will seehow this links to the situation above.Gone may be the...
Posted on: 02 December, 2001
Author: John Warzecha
There seems to be the ... ... that ... buying ... on the ... will very soon surpass regular means of ... as ... stores. Nothing could be further from the There seems to be the misguided suggestion that e-commerce, buying orselling on the Internet, will very soon surpass regular means of retailsuch as department stores. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thee-commerce industry should check out the number of people that wanderthrough shopping malls on weekends. Is a company like J.C. Penny,Zellers or Wal-Mart closing their doors and meekly walking off into thesunset? No- they are expanding, rebuilding,...
Posted on: 29 November, 2001
Author: Wayne Ford
I bet you would have never guessed it, but people ... in huge profits by charging for ... totheir ... Here's ... a free ... or ezine on your web site's topi I bet you would have never guessed it, but people arebringing in huge profits by charging for subscriptions totheir newsletter! Here's how...Offering a free newsletter or ezine on your web site's topicof interest is one of the best ways to generate traffic toyour site and a build a reputation as an expert. But whygive something away when you can get paid for it? Printpublications charge a yearly subscription...
Posted on: 28 November, 2001
Author: Bryan Marye
So, you don't have a ... dollar ... ... You don't have astaff of ... venture capital backing or someone from Star Trek as ... Then perhaps it's time to look So, you don't have a multi-million dollar advertising campaign? You don't have astaff of hundreds, venture capital backing or someone from Star Trek as yourspokesperson? Then perhaps it's time to look into one of the advantages that youdo have over these e-commerce giants..... customer service. You might wonder how a small company can hope to give better customer servicethan these heavily staffed, heavily funded e-giants. Believe it or not,...
Posted on: 28 November, 2001
Author: Jennifer Stewart
US business-to-business e-commerce will hit $2.7 trillion in 2004 and more than 90%of firms interviewed described plans to buy and sell on the Internet, according to arecent Forrester Research study.T... US business-to-business e-commerce will hit $2.7 trillion in 2004 and more than 90%of firms interviewed described plans to buy and sell on the Internet, according to arecent Forrester Research study.The study, "e-Marketplaces Boost B2B Trade," reports that B2B growth will beaccelerated by the development of e-Marketplaces - new models for conductinge-commerce - such as auctions, exchanges, aggregators and bid systems. By 2004,Forrester expects these e-Marketplaces to capture 53% of all...
Posted on: 26 November, 2001
Author: Greg McNeil
If you don't use the Internet in your business today, even the word ... may be a little ... But it doesn't have to be if you take it one step at a time. Here are a few tips that can If you don't use the Internet in your business today, even the word "e-business" may be a little intimidating. But it doesn't have to be if you take it one step at a time. Here are a few tips that can help in building and promoting your e-business.·There are many ways to leverage the Internet in business, so start...
Posted on: 26 November, 2001
Author: Lee Benson.
Five years ago, people were surfing the ... years ago, people started to use the Internet to buyand sell goods. Two years ago, during the 1998 holiday ... 1 million AOL members bought at Five years ago, people were surfing the web.Three years ago, people started to use the Internet to buyand sell goods. Two years ago, during the 1998 holiday season,over 1 million AOL members bought at least one item online.This gave us a small hint of how big online shopping might get.In 1999's holiday season, e-commerce exploded in all directions,taking its toll on traditional malls and shops. This...