Your typical business website serves 4 different functions: Virtual Office, Expanded Services, Enhanced Marketing, and Efficient Services. Let’s take a look at each of these in greater depth.
Virtual Office
Your website provides your potential customers with a first impression of your business, similar to them actually coming to your place of business for the first time. [...]
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July 28, 2009
Planning is the key to any successful venture, and e-commerce is no exception. This article will look at some of the key areas to plan for when getting into e-commerce. These areas include marketing, maintenance, shipping, and payment gateways. Naturally, this is not a comprehensive planning guide; just some ideas, and questions to get you started towards a good digital business plan.
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July 28, 2009
So you want to build an E-store? Congratulations! Getting into online sales can be a rewarding and profitable experience. This article will look at the pro’s and con’s of starting and maintaining your own online store. First, we’ll look at some popular misconceptions about online stores. Then in Part 2, we’ll look at the planning stages, and budget considerations for an online store. We’ll also see some of the day to day maintenance that an online store typically incurs.
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July 28, 2009
Every website I create follows the same general process from consultation to finished site. Knowing what to expect throughout the process can ensure a shorter time from concept to production, and a better overall experience for everyone involved.
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July 28, 2009
I often get asked for estimates on how much a website costs. Although a fair and innocent question, the number of variables that determine the cost of a site can make it a somewhat complex question.
It is important when looking at the value of a website, to not equate the size of the site with [...]
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July 28, 2009
Grower’s Solution is an e-commerce retail site specializing in providing greenhouses and greenhouse products. Starting from humble beginnings nearly five years ago, Grower’s has blossomed into a premier solution for all things gardening, and seasonal. Currently moving in excess of a million dollars in products a year, they had a growing need for a comprehensive site upgrade.
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July 28, 2009
Now that we’ve covered the basic tags used in HTML, let’s look at a few more “complicated” tags. Actually, they’re not significantly more complicated, but are simply groups of tags with specific orders and nesting arrangements. Read on!
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July 28, 2009
Maintaining the content on your own site is a great way to save money on site maintenance. Generally, all you need to understand is a little bit about how a web page is structured. This is defined with HTML. Before you start to despair, and wax verbose on your lack of ability to program, let me assure you that learning HTML is not learning how to program, it is far easier, and pretty much just defines different areas within your content. These areas include paragraphs, lists, content areas, images, bold text, headers, tables, etc.
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July 1, 2009