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View in your browser. EcommerceNotes - January 19, 2012 Forward to a Friend |  How to Use Pinterest for Your Ecommerce Business Learning the ins and outs of popular social sharing site Pinterest takes only minutes, but can have a positive effect on ecommerce marketing.  Pinterest may be the hottest property in social media sharing, with a growth rate that rivals Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. It also has the potential to be an excellent opportunity... Read the Article... How to Analyze Your Ecommerce Competitors In online retailing, an accurate and current competitive analysis accesses rival merchants' strengths and weaknesses relative to a seller's own operations, providing a significant advantage or identifying opportunities.  For small and mid-sized online retailers, a basic competitive analysis should include a regular...   Read the Article... -Advertisement- Enter Volusion’s Product of the Year Contest What would you do with $1500 and an iPad2? Enter Volusion’s Product of the Year Photo Contest on Facebook for your chance to find out! Simply upload a picture of your online store’s best product and share it with your friends to gather up as many votes as possible. Good luck! Enter Product of the Year Contest Tip of the Day: Post Your Phone Number Prominently “By placing your contact number at the top of pages, shoppers feel more confident that they’ll receive their orders, and will be able to reach you quickly with questions while in process of checking out.” Pamela Hazelton, Owner, DesignExtend More on Customer Interaction... Daily Deals: A Good Investment for Merchants? Daily deal sites generated a lot of news and excitement in 2011 — mostly from the consumer perspective. I thought it would be useful to review some of the key factors in deciding whether participating in daily deals is a good idea for merchants.  Some commentators have suggested that "daily deal fatigue" has set in amongst consumers. Read the Article... SVG Images: What Merchants Need to Know Many online merchants are unaware of the benefits of scalable vector graphics, or SVGs. This article will provide a basic overview.  Before looking at SVGs, we first need to understand what a “vector” graphic is. There are two types of web graphics: raster and vector. Raster images use thousands of colored pixels to create an image. Read the Article... 6 Innovative Ecommerce Uses of YouTube With over 3 billion videos viewed every day, YouTube is a great place for online merchants to find customers. However, there are many different ways to engage those customers.  Here is a list of innovative uses of YouTube by ecommerce merchants. Some provide product information; others deliver entertainment. Read the Article...   Recent Articles: 220 Million Top-Level Domains: A Breakdown Buying Sites to Boost Traffic Credit Card Processing: Don’t Be Seduced by Teaser Rates Optimizing a Page for Search Engines, Part 1: Keyword Research Using Real People to Test a Website Upcoming Webinars: Search Engine Optimization Basics - Join us for a free, 30-minute webinar to learn how to improve your organic search results ranking.  We'll discuss the goals of optimization, content writing, keyword visibility, link building, and new SEO trends and topics.  Sponsored by Exclusive Concepts. Register Today > Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Time: 3:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time Crowdfunding for Ecommerce Businesses - In this 30-minute educational webinar, we will review the basics of crowdfunding, including its pros and cons for ecommerce merchants. We'll describe different funding approaches, as well as cover regulatory issues and pending legislation.  Sponsored by Bronto. Register Today > Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Time: 3:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive "EcommerceNotes" at our website. You can unsubscribe your email address (rssb4@3xchange.info) from this list at any time. Our mailing address is: Practical eCommerce 518 28 Road Suite B-203 Grand Junction, CO 81501 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2012 Practical eCommerce. All rights reserved.