South Devon Web Design

E-Commerce: How to Accept Credit Card Payments in the Right Way

Southdevonwebdesign — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:27:55 +0000

Tags: E-commerce, Google News Ecommerce Feed, source: http://news.google.com

Secure your customers’ credit card transaction is a must! Okay guys, we know the drill – offering more payment options can attract new customers. Particularly in retail, accepting credit card payments can make a real difference – as well as an added credibility to your store. In e-commerce arena, this is also the case. But [...]

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Putting a B2B E-Commerce Twist Into the SMB – E

Southdevonwebdesign — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:59:59 +0000

Categories: Ecommerce Blog

Tags: E-commerce, Google News Ecommerce Feed, source: http://news.google.com

Business-to-business selling on the Internet, or B2B e-commerce, is one of the fastest growing segments of the small-business marketplace. As businesses flock to the Internet to find vendors for essential products and services, B2B e-commerce is rapidly expanding, both in terms of total revenue and the number of small B2B firms operating in the digital [...]

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Ten Questions Your Web Designer Should Be Asking You

Southdevonwebdesign — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:50:53 +0000

Categories: Design Tips

Tags: Google News Web Design Feed, source: http://news.google.com, Web Design

1. “Can you describe your business in a few sentences?” By distilling your business into a sentence or two, you are essentially giving your designer your “elevator pitch.” This is great information and can be used to quickly describe your business on your homepage for instance. After all, when it comes to writing for the [...]

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3 Pillars of SEO Competitive Analysis

Southdevonwebdesign — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:32:52 +0000

Categories: Search Engine Optimization Blog

Tags: Google News SEO Feed, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, source: http://news.google.com

Many who are eager to “get ahead” with their search engine optimization (SEO) program are typically consumed with the latest and greatest SEO techniques, how they are sure to work as well as fantasizing over their list of targeted keyword terms. Competitive analysis should also take a position of high importance. Don’t get me wrong, [...]

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Six tips for creating a killer brand for your company

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:48:24 +0000

Categories: Design Tips

Tags: Google News Design Tips Feed, source: http://news.google.com, Web Design

There are misconceptions about how important branding it is to success, how much work it takes, and the best ways to approach it. But every company, from a fresh-faced tech-startup to Apple, knows good branding can make a product or service. Branding is how you present your company — your name, imagery, reputation — to [...]

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Four Everyday Newsletter Design Tips to Save Your Email Campaign

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:43:02 +0000

Categories: Design Tips

Tags: Google News Design Tips Feed, source: http://news.google.com, Web Design

The email newsletter is a powerful marketing tool that can remind subscribers about you, inform them about your products, tell them what you have been up to and help build relationships with them. But the inbox is a busy place. Just think — dozens or even hundreds of other emails could already be on the pile by [...]

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How to make sure you are building your website with the marketing end in mind

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40:20 +0000

Categories: Web Development

Tags: Google News Web Development Feed, source: http://news.google.com, Web Development

Why is the way a website is built so important? Business websites today are not only the first impression of your business to the world but a critical tool in marketing your products or services and delivering leads and sales. To effectively compete, a business website needs to be easily found via search and deliver [...]

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New E-Commerce Trend in 2012: Social Gifting

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:34:49 +0000

Categories: Ecommerce Blog

Tags: E-commerce, Google News Ecommerce Feed, source: http://news.google.com

Online retail seems to develop a new flavor every season. This time, it looks like Social Gifting is the latest buzzword in e-commerce. Here, consumers on social media channels like Facebook can individually, or in groups, purchase gifts (e-gifts) for their friends. Participating retailers are finding this type of customer engagement to be particularly [...]

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How to use social media monitoring to keep tabs on your competition

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:32:22 +0000

Categories: Social Media Blog

Tags: Google News Social Media Feed, Social Media, source: http://news.google.com

By now, most savvy companies have launched blogs, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, mindful that actively engaging online audiences is essential to the survival of any business. But social media offers a major benefit that is too often ignored: the ability to monitor the online space to glean information about your customers, your competition, and [...]

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SEO Tips: 12 tips for hiring your SEO Company

Southdevonwebdesign — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:26:38 +0000

Categories: Search Engine Optimization Blog

Tags: Google News SEO Feed, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, source: http://news.google.com

After you have been working with SEO in your own for some time, you have been trying for long to get higher ranking on search engines and it didn’t work! Or maybe it is working and you are already ranking well but SEO applies takes much of your time while you have other things to [...]

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