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5 Tips That Will Turbo-Charge the Speed of Your Website

There are few things more frustrating than opening up a webpage and it taking forever to load. Itโ€™s trueโ€”patience is a virtueโ€”but when you have a multitude of other things to do, waiting for a webpage to load doesnโ€™t seem too appealing. 47% of online consumers expect a webpage to load in 2 seconds or…

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How to Select the Right Market for Your Ecommerce Store

Does this sound like you: You’ve heard all about drop shipping, have concluded that it sounds awesome, but you have absolutely no idea of what market or niche you should get into? Don’t worry, it’s fairly common. Choosing the market is the first step in opening your drop shipping enterprise, and it’s the step that…

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How to Use Youtube as a Powerful Content Marketing Tool

There are literally 1 billion users of Youtube. It generates billions of views per day. The time that people spend on it are increasing each year. To say that Youtube has become an institution would be an understatement. Everyone uses and knows about it, and your business needs to be on it. Youtube is one…

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5 Incredibly Easy Ways to Optimize Your Online Store

In the grind of running an online retail operation, many small details get ignored. But often enough, these small details can make or break your online store. With this in mind, it’s time to stop overlooking the small things, because they can have a pretty bug effect on your success. This post lists a few…

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4 Responsive Web Design Mistakes That You Want to Avoid

As responsive design becomes more popular, more businesses have migrated to itโ€”for good reason. It offers the best user experience and accessibility, and users have started to expect responsive websites when theyโ€™re surfing the web. Businesses have started to overhaul their web presence with brand new responsive websites, which is great, but some have poorly…

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How to Successfully Leverage Online Marketing for Your Print Campaign

As technology becomes more advanced, more businesses are hopping on the Digital Marketing Locomotive; which, really, is not a bad thing. The 20th century was obviously dominated by traditional advertising methods, like print and radio; now we have marketing machines like Facebook and Youtube that have taken over. 10-15 years ago, the concept of digital…

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The 3rd Deadly Sin of SEO: Poor On-Page Optimization

Weโ€™re going to deal with one of the most common missteps in SEO: Poor on-page optimization. Done incorrectly, it can totally deflate your optimization efforts. This Deadly Sin is usually comprised of seemingly small mistakes that have big consequences. Youโ€™ll find many small business websites that are littered with these mistakes, but that doesnโ€™t mean…

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3 Telltale Signs of Bad Copywriting

Writing copy is tough workโ€”a lot harder than it looks. Crafting copy that enticingly describes your products and offers takes practice and knowledge, which is something that most business owners just donโ€™t have. This is why it is common to see horrific copy, which obviously doesnโ€™t compel people to buy. This is what bad copy…

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3 Reasons Why WooThemeโ€™s Sensei Is the Easiest to Use LMS on the Market

Online learning is the future. Thatโ€™s clearly evident, as more and more establishments are hauling their schools, courses and lessons to the net. These establishments (whether itโ€™s a large school or university, or a sole, independent teacher) are looking for simple way to create and display their lessons online. The answer that theyโ€™re looking for…

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5 Easy Tips to Optimize Your Emails for Mobile Devices

The consensus on email marketing is that it still worksโ€”really, really well. People still go to their inboxes multiple times per day to look at their new emails, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. The consensus on mobile marketing is that itโ€™s here to stay. Mobile devices certainly are not going anywhere; in…

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How to Substantially Increase Your Email Signups

One of the most reliable ways that an email campaign can gain traction is to have a lot of subscribers. If you donโ€™t have subscribers, itโ€™s hard for an email campaign to gain successโ€”this is why marketers are obsessed with their opt-in rates and the total amount of subscribers that they have in their list….

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Why Todayโ€™s Marketing Is Purely Digital, and What That Means for Your Business

In the heyday of printed advertising, businesses would dedicate a large portion of their marketing budgets into channels of uncertainty. There were no guarantees that if they took out an ad from the local newspaper that it would work to bring in new customers. And even if it did work, businesses would not know to…