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MSS Featured Articles: Holiday Season Preparation
Right now we have two articles featured at MySolutionSpot™ that are must-reads for all small business owners. Late summer is the perfect time to start thinking about the holiday season, and these articles offer great tips on preparing your business for the upcoming holiday rush.
In “Fresh Content in Now for More Holiday Shoppers Later,” we discuss how adding new content to your e-commerce site can increase the amount of traffic coming into your online store. By adding new content (like holiday shopping guides), or by changing your product descriptions so that they are different from your competitors, you can increase the chances of your online store showing up on search engine results. This is vital for the holiday season, when shoppers are looking for the best gifts and the best places to buy them.
In “Holiday Season 2009: Prepare Now, Profit Later,” Jill Rafalowski discusses some of the early steps you can take to ensure that your business is ready to capitalize on the holiday shopping season. Her advice includes expanding your social media presence; padding your company’s budget; brainstorming possible promotions; appealing to pre-shoppers; and a few more useful tips. By researching and preparing now, you can set yourself up for high profit later.
Do you have any other holiday preparation advice? Drop your comments below, or head over to the MySolutionSpot™ forums to discuss the 2009 holiday season.
Add comment August 13, 2009
Are You Using E-Commerce Yet?
Now that it’s July, we’re in the 3rd quarter of the business year. So let’s talk about Q4! Now is the perfect time to start thinking about the holiday season. If you haven’t joined the ecommerce world yet, you need to read this article. In “Why Small Businesses Should Embrace E-Commerce,” Nisarat Sujatanond describes how an ecommerce website can help your business increase sales to both local and extended customers. In addition to widening your customer base, selling online can also help you gain valuable marketing insight. Thanks to web analytics, ecommerce merchants can get a grasp on who their customers are, what they’re looking for, and how they shop. Online stores can be easily marketed using this information, thanks to services like Twitter™, Facebook®, and PPC advertising.
To read Sujatanond’s full article, visit http://www.mysolutionspot.com/ecommerce-101/why-small-businesses-should-embrace-e-commerce-1602/.
1 comment July 8, 2009
Holiday Shoppers Are Expected to Migrate Online
‘Tis the season to be shopping. However, the economic unease leaves many storeowners fearing low sales numbers. Fortunately, many experts believe that while consumers may be a tad more conservative with their spending this holiday season, they will still make plenty of purchases – particularly online.
There are numerous reasons why more consumers will shop online, but the main reason is that online shopping makes it easy for them to find the best deals. Online shoppers can search and find the stores that sell their items of interest in a matter of seconds. In addition, they can browse through countless stores to compare prices and product features. They can also shop whenever it is most convenient because online stores are open 24 hours.
Now is the time to aggressively advertise if you own or manage an ecommerce Web site. Boost your online marketing spending for the time being. Send out optimized press releases. Do what it takes to make your stores more visible because shoppers are going to buy this season and you want them to buy from you.
Add comment November 12, 2008
