Articles that explain website work
Read about website design, technical quality, search, content and the systems behind an online business. Each article is written to help you understand a choice and what the work behind it means for your business.
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What to check before changing your website’s hosting and care
Moving a website to new hosting fixes the hosting. It does not fix a plugin that breaks the checkout, a form that stopped delivering last month or a connection to your accounting software that nobody has tested since it was set up. Before you agree to a care arrangement with anyone, work out what the…
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Adding a unit of measure to your product pricing
As ecommerce and selling online becomes ever more popular, the diversity of product types that businesses are looking to sell online is increasing. Not all these products are contained within a single unit. Some products are sold by weight or length/width, or at times the store would like to stipulate the unit quantities of a…
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Why Blogging and SEO Are So Important to Your Small Business
Today’s customer is different from the traditional customers described in most sales and business books. Today’s customer wants education and resources. They want to know the in’s and out’s of a product or service before purchasing it. Where are they finding this information? Through search engines. Don’t worry, your company can provide valuable insight for…
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Come out on Top: 8 Reasons Small Business Blogs Are Important
Blogging combined with social media has become one of the best strategies to boost small businesses. If you’re a small business owner looking for more clients, starting a blog may help you accomplish your goals. Knowing how difficult it is to find new clients, we’ve gathered a list of nine reasons why small business blogs…
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Keeping Up With the Web: Retail Blogging Tips For Grocery Stores
Grocery stores with a physical presence have more marketing options than their online competitors. That’s because when your customers are in your grocery store, you have the opportunity to get to know and interact with them. That gives physical shops an advantage when it comes to delivering exactly what their customers want and need. But…
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Recipe Rules: How to Share Recipes on Your Grocery Store Website
A lemon square is a lemon square whether it’s made here, there, or on the Food Network, right? Yes and no. Although all lemon squares may taste just the same to you, even the difference of an eighth of a teaspoon of salt can result in you losing a mega-dollar Food Network contract or your…
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Why Your Local and Small Grocery Store Is Under the Most Innovation
There are over 38,000 U.S. supermarkets in operation. Of this number, less than 6,000 are unconventional or offer more local, gourmet fare. This means that local grocery stores, those that do not operate under any chain, face more competition than ever before. However, this does not mean that your local small grocery store is not…
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The Future of Grocery Shopping: Online Ordering is Taking Over – Is Your Store Ready?
With nearly 80% of Americans doing some of their shopping online, it’s important that every shop is ready for this change. The future of grocery shopping is in online ordering, whether stores are ready for these changes or not. The future of grocery stores needs to be a future of change unless they want to…
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The Amazing Benefits of Using an Online Ordering System for Your Grocery Store
Over 50% of the world’s population is now online according to Internet World Stats. 4.2 billion people around the globe now use the internet. It’s hard to find someone that doesn’t use the internet these days. The prevalence of the internet means that there’s never been a better time for shopkeepers to have an online…
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How Food Wholesalers Can Streamline Their Ordering Process Online
Your food wholesale business wastes time. You’re spending too much time communicating with buyers. Endless calls and emails, trying to coordinate delivery times, purchase amounts, etc., have no place in the wholesale food supply world. The food supply business is all about time. Profit margins are razor thin and people expect quick delivery times. You…
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Product Ordering System with WooCommerce
There are may cases where small business would like to offer online ordering from their website, without the complexities of a full ecommerce solution. Cases for setting up an online ordering system may include: The business already has offline invoicing system, and they just require a way to streamline incoming orders, or allow customers to…