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Multi-store Merchant Recaps 2011 • December 30, 2011 • PEC Staff

12 Sites for Ebook Publishing • December 30, 2011 • Sig Ueland

25 Top Articles for 2011 • December 29, 2011 • PEC Staff

7 Post-Holiday Revenue Generators • December 29, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

Facebook Replaces Profiles with Timelines; Implications for Merchants • December 28, 2011 • Paul Chaney

‘Auto Ship’ Programs Generate Repeat Sales; 2 Examples • December 28, 2011 • Louis Camassa

The Changing Online-Payments Landscape • December 27, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Zynga Falters in Public Debut; Affects Facebook? • December 26, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

5 Effective Online Marketing Tactics for 2012 • December 26, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Notable Views: Fulfillment Outsourcing, Pros and Cons • December 23, 2011 • John Lindberg

Understanding Color Theory • December 22, 2011 • Drew Coffin

13 Timekeeping Apps for Small Businesses • December 21, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How we achieved 99% accuracy in order fulfillment • December 21, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Understanding YouTube’s New Redesign • December 21, 2011 • Paul Chaney

4 Mobile Email-Marketing Tips • December 20, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Formatting a Product Spreadsheet for Google Merchant Center • December 20, 2011 • Armando Roggio

6 Internet Stock Offerings in 2011; Recap • December 19, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

10 Great Licensed Shopping Carts • December 19, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Benefit from Googlebot-Mobile’s New Smarts • December 16, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

38 Fees and Surcharges from FedEx and UPS • December 16, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Credit Card Processing: ‘Interchange-Plus’ Pricing Not Necessarily Fair, Part 3 • December 15, 2011 • Phil Hinke

3 Remarketing Email Campaigns to Grow Repeat Customers • December 15, 2011 • Charles Nicholls

Understanding Twitter’s New Redesign • December 14, 2011 • Paul Chaney

21 Twitter ‘Brand Pages’ • December 14, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Email Marketing: 3 Tips for Recovering from Content Mistakes • December 13, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Managing SEO and Social Media Together • December 13, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

5 New Social-Shopping Sites and Apps • December 12, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Behavioral Differences Between Men and Women Influence Shopping • December 9, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

8 Great SaaS Shopping Carts • December 9, 2011 • Armando Roggio

The 20 Most Expensive Keywords • December 8, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Add the Twitter Tweet and Follow Buttons without Hiring a Developer • December 8, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Secure a Domain Name in Different Countries • December 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

Can Spelling Mistakes Impact Ecommerce Conversion? • December 7, 2011 • Charles Nicholls

Beware of DDoS Attacks on Ecommerce Sites • December 6, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Using Google Website Optimizer for A/B Testing • December 6, 2011 • Michael Stearns

15 Schools for Ecommerce Degrees • December 5, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Using LinkedIn for Your Ecommerce Business: Pros and Cons • December 5, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Analyzing Cyber Monday Sales • December 2, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Affiliate Marketing Metrics: A Primer • December 1, 2011 • Carolyn Kmet

3 Ways Social Media Affects Brands • December 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Email Marketing: How to Prevent, Manage Dormant Lists • November 30, 2011 • PEC Staff

Ask an Expert: For SEO, Better to Host Videos On-site? • November 30, 2011 • PEC Staff

5 Conversion Tools for SEO and Beyond • November 29, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Color Psychology Showcase • November 29, 2011 • Drew Coffin

Pay-Per-Click Advertising Becoming More Important? • November 28, 2011 • Scott Smigler

5 Content Curation Tools for Social Sharing • November 28, 2011 • Paul Chaney

20 Top Brands on Google+ • November 25, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Become a Google Chrome Power User • November 25, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Crowdfunding: 5 Things You Should Know • November 24, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

SEO: Letting Customers Generate Long Tail Search Terms • November 23, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Email Deliverability: Blacklists, ISP Blocks, Spam Triggers • November 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

12 Tech Review Sites for Small Businesses • November 22, 2011 • Sig Ueland

‘Retargeting’ Can Boost Conversions; A Primer • November 22, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Selling on Multiple Devices: 7 Key Ecommerce Functions • November 21, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

5 Reasons to Consider Drop Shipping • November 21, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Syndicating Content for SEO Benefit • November 18, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Celebrity Curators Help Personalize Ecommerce • November 18, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

15 Mobile Apps for Holiday Shopping • November 17, 2011 • Sig Ueland

New Custom, Top-Level Domains Coming; From ‘Widget.com’ to ‘.Widget’ • November 17, 2011 • PEC Staff

10 Quick, Easy and (Almost) Free Ways to Close Sales During the Holiday Shopping Season • November 16, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

How to Create a Google+ Business Page • November 16, 2011 • Paul Chaney

12 New QR Code Campaigns • November 15, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Email Case Study: Toys“R”Us Gears Up for Cyber Monday • November 15, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

3 Types of ‘Return Fraud’ to Monitor this Holiday Season • November 14, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Color Psychology and Online Marketing • November 14, 2011 • Drew Coffin

7 Worthy Magento Extensions • November 11, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Credit Card Processing: ‘Interchange-Plus’ Pricing Not Necessarily Fair, Part 2 • November 11, 2011 • Phil Hinke

Venture Capital Firms Bullish on Ecommerce • November 10, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

13 Sites to Answer Technology Questions • November 10, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How to Test Multiple Variables on an Ecommerce Site • November 9, 2011 • PEC Staff

8 Businesses on Tumblr • November 9, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Comparing UPS, FedEx, and USPS: Which is Best Now? • November 8, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Using the New Delicious.com; 5 Advantages for Businesses • November 7, 2011 • Paul Chaney

An Overview of Magento Go • November 7, 2011 • Armando Roggio

No Video is (far) better than a bad video • November 6, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Banks React to Durbin Amendment • November 4, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

5 Reasons to Consider Fulfillment Services • November 4, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Does SEO Conflict with User-Friendly Websites? • November 3, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

13 Crowdfunding Sites for Social-Cause Entrepreneurs • November 2, 2011 • Sig Ueland

SEOmoz CEO on Raising Venture Capital • November 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

What does it mean to sell your business when hundreds of internet businesses are for sale? • November 2, 2011 • Manish Shah

October 2011 Top Ten: Our Most Popular Posts • November 1, 2011 • David Maier

8 Steps to Developing Ad Revenue from Your Website • November 1, 2011 • Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

StumbleUpon: Social Bookmarking Traffic Generator • November 1, 2011 • Paul Chaney

5 Pointers for Using Facebook for Your Ecommerce Business • October 31, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Website Showcase: Designing With the Fold • October 31, 2011 • Drew Coffin

Navigation: Your Biggest On-Site SEO Asset • October 28, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Pay-Per-Click Ads: 5 Tips for Higher Clicks this Holiday Season • October 28, 2011 • Scott Smigler

Engage Online Customers with SoLoMo • October 27, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Understanding Affiliate Marketing • October 27, 2011 • Carolyn Kmet

10 App Marketplaces for Open Source Shopping Carts • October 26, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Entrepreneur Describes Selling an Ecommerce Business • October 26, 2011 • Kerry Murdock

Ecommerce Companies Snag Venture Capital • October 25, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Admiring Apple’s ‘Questions & Answers’ Feature • October 25, 2011 • Louis Camassa

9 Tools for Mobile Blogging • October 24, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Designing Web Forms for Better Conversions; 5 Tips • October 24, 2011 • Armando Roggio

14 Online Resources to Help Start a Small Business • October 21, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

5 Simple Ways to Promote Multi-Item Orders • October 21, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

SEO: Convert More Before Driving More • October 20, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Writing Excellent Email Subject Lines • October 20, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Interview: Yahoo! Small Business General Manager • October 19, 2011 • PEC Staff

10 Online Legal Form Providers • October 19, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Designing ‘Above the Fold’ Necessary? • October 18, 2011 • Drew Coffin

Understanding Facebook’s New ‘Insights’ Analytics • October 18, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Email Case Study: Allrecipes.com Makes Daily Frequency Work • October 17, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Lessons from the Amazon Redesign • October 17, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Selling Luxury Goods Online • October 14, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

SEO: Using Affiliates for Search Marketing • October 13, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

5 Holiday Marketing Ideas to Boost Sales • October 13, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Back Office Complexities of Selling on Multiple Channels • October 12, 2011 • PEC Staff

Paid Search: Can Anyone Challenge Google? • October 12, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

How to Make Category Navigation Dynamic • October 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

Credit Card Processing: ‘Interchange-Plus’ Pricing Not Necessarily Fair • October 11, 2011 • Phil Hinke

Social Media: Become a ‘One Percenter’ • October 10, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Holiday Sales to Grow 2.8 Percent? • October 10, 2011 • Armando Roggio

SEO Report Card: SolsticeSupply.com, Part 2 • October 7, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

13 New Ecommerce Books in September 2011 • October 7, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Understanding the Shift to Online Shopping • October 6, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Sales of Smartphones and Tablets to Exceed PCs • October 6, 2011 • David Maier

The 10 Best Blogging Platforms in 2011 • October 5, 2011 • Armando Roggio

X.commerce: An eBay, PayPal, Magento ‘Ecosystem’? • October 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

Facebook Platform Changes, Part 2: Pages • October 4, 2011 • Paul Chaney

How Browsers Manage Fonts • October 3, 2011 • Drew Coffin

10 Tools to Boost Your Ecommerce Business • October 3, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Good Internet businesses are sold quickly – If you don’t grab it – someone else will • October 3, 2011 • Manish Shah

18 Useful Extensions for OpenCart • September 30, 2011 • Sig Ueland

SEO Sidecars More Trouble than They’re Worth • September 30, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Amazon Becomes a Proponent of Uniform Internet Sales Tax • September 29, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Ramping Up Holiday Pay-per-click Advertising • September 29, 2011 • Scott Smigler

9 Online Tools to Plan Your Physical Event • September 28, 2011 • Sig Ueland

5 Tips for Better Landing Pages • September 28, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Solving the Free Shipping Dilemma • September 27, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Facebook Platform Changes, Part 1: Profiles • September 26, 2011 • Paul Chaney

10 Web Analytics Solutions for Ecommerce Merchants • September 26, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ecommerce IPOs for 2011: 3 Down, More to Follow? • September 23, 2011 • Sig Ueland

App List: Amine Khechfe of DYMO Endicia • September 23, 2011 • David Maier

Consumers Use Tablets for Shopping; 70 Million Units in 2011 • September 22, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

ChannelAdvisor CEO Discusses Shop.org • September 21, 2011 • PEC Staff

The Death of Free Shipping • September 21, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Understanding Basic A/B Testing • September 21, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Typography 101: The Basics • September 20, 2011 • Drew Coffin

Best Policy for Inventory Stock Status? Be Transparent • September 20, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

5 New Facebook Shopping Carts • September 19, 2011 • Paul Chaney

4 Lessons From the Google Ebookstore • September 19, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Amazon Prime: 5 Million Members, 20 Percent Growth • September 16, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

15 ‘Light-Blogging’ Sites • September 16, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Reading List: Konstantin Molchanov of CS-Cart • September 15, 2011 • PEC Staff

Nearly 1-in-3 Adults Use Location-Based Services • September 15, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Email Case Study: Travelzoo’s Value and Simplicity • September 14, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

11 Online Meeting Planners • September 14, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Site Search Complements Navigation, Says SLI-Systems CEO • September 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

Credit Card Salespeople Don’t Understand Ecommerce Merchants • September 13, 2011 • Phil Hinke

7 Keys to Managing Online Communities • September 12, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Style Guides for the Digital World • September 12, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ask an Expert: ‘Is An SSL Certificate Necessary If I Use a Hosted Payment Solution?’ • September 8, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Read a Financial Statement • September 8, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

9 Pointers for Selling Common Products • September 7, 2011 • Michael Stearns

Ecommerce’s Debt to Steve Jobs; 10 Innovations • September 7, 2011 • Sig Ueland

3 Inexpensive Tools to Build Your Own Social Network • September 6, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Adult Internet Users Are Socialites, Study Finds • September 6, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google’s New WebP Image Format Could Improve Load Times • September 5, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Lessons Learned: Computer Retailer Suffers Heavy Losses, Rebounds • September 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: Steven Nash of Open Study College • September 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

25 Top-Selling Ecommerce Books in August 2011 • September 1, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Podcasting Engages Shoppers; Steps for Getting Started • September 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google’s +1 Expansion Boosts Search and Social • August 31, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

9 Mobile Apps for Business Training • August 31, 2011 • Sig Ueland

4 Free Photoshop Alternatives: Sources to Learn • August 30, 2011 • Drew Coffin

Understanding EdgeRank, Facebook’s ‘Quality Score’ for Wall Posts • August 30, 2011 • Paul Chaney

10 Pay-Per-Click Details You Cannot Delegate • August 29, 2011 • Scott Smigler

6 Tools to Manage Your Social Media Marketing • August 29, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Choose a Business Credit Card, Part Two • August 26, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

The New USPS.com: 5 Sections, Free Stuff • August 26, 2011 • Sig Ueland

10 Tips for Integrating Email and Social Media • August 25, 2011 • Paul Chaney

How to Choose a Business Credit Card, Part 1 • August 25, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

3 Tips to Boost Email Conversion Rates • August 24, 2011 • Armando Roggio

SEO: Automating Keyword Selection with AdWords API • August 23, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Types of eCommerce Business Buyers • August 23, 2011 • Manish Shah

How Larger Retailers Integrate Physical Stores with Ecommerce Sites • August 23, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Create RSS-to-Email Campaigns with MailChimp • August 22, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Facebook’s Business Playbook: 4 Educational Portals • August 22, 2011 • Paul Chaney

How to Make Your Customer Service Shine • August 19, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

How to Calculate the Value of an Email Subscriber • August 19, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Will the S&P Downgrade Affect Smaller Ecommerce Businesses? • August 18, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Listrak CEO on Email Versus Social Media; Segmentation Strategies • August 18, 2011 • PEC Staff

21 Bitcoin Currency Resources • August 17, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Email and Search Still Top User Activities, Study Shows • August 17, 2011 • Armando Roggio

5 Planning Tips for Physical Retailers to Migrate Online • August 16, 2011 • PEC Staff

Social Networking for Solo Entrepreneurs; 7 Suggestions • August 16, 2011 • Paul Chaney

15 Productivity Apps for Your Google Chromebook • August 15, 2011 • Armando Roggio

20 Government Sites to Help Small Businesses • August 12, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How to Find Venture Capital Investors For Your Company • August 12, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Understanding Credit Card Fees, Part 4: The Merchant Statement – Per Item Fees • August 11, 2011 • Phil Hinke

Google Study Finds PPC Traffic ‘Incremental’ to Organic • August 11, 2011 • Armando Roggio

PCI Council Exec on Criticisms of Security Standards • August 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

Wait List Notifications: ‘Old School’ Feature Still Drives Conversions • August 9, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

How Email Marketing Can Help SEO • August 9, 2011 • Armando Roggio

12 Useful Ecommerce Blogs • August 8, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Email Case Study: Analyzing J.C. Penney’s Frequency, Subject Lines • August 8, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

50 Leading Google+ Users • August 5, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Does the SEC Fail Small Internet Businesses? • August 5, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Innovators: 3 Unusual Ecommerce Models • August 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Reduce Email Unsubscribes; 3 Tips • August 4, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Integrating Educational Content into Your Ecommerce Site; 10 Pointers • August 3, 2011 • Michael Stearns

10 Editors for Ecommerce Audio • August 3, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How U.S. Merchants Can Target U.K. Consumers • August 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

Selling on Amazon: Pros and Cons • August 2, 2011 • Charles Nicholls

13 Social Shopping Sites for Ecommerce Merchants • August 1, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Can a Chromebook Do Real Work? • August 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google+: The Beginning of a Revolution? • July 29, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Need Funding for Your Company? Look Online • July 29, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

5 Ways to Segment Your Customer Base • July 28, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Low-Price Acer Chromebook: What a Computer Should Be? • July 28, 2011 • Armando Roggio

For Google AdWords, It Pays to be on Top • July 27, 2011 • Scott Smigler

Reading List: Josh Colter of Elias Interactive • July 27, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Create Facebook Ads, Part 2: Campaign Management, Overall Best Practices • July 26, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Google Analytics Adds Social Data • July 25, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Using Video to Convert Shoppers; 8 Pointers • July 22, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

Goodsie Helpful for Beginning Entrepreneurs • July 21, 2011 • Armando Roggio

California Joins the Internet Sales Tax Fray; Federal Legislation Coming? • July 21, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Reading List: Steve Castro-Miller of Bold Software • July 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

Mistakes I Wish I Had Never Made • July 20, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Using Surveys to Grow Sales; 4 Tips • July 19, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Miva Merchant President Discusses eBay, Facebook • July 19, 2011 • PEC Staff

Understanding ‘Traffic Sources’ in Google Analytics • July 18, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Create Facebook Ads, Part 1: Setup, Design, Targeting • July 18, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Opportunity vs. Potential while valuing your ecommerce company • July 17, 2011 • Manish Shah

10 Handy Web Templates from Google Sites • July 15, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Groupon Files for IPO: Rapid Growth, No Profits • July 15, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

5 Gmail Techniques to Boost Productivity • July 14, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Understanding Credit Card Fees, Part 3: Punitive Interchange Rates • July 14, 2011 • Phil Hinke

18 Writing Tools for Grammar, Style, Content • July 13, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How Small Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Succeed Online; 4 Keys • July 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Measure Social Media Marketing; 3 Steps • July 12, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Email Marketing for Mobile Devices: 5 Insights • July 11, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Using Amazon to Grow Your Ecommerce Business; 6 Tools • July 11, 2011 • Michael Stearns

Zynga Opens the Kimono; We See Facebook • July 8, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Understanding the New ‘Durbin’ Debit Card Rates; Exec Explains • July 8, 2011 • PEC Staff

6 Google Templates to Mobilize Your Business • July 7, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Notable Views: Improve Your Conversion Rate with a Manufacturing Approach • July 7, 2011 • David Sasson

Write Better Blog Posts, Pyramid Style • July 6, 2011 • Armando Roggio

4 Tips for Encouraging Email Subscriptions • July 5, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google+: Overview, Ecommerce Use • July 5, 2011 • Paul Chaney

25 Top-Selling Ecommerce Books • July 4, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for July 2011 • July 1, 2011 • Kate Monteith

How to Get Consumers Talking about Your Company • July 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Our List of Publicly-Traded Ecommerce Companies • June 30, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

Sen. Durbin to Introduce Federal Sales Tax Legislation, Says Affiliate Marketing Exec • June 30, 2011 • PEC Staff

Understanding Credit Card Fees, Part 2: Merchant Account Fees and Charges • June 29, 2011 • Phil Hinke

5 Influence Measurement Tools • June 28, 2011 • Paul Chaney

The Four P’s of Mobile Commerce • June 28, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

How to Check Your Website’s SEO Health • June 27, 2011 • Stephan Spencer

Looking at Location in Google Analytics • June 27, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Increase Conversions with Alternate Payment Methods • June 24, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

15 Mobile Retail Apps that Enhance Customer Experiences • June 24, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How LinkedIn Makes Money; Behind the IPO Numbers • June 23, 2011 • Marcia Kaplan

OverstockArt.com Goes Mobile; CEO Explains • June 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

34 Ecommerce Themes for WordPress • June 22, 2011 • Sig Ueland

5 Suggestions for Naming Your Store • June 22, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Durbin Amendment May Foster Deceptive Credit, Debit Processing Fees • June 21, 2011 • Phil Hinke

5 New Social Media Management Platforms • June 21, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Staples.com Exec on Lessons from Mobile Website • June 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

7 Steps to Improve Your Email Marketing • June 20, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Innovators: 3 Sites that Benefit from Seasonal Events • June 17, 2011 • PEC Staff

20 QR Code Tools and Uses • June 16, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Durbin Amendment to Lower Debit Card Processing Rates • June 16, 2011 • PEC Staff

13 Crowdfunding Websites to Fund Your Business • June 15, 2011 • Sig Ueland

25 Great Magento Themes • June 15, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google Says Smartphone Sites Aren’t Mobile • June 14, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

4 Ways of Capturing More Email Addresses and Increasing Conversion • June 14, 2011 • Charles Nicholls

One Merchant’s Experience with LivingSocial and Groupon • June 13, 2011 • Paul Chaney

4 Ways Video Can Drive Traffic and Conversions • June 13, 2011 • Armando Roggio

35 Android Apps to Run Your Business • June 10, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Top 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Fulfillment • June 10, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Cisco Exec on Growth of Worldwide Ecommerce, Cultural Differences • June 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

4 Tips for Improving Your Email Conversion Rate • June 9, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

5 Good Reasons to Use Tumblr • June 9, 2011 • Armando Roggio

11 Mobile Apps to Measure Your Online Success • June 8, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Transitioning to the New Google Analytics • June 8, 2011 • Michael Stearns

How to Hire a Pay-Per-Click Manager; 10 Common Mistakes • June 7, 2011 • Scott Smigler

Reading List: Tomer Tagrin of Yotpo • June 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Install the Google +1 Button on Your Site • June 6, 2011 • Armando Roggio

12 Popular Retail Companies on YouTube • June 6, 2011 • Paul Chaney

14 Customer Feedback Tools for Small Business • June 3, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Dijipop Founder on Paid Product Placements, Digital Merchandising • June 3, 2011 • PEC Staff

Selling to Facebook Fans and Twitter Followers • June 2, 2011 • Paul Chaney

24 Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress • June 2, 2011 • Sig Ueland

How to Use Facebook’s Photo Strip; 7 Examples • June 1, 2011 • Paul Chaney

10 Essential Shopping Cart Features • June 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Facebook’s 10 Social Plugins; Benefits to Merchants • May 31, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Google Wallet to Impact Ecommerce Merchants? • May 31, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for June 2011 • May 30, 2011 • Kate Monteith

5 Tips for Increasing Pay-Per-Click Conversion Rates • May 27, 2011 • Scott Smigler

11 Ways to Increase Conversions on Mobile Devices • May 27, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

14 Online Task-Management Tools • May 26, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Should Online Retailers Embrace SMS Marketing? • May 26, 2011 • Armando Roggio

7 Ways to Build a Brand Using Blogs • May 25, 2011 • Paul Chaney

31 Free Tools for Brand Monitoring • May 25, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Facebook’s New ‘Send’ Button: How to Use, Install, Benefit • May 24, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Capture U.S. Hispanic Consumers with Website Localization • May 24, 2011 • Christian Arno

eCommerce Business Valuation • May 24, 2011 • Manish Shah

Affiliate Marketer on Sales Tax ‘Nexus’ Legislation • May 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

Gas Prices, Unemployment, and Smartphones Affect Ecommerce, Study Finds • May 23, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ecommerce Sales from Smartphones Slow; 5 Suggestions to Help • May 20, 2011 • Charles Nicholls

19 Tools for Online Bookkeeping and Invoicing • May 20, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Using the Return Policy to Convert Shoppers into Customers • May 19, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

5 Free Business Training Opportunities • May 19, 2011 • Armando Roggio

8 ways to uncover hidden money in your business • May 18, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

16 Live Meeting and Webinar Platforms • May 18, 2011 • Sig Ueland

4 Ways to Make Site-Search Effective • May 18, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

Reading List: HiConversion Founder Zee Aganovic • May 17, 2011 • PEC Staff

10 Deal Sites to Drive Ecommerce Traffic • May 17, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Managing Negative Facebook Page Comments • May 16, 2011 • Paul Chaney

SEO: Is a Mobile Site Necessary to Win Mobile Searchers? • May 16, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

10 Geolocation Apps for Business • May 13, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Search Engines Love Blogs; 3 Benefits • May 12, 2011 • Stephan Spencer

Top 51 Facebook Pages with Stores • May 12, 2011 • Sig Ueland

3 Crazy Ecommerce Marketing Ideas • May 11, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Increase Page Speed and Help Search-Engine Rankings • May 11, 2011 • Michael Stearns

Domain Name ‘RunningShoes.com’ Sells for $700,000 • May 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

Understanding Credit-Card Fees, Part 1: The Basics • May 10, 2011 • Phil Hinke

5 Ways to Increase Ratings and Reviews • May 9, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Creating Content for Email Newsletters • May 9, 2011 • Armando Roggio

5 Ways Merchants Can Locate Social Communities • May 6, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Reading List: ZippyCart Co-Founders Nick Grant and Amy Balliett • May 6, 2011 • PEC Staff

Cloud Computing Future of Web, Says Shopify Exec • May 5, 2011 • Kerry Murdock

Ubuntu Linux: A User-Friendly, Desktop Operating System • May 4, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Amazon Versus States: A Sales Tax Roundup • May 4, 2011 • Sig Ueland

Reading List: Optify CEO Brian Goffman • May 3, 2011 • PEC Staff

16 Facebook Marketing Strategies • May 3, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Have You Reddit? Surging Social-News Site Can Help Merchants • May 2, 2011 • Armando Roggio

20 Popular Twitter Feeds from Retail Companies • May 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for May 2011 • April 29, 2011 • Kate Monteith

Email Versus Social Media: 3 Key Points • April 29, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Mobile Pay-per-click Advertising: 5 Ways to Improve Performance • April 28, 2011 • Scott Smigler

Crucial Skills for Ecommerce Entrepreneurs • April 28, 2011 • Armando Roggio

10 Large-company Features That Help Smaller Merchants • April 27, 2011 • Gagan Mehra

11 Google Business-Class Apps and Services • April 27, 2011 • PEC Staff

10 Ways to Save Money on Inventory • April 26, 2011 • PEC Staff

Sprout Social: Social Media Management Time-Saving Tool • April 26, 2011 • Paul Chaney

CartSpan Founder on Peachtree Accounting Integration • April 25, 2011 • PEC Staff

Why Exit Strategy Planning is important? • April 23, 2011 • Manish Shah

Do-It-Yourself Awareness-Building for Your Products • April 22, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google’s First Quarter Financial Results a ‘Juggernaut’ • April 22, 2011 • PEC Staff

Notable Views: Mobify CEO on Mobile Commerce • April 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

25 Advertising Networks for Online Businesses • April 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: SteelHouse CEO Mark Douglas • April 19, 2011 • PEC Staff

Pros and Cons of Checkout by Amazon’s Inline Checkout • April 19, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

8 Benefits to Facebook ‘Likes’ • April 18, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Internet Explorer 10 Is Coming • April 18, 2011 • Armando Roggio

6 Key ‘Terms and Conditions’ for Ecommerce Merchants • April 15, 2011 • Jeff Jacobson, Jd, Llm

SEO Case Study: When Past SEO Efforts Hurt Today’s Traffic • April 15, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Deceptive Credit Card Practices, Part 2 • April 14, 2011 • PEC Staff

11 Shopping-Search Engines to Sell Your Products • April 14, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: DYMO Endicia Founder Amine Khechfe • April 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

22 Analytics Tools for Online Businesses • April 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

15 Ways to Get ‘Liked’ on Facebook • April 12, 2011 • Paul Chaney

5 Blogging Ideas to Engage Customers • April 12, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Optimizing an Ecommerce Site for Mobile Devices, Part 4: Implementation and Launch • April 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

6 Things Consumers Hate About Ecommerce Sites • April 11, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Segment Your Emails to Increase Effectiveness; 4 Potential Segments • April 8, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Irritating Your Customers with Facebook, Twitter and Email • April 8, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google’s ‘Orphaned Books’ Litigation; Effect on Digital Sales • April 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

Notable Views: Credit Card Veteran on ‘Onerous’ Processing Rates • April 6, 2011 • PEC Staff

Denial-of-Service Attack: Steps to Prevent, Defend • April 6, 2011 • Michael Stearns

Social Q&A: New Take On An Old Genre • April 5, 2011 • Paul Chaney

10 Marketers You Must Follow on Twitter • April 5, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Streamlined Sales-Tax Director on Efforts to Simplify • April 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

What Makes HTML5 Special? • April 4, 2011 • Armando Roggio

10 Compelling Product Descriptions • April 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

15 Services to Manage Your Social Media Activity • April 1, 2011 • PEC Staff

March 2011 Top Ten: Our Most Popular Posts • March 31, 2011 • Kate Monteith

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for April 2011 • March 31, 2011 • Kate Monteith

What’s an Ecommerce Brand? An Expert Explains • March 30, 2011 • PEC Staff

Using Pay-Per-Click Advertising to Sell High-Ticket Items • March 29, 2011 • Scott Smigler

Writing SEO-Friendly Blog Posts; 8 Suggestions • March 29, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Credit Card Pioneer on Lowering Processing Expense • March 28, 2011 • PEC Staff

Cookies Make Shoppers Feel Welcome • March 28, 2011 • Armando Roggio

SEO Case Study: Improving the Site’s Architecture • March 25, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Reading List: Ji Kim of DiJiPop • March 25, 2011 • PEC Staff

3 Ideas for Generating Unique Content for Your Ecommerce Business • March 24, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Emphasize Key Details for Effective Product Descriptions; 5 Pointers • March 24, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

Our Guide for Do-It-Yourself Product Photography • March 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

48 Facebook Pages for Businesses • March 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

Sales Tax Update: Illinois Says Affiliates Create a Nexus • March 22, 2011 • Jeff Jacobson, Jd, Llm

How to Detect Online Fraud • March 22, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Miva Merchant President on Acquisitions, SaaS Moves • March 22, 2011 • PEC Staff

The Zappos Effect: 5 Great Customer Service Ideas for Smaller Businesses • March 21, 2011 • Armando Roggio

3 YouTube Advertising Options for Small Businesses • March 21, 2011 • Paul Chaney

How to Write Product Descriptions that Sell, Boost SEO Efforts • March 18, 2011 • Armando Roggio

What’s Your Facebook Strategy? • March 18, 2011 • PEC Staff

SEO Case Study: One Store’s Struggle with Google Updates • March 17, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

An Introduction to Flash Cookies; How to Manage Them • March 16, 2011 • PEC Staff

Mobile Devices to Alter Retail Landscape; 3 Predictions • March 16, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Reading List: 1SaleADay CEO Ben Federman • March 15, 2011 • PEC Staff

30 Yahoo! and Bing Tools for Ecommerce Businesses • March 15, 2011 • PEC Staff

5 New-Media Ecommerce Marketing Tactics • March 14, 2011 • Armando Roggio

3 Tools to Create New Facebook iFrame Pages • March 14, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Lessons Learned: Kathy Seigler with Ecommerce Superstores • March 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: iGoDigital President Eric Tobias • March 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

Non-English Languages Less Competitive, Says Globalization Expert • March 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

5 CSS-Generating Tools To Help with Small Code Tasks • March 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

Magento Releases Hosted, SaaS Version • March 9, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Do Group Coupons Help Ecommerce Merchants? • March 8, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google’s ‘Farmer’ Algorithm and What It Means for Ecommerce SEO • March 8, 2011 • Armando Roggio

10 Tips for Marketing on Redesigned Facebook • March 7, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Lessons Learned: Luis Hernandez, Jr. with The Motor Book Store • March 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

Ask an Expert: Digital Rights Management for eBooks • March 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Waste Time on SEO Activities • March 4, 2011 • Stephan Spencer

Google Translate Launches iPhone App; Machine Translations Improve • March 3, 2011 • Jeff Muendel

How To Feature Your Products on Group-Buying Sites • March 3, 2011 • PEC Staff

Ask an Expert: Tools for Tracking Sales, Search Results, Competitors? • March 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

Comparing Facebook Ads to Search-Based Advertising • March 2, 2011 • Scott Smigler

41 Google Blogs for Online Businesses • March 1, 2011 • PEC Staff

Radical Ideas to Make Credit Card Payments More Secure • March 1, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How Facebook Changes Impact Ecommerce Merchants, Part 3: Sponsored Stories Ad Units • February 28, 2011 • Paul Chaney

New Firefox 4 Mobile Released • February 28, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for March 2011 • February 25, 2011 • Kate Monteith

Customizing Blog Themes for WordPress and Blogger • February 25, 2011 • PEC Staff

Using Email for Customer Acquisition • February 24, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

10 Ecommerce Checkout Strategies • February 24, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

Reading List: Cleverbridge CEO Christian Blume • February 23, 2011 • PEC Staff

How Facebook Changes Impact Ecommerce Merchants, Part 2: From FBML to iFrames • February 22, 2011 • Paul Chaney

10 Effective Mobile Ecommerce Designs • February 22, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Social Media Survey Results: Few Sales Coming from Social Media Efforts • February 21, 2011 • Kate Monteith

4 Ideas to Cut Costs on Your Ecommerce Business • February 21, 2011 • Armando Roggio

12 Website Design Decisions Your Business or Organization Will Need to Make • February 19, 2011 • Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

Internet Sales Tax Impacts Amazon’s Affiliates • February 18, 2011 • Jeff Jacobson, Jd, Llm

Managing Google Product Feeds in Google Merchant Center • February 17, 2011 • Michael Stearns

How To Save Money On Shipping and Fulfillment • February 17, 2011 • PEC Staff

How Facebook Changes Impact Ecommerce Merchants, Part 1: Page Redesign • February 16, 2011 • Paul Chaney

6 Common Ecommerce Mistakes • February 16, 2011 • Armando Roggio

J.C. Penney Incurs Google SEO ‘Action’; How to Protect Your Own Company • February 15, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Stop obsessing over your search engine rankings • February 15, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

32 Google Tools for Ecommerce Businesses • February 15, 2011 • PEC Staff

7 Tips to Grow Your Email Subscriber List • February 14, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

10 Innovative Digital-Download Stores • February 14, 2011 • Armando Roggio

11 Tips for Merchants to Add Suppliers • February 11, 2011 • PEC Staff

Ask an Expert: How to Increase Conversion Rates? • February 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

9 CSS Codes that Ecommerce Merchants Need to Know • February 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo • February 9, 2011 • PEC Staff

5 Social-Shopping Sites to Help Retailers, Consumers • February 9, 2011 • Paul Chaney

17 Solutions to Build Your Own Mobile App • February 8, 2011 • PEC Staff

4 Ways to Waste Money on Your Ecommerce Store • February 8, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ask An Expert: What Data to Mine from Abandoned Carts? • February 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google Chrome Links to New Web App Store • February 7, 2011 • Armando Roggio

PCI-Council General Manager on Non-Compliance ‘Russian Roulette’ • February 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

Geolocation Helpful to Merchants, Tricky for SEO • February 3, 2011 • Jill Kocher Brown

Day in the Life: Zoovy CEO Brian Horakh • February 3, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google Docs Adds Capabilities for Mobile Users • February 2, 2011 • Jeff Muendel

How To Set Up Shop on Niche Online Marketplaces • February 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: Adyen CEO Peter Caparso • February 2, 2011 • PEC Staff

7 Pay-Per-Click Advertising Mistakes to Avoid in 2011 • February 1, 2011 • Scott Smigler

21 Ecommerce Apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry • February 1, 2011 • PEC Staff

January 2011 Top Ten: Our Most Popular Posts • January 31, 2011 • Kate Monteith

The Basics of Advertising on Facebook • January 31, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Firefox 4.1 Will Shun Tracking • January 31, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ten Great Ecommerce Ideas for February 2011 • January 28, 2011 • Kate Monteith

PCI Council General Manager Bob Russo • January 27, 2011 • Kerry Murdock

OverstockArt CEO Critiques Holiday Sales Performance • January 27, 2011 • PEC Staff

Volume Discounts: Choose the Right Words to Boost Sales • January 27, 2011 • Pamela Hazelton

6 Pointers for Creating Blog Content • January 26, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: Zoovy CEO Brian Horakh • January 26, 2011 • PEC Staff

9 HTML Codes that Ecommerce Merchants Should Know • January 25, 2011 • PEC Staff

Consider the Subscription Model for New Revenue • January 25, 2011 • Armando Roggio

$5 Marketing, with Fiverr.com • January 24, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Tools to Build a Strong Twitter Following; Relevance Is Key • January 24, 2011 • Paul Chaney

U.S. Agency Official on International Commerce • January 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

4 Steps to a Paperless Office • January 20, 2011 • PEC Staff

10 Mobile Shipping Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android • January 19, 2011 • PEC Staff

Notable Views: Adgregate CEO Rebuts Criticisms of Retailing on Facebook • January 18, 2011 • PEC Staff

Google Chrome Will Drop H.264 Codec, Impacting Future of Video • January 18, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Designing for the New Twitter Layout • January 17, 2011 • Paul Chaney

The PEC Review: A Pen and Touch Pad to Supplement a Mouse • January 17, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Two Lessons that Groupon Can Teach Ecommerce Merchants • January 13, 2011 • Armando Roggio

How to Embed Photos and Slideshows from Picasa, Flickr and Photobucket • January 13, 2011 • PEC Staff

You’re backing up more than your data, right? • January 12, 2011 • Jamie Salvatori

Shopatron Platform: Manufacturers Sell Products and Retailers Fulfill Them • January 12, 2011 • PEC Staff

12 New Internet Devices, from the CES Trade Show • January 12, 2011 • PEC Staff

4 Realities of Selling on Facebook • January 11, 2011 • Paul Chaney

7 Email-Marketing Tactics for 2011 • January 11, 2011 • Carolyn Nye

Lessons Learned: Virgil Dickerson with Suburban Home Records • January 10, 2011 • PEC Staff

Facebook Insights Helps Measure Social Media Efforts • January 10, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Ask an Expert: Better to Use Facebook Ads, or Google? • January 7, 2011 • PEC Staff

Survey Results: 46 Percent Say Free Shipping Increases Profits • January 6, 2011 • Kate Monteith

9 Twitter Productivity Tools • January 5, 2011 • Paul Chaney

Mobile Compatibility: How to Test a Website for Mobile Browsers • January 5, 2011 • PEC Staff

Reading List: RevenueExpect CEO Josh Pierry • January 4, 2011 • PEC Staff

How to Rescue Posts from Facebook’s Spam Filter • January 4, 2011 • Armando Roggio

Google’s High-Speed Fiber Network Still Progressing • January 3, 2011 • Jeff Muendel

The PEC Review: Try Netgear’s Stora for Small-System Backups • January 3, 2011 • Armando Roggio