Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

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Gearing up for Xmas 2007 - What to do in October…
Week 1:
You have done your research, you campaign has had 7-10 days. Pin point your successes and failures.
Ask yourself a few questions:
1. What campaigns are working?
2. Why are the successful campaigns working?
3. What campaigns are not working?
4. Why are they not working and [...]

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Call to Action is a book all about customer conversions, how to get them and most importantly, how to persuade your customers to buy or take the action you want.
They also have a blog : Future Now’s Marketing Optimization Blog
If you are tired of text book internet marketing reads, this plays out like a compelling [...]

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Not all online shoppers are created alike. They all have different goals and strategies for their online shopping which relate to different needs. When developing an online service or e-commerce store you need to try and cater for as many of these types of shopper as possible. You can use basic ‘shopper models’ to organize [...]

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‘Multi- channel’ has become a bit of a ‘Web 2.0 buzz word, but it has become one of the most expansive sectors in e-commerce. ‘Multi Channel’ (we shall call it MC 2.0 for comedic slogan purposes only) can involve a retail organisation having several touch points for interactions with customers and also several competitive routes [...]

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There are many opportunities within business to move products and services on line. The internet gives you a better reach, both nationally and internationally at a low cost compared to bricks and mortar. The internet has a richness about it. You find more detailed information on products and prices from many companies and you need [...]

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Well on Tuesday evening I completed my new CubeCart 4 store, and by Thursday evening it had made back its purchase price. I doubt there are many systems that I could say it takes less that three days to see return on investment. This includes the price of the security certificate too.
A small targeted adwords [...]

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My cousin has been a PA to the stars in Dubai…..well to managers at Hewlett Packard and Dell for the past 13 years, but has now decided to come back to the UK in the Spring. The cats have their passports so it is a serious move. Jane is going to set up a ‘Virtual [...]

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Did a bit more on this page:
Choosing a starting point - Your e-commerce platform.
In general there are three options:
1. A site hosted and created by a company for example Shopify
2. A site created for you but it is hosted on your own server space for example Cubecart
3. An Open Source Shopping Cart such as Oscommerce
Pro’s [...]

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The BBC said in this news article:
Wet weather in July drove online shopping to record levels as consumers surfed the net rather than sloshing down the High Street, a report claims.
and the Guardian says:
Risks of flooding are growing to “unacceptable levels” because of climate change with up to 4 million Britons facing the prospect of [...]

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A email came in today regarding what to do when you have brought an e-commerce platform, sold the earth and delivered a small island. How do you prevent this from happening at the sales stage?
Bad Web Companies are plenty, and it can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff but there are a [...]

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