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Nineteen Online Marketing Tips for (Almost) Instant Success We highlight 19 tactics e-tailers can employ now for a high-rolling fourth-quarter. We cover natural search optimization, user-generated content, shopping site feeds and more.

Save Our Sales: Preventing Abandoned Shopping Carts
[December 4, 2008] The e-tailing group's examples of how e-commerce sites successfully save sales by rescuing abandoned shopping carts. [More Advertising and Marketing ]

eBay Embraces Big Sellers, Cyber Monday Trends
[December 3, 2008] This week the auction giant rolls out a beta version of its new Large Merchant Services for high-volume retailers. Plus, the latest stats and trends from Cyber Monday. [More eBay ]

eBay Alternative for Artisans: Etsy Expands Your Exposure
[December 3, 2008] If you make handcrafted wares and want to increase your exposure online, let Etsy be your elf this holiday season. Unlike many other eBay competitors, this site gets lots of traffic. [More Advertising and Marketing ]

December E-Mail Marketing Tips
[December 2, 2008] Cyber Monday's over and we're officially in the count-down to the holidays. We provide five timely tips for e-mail campaigns, among them, target those tardy male shoppers. [More Advertising and Marketing ]

Meet the Finalists: Excellence in Technology Awards
[November 25, 2008] Cast your ballot for the best that technology has to offer small businesses. The contenders fall into 20 categories and include more than 90 hardware and software products and services. The finalists are set. You decide the winners. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

PowerReviews Express: Affordable Customer Reviews
[December 1, 2008] PowerReviews launches enterprise-quality customer-review application designed — and priced — for small e-commerce sites. [More Technology ]

Tealeaf Offers Insight to Mobile Customer Behavior
[November 26, 2008] For e-commerce business owners who want to capitalize on the m-commerce trend, Tealeaf offers analytics for the growing mobile shopper base. [More Trends ]

osCommerce is Dead: Long Live the NEW osCommerce Project
[November 25, 2008] After eight long years with no final product in sight and no visible development activity, a splinter group of osCommerce programmers has left the dormant project and officially formed a new osCommerce project. [More Technology ]

The 12 E-Commerce Tips of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa
[November 24, 2008] Experts offer their e-marketing tips on how to attract holiday shoppers in a tough economy. [More Advertising and Marketing ]

E-Commerce: Hot Products, Online Marketing Trends
[November 21, 2008] While you'd expect that the Wii and Apple iPod Touch are hot products this year, some other in-demand items may surprise you. (Note to self: Stock up on KitchenAid mixers.) Plus, see what your competitors are doing to market their sites for the fourth-quarter. [More Market Research ]

E-Commerce Cyber Monday Marketing Care Package
[November 20, 2008] Get ready for Cyber Monday with our care package for e-commerce businesses that includes marketing tips, eBay specific strategies and resources for ensuring maximum site performance and optimal customer service. [More Advertising and Marketing ]

EBay, Alternative Site Holiday Resources for Sellers
[November 19, 2008] This week eBay alternatives get ready for holiday shoppers, while HammerTap offers a free Webinar to help eBay sellers prepare for seasonal sales. Plus, WidgetBucks launches Santa-themed widgets. [More eBay ]

PayPal Opens Overseas Selling Site for Small E-Tailers
[November 18, 2008] PayPal's Global Selling Guide, which launched today, has information on the holiday customs of 17 nations and tips on a variety of topics including shipping, payments, customs and tax considerations. [More PayPal ]

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