Category Archives: Business

How to accept payments on mobile devices?

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Smartphone or tablets are not only practical devices that make our life easier. You can stay online for (almost) a whole day, check the route to any destination, measure time and distance you run etc. But mobile device let us also buy wherever we are. Imagine what opportunities they give to your business!

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Get More Customers With Brand Videos

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We’re a very digital kind of world. Every month more than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube and it doesn’t stop there: we spend roughly 4 billion hours monthly on YouTube! That’s not a small figure, which is why it’s worth every second of a company’s time to create a brand video. There are 5 types of videos that can be singled out, some are more elaborate while others are quite simple. Some are so bad that they’re actually great! The more people talk about what you’ve done, the more people will come to get your product or service. Check out the 5 ways to catch peoples attention:

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What Should I Know Before Starting My Web Store?

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When you first think about starting your own online store, you need to start by picking the right ‘engine’ to drive your shop. In picking a solution that suits your business you can pick one of three approaches –  a free mainstream e-commerce platform, purchasing a full SaaS based online shop package, or programming your own store with all the functions you’ve always dreamed of.

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How Social Media Can Bring More Customers

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Making your business trustworthy is not a chore but an art form that everyone should be eager to take on. Most people think that once their SSL and PCI are in check you don’t really need much more. However, most people fail to realize that so far they’ve gained the trust of banks, institutions and payment gateways, but what about customers? Most customers have no idea what PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) means what SSL (Secure Sockets Layer – This allows for data/message confidentiality) does.

So, what’s left? Making your business known, reliable, and open. There is a rumor going around that social media is pretty much the death of a business because people bash, whine and make a business look unreliable. But as the saying goes – don’t believe everything you hear! Social media can make your business sink but it can also make your business the IT business to be a customer of!

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Why Shopping Abroad Costs Less According To PayPal

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Collaborating with PayPal came a great report about why exactly shopping abroad has become so popular. PayPal checked a series of products available in popular online shops in USA, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, China and several CEE markets. According to collected data in 2012/2013 China became one of the most popular online shopping destinations, placing ahead of USA and joining EU. In Europe, UK and Germany gained most credit and became relevant destinations for online acquisitions.

According to PayPal’s data, the biggest increase was posted when it came of payments towards UK stores, up 32% compared to previous year, while the ones made towards Chinese e-stores increased by 28%. The same growth was seen when it comes of payments made through PayPal by Polish users in German stores – up to 28%.

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7 Ways To Get More Customers

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Every online store wants to be a success story, but what exactly does one do to make their store the very best? Well, there are seven simple steps that can help every business owner make their store desirable. From product/service descriptions all the way to good, clean web design. Some of these steps may seem just too easy or good to be true, but you’d be surprised how many of us forget that those are the keys to making our store popular and rich with customers. So let’s jump in:

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Free Analytics Tools That Will Rock Your Business

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More often than not, business owners focus on their business. That’s why they hire us marketers to figure out if that focus is going in the right direction. However, it is not about what business owners or even marketers think, it all comes down to what we know about our customers and what we know about their engagement in our content. Because the more you know, the better the chance that you will reach your customers and get valuable traffic. Now, how do I get that information? – you may ask. Simple, analytics!

Now that we’ve established how you can get information about your customers behavior, you will probably think – what do I do to get those analytics you speak of? Well friend, this is a text all about what you can use to get the best of analytics and what’s more, the free kind of analytics! There are four free analytics that I personally love using and will focus on: Google Analytics, Twitter Analytics, Facebook Insights,  and my favorite of all – SumAll.

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