Published on 2008-12-19 by Anja Römisch Higher Recognition Value with the Favicon

The favicon (short for favorite icon) works in online shops and websites like the label in the collar of a t-shirt: Once it is sewn in, it is instantly recognisable everywhere. The integration into ePages 6 shops and websites takes only seconds*.

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Published on 2008-12-10 by David Edwards Cloud Computing - Performance on Demand

During the holiday season especially, many shop operators are worried whether their shop will be able to handle the expected stampede of visitors. At peak times, the systems have to process many more customers than usual. In the worst case, the shops become so slow that customers leave and go to other vendors. In the past, online merchants had to provide for additional hardware for ensuring reserve power to handle these situations. However, today, the cost factor can be calculated much more accurately since computing power can be added quite easily "on the fly". This trend is called "Cloud Computing" - managing data and applications on the Internet instead of keeping these on own servers. Besides demand-driven performance, data security and data availability are clear advantages of the concept. ePages already relies on Cloud Computing.

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Published on 2008-11-27 by Anja Römisch Online Shops and Business Websites with ePages 6

On October 1, 2008 we raised the curtain for the debut of ePages 6. The new product version not only allows you to sell your products online, you can now even offer services for booking online as well. We’ve added a lot of fresh new features that will make your life much easier. Read for yourself what drag & drop, scheduling and booking functions, blogs, forums and RSS feed modules are all about… (more…)

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Published on 2008-11-27 by David Edwards 12 Tips For Corporate Blogs

In the "Social Media Optimisation I - Weblogs" entry, we have already done the heavy lifting for the utilisation of corporate blogs. A survey by the German Online-Marketing Blog found that corporate blogs are often not regarded as authentic or believable. From the reasons listed for this, we can derive 12 suggestions for making company blogs more successful.

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Published on 2008-11-21 by David Edwards Running Promotional Campaigns with ePages

Price discounts on certain products, on all products for certain customer groups, on the entire shopping basket for all customers, for the purchase of two items instead of one, on products that exceed a certain shopping basket value – with ePages, your options for creating shopping attractions through discounts are more than versatile. We’ll tell you how to support them.

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Published on 2008-11-13 by David Edwards 5 x Shop: Inspiration for Your Online Shop

Sometimes the inspiration that makes an idea a reality is hard to find. If you are currently playing with the idea of giving your shop a slight makeover or are wrestling with its design, then let the online shops below be a source of inspiration and a feast for your eyes. From now on, we’d like to reawaken your creativity and inspire with 5 regularly occurring, beautiful examples of online shops all based on ePages.

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Published on 2008-10-31 by David Edwards Too Old for Online Shopping

An article on emarketer.com shows that Internet usage by people over 62 is increasing dramatically and that especially online shopping is becoming more and more popular for them. So far, however, e-commerce has been staying away from the age bracket.

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Published on 2008-06-25 by Anja Römisch Create Product Images for Your Online Shop

Produktbilder"A picture is worth a thousand words.” Has anyone not encountered this saying? But what does it mean for you? If you want to offer products in your shop, then you must not underestimate the importance of product descriptions – and that goes double for the visual presentation of your products. Appealing and persuasive images are an absolute must. Here’s how in the ePages shop…

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Published on 2008-06-23 by Mario Rieß More Newsletter Subscribers

Mehr Newsletter-Abonnenten

Bring it to your customers’ attention that they can subscribe to your newsletter. After all, regularly addressing them via e-mail is undoubtedly one of your most effective marketing tools.

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Published on 2008-06-17 by Anja Römisch Trust in e-Commerce: Testimonials

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The appeal of a brand or product is based in large part on its prestige, distinctiveness and dependability. In this third installment of the “Trust in e-Commerce” series, we want to boost the trust your clients place in you and help you enhance the distinctiveness and appeal of your products. Testimonials or loosely translated customer recommendations are simple ways of achieving a great deal.

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