Tracking ROI in your BlueHornet eMail blasts!

March 9, 2009

I am sure that eMail newsletters are a very important part of your eCommerce sites marketing plan. If not then they should be. eMails to people who have purchased from your site in the past can be very good revenue generators.  When it comes to stats on your email newseltters, you may know how many [...]

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Link to a certain time in a YouTube video

March 9, 2009

Ever sent a link to a YouTube video to someone with a note that read something like “Watch if for about 1 minute and you will see the part that I want you to watch”. Or even worse, you post a long YouTube video on your site and the important section that you want everyone [...]

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Stop SPAM with Captcha

March 8, 2009

CAPTCHA or “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” is a system used to help prevent web robots from submitting forms. Most CAPTCHA’s consist of a series of letters and numbers that the user must read an enter to verify that they are in fact human. Many sites now employ CAPTCHA [...]

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An easy way to track your sites conversion rates.

March 3, 2009

How is the Conversion Rate calculated?
The Conversion rate of your eCommerce site is simply the number of orders divided by the number of visitors to your site. This statistic is one of the most important statistics for you to track on your eCommerce site because a slight increase in your conversion rate can mean many [...]

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Forward to a Friend in BlueHornet

February 24, 2009

What is the Forward to a Friend feature in BlueHornet and how to use it.
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Forward to a Friend (FTF) is a component of your viral marketing strategy. It allows your subscribers to forward messages from your email campaigns. FTF forwards the email message exactly as your subscriber received it allowing an exponential number of people [...]

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ShopSite Version 10 New Features

February 16, 2009

Every year or so ShopSite comes out with a new version of this popular eCommerce program. Version 10 was release in late 2008 and has added some nice features. I will pick a few of the new things that most people will notice or use and leave the abstract features for another time.
The most notable [...]

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MotoworldRacing.com launches 7th generation site.

February 13, 2009

SD360.com recently launches the 7th major redesign of the popular motocross parts and accessories website. This site uses the ShopSite Pro eCommerce platform and uses a highly custom template system. The site features dynamic pull down navigation, easy to manage LTO’s on the hompeage, top brand icons, cross selling, custom advanced search system, BlueHornet eMail [...]

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YummieTummie.com Featured on Oprah’s Favorite Things.

February 13, 2009

SD360.com’s eCommerce client Yummie Tummie was featured on the popular daytime talk show in May of 2008 just weeks after the new website was launched. The site features a highly custom ShopSite template system, custom inventory management and SKU level ordering module, BlueHornet eMail marketing,  product reviews, multiple product images, zipcode store search and custom [...]

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SD360.com Launches GordonTraining.com

February 13, 2009

Gordon Training International is a world-renowned human relations training company. The new site built by SD360.com in late 2008 features a custom designed content management system,  ShopSite Pro eCommerce, and BlueHornet email marketing systems.

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RetentionMKTG.com selects SD360.com for new website and CMS.

February 12, 2009

New San Diego Marketing firm Retention Marketing selects SD360.com to design a new company website. The site uses  a content management system that will allow the company to update the new website easily and often.

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