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5 practical SEO tips for eCommerce

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for eCommerce sites plays a vital role in driving valuable organic search traffic that converts into sales and revenue.

But, over the last few years, as Google has unleashed Panda and Penguin on Web spammers, thin affiliates, and duplicate content sites, many online store owners feel that SEO is a dirty word - a way to cheat instead of compete.

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How to Build an Online Store with BigCommerce

Learn how BigCommerce makes it quick and easy for anyone to sell (anything) online from their own eCommerce store.

It comes with cutting edge Web design and great SEO (Search Engine Optimization), responsive eCommerce templates and plenty of integration with 3rd party platforms (like eBay) to help drive sales.

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When to use robots.txt and 301 redirects for SEO

With Google's Panda update #25 lurking just around the corner, it's important that sites under penalty from previous Panda updates are taking the right steps to resolve their SEO problems.

The Panda algorithm deals predominantly with content quality, including issues like duplicate content, thin content, and generally poor quality content.

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Wix vs. Weebly

At some point, you're going to need to decide which of the most popular website builders (Wix or Weebly) to use for your own small business website.

Wix and Weebly are two of the best website design tools on the market today - accounting for around 40 million personal & small business websites between them.

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How to Blog (Complete Beginner's Guide)

Learning how to blog is an important business skill that can increase page rankings in Google and bring plenty of traffic to your website.

Here's my definition of what a blog is:

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Top Digital Marketing Tools

Take charge of your business' growth by mastering one or more of the leading digital marketing tools and learn to make better strategic decisions to save money and grow profits.

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Business Cards 101

Did you know that business card design can directly impact the success of your organisation? It can make the difference between 'getting that call' and never hearing from someone again.

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5 ways to get bricks-n-mortar customers online

Here's the thing about moving traditional customers online; you have to find innovative marketing strategies and ideas to get them to migrate.

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5 Marketing Strategies That Use Free Stuff

Here are some great ideas that incorporate free stuff (products and services) in order to generate trust, improve revenue and grow your business.

Most consumers like getting free stuff (especially online consumers), so giving away a valuable free offering can help to drive traffic, generate buzz, earn trust, and make money.

This article will give you five great ideas for free product and service offerings that you can integrate into an existing organization or use to help grow a startup.

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How to Start a Business

Starting any new business (i.e. weekend job, side gig, side hustle) can be exciting and fun; but it does require research, structure, discipline and persistent effort to launch.

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