Things You Need to Know About Successful Online Shopping Carts

Any ecommerce webmaster will tell you that the only thing standing in the way of your online success is your shopping cart solution. If you have a good online shopping cart, your website has a much better chance of being successful than one that has a clunky, poorly constructed one. The last thing you want is for your customers to have to work hard to make a purchase from you, because they won’t. They will abandon their carts and shop elsewhere. Is your online shopping cart as good as it could be?

User-Friendly Design
Online shopping carts should be simple, organized and easy to find and use. You want your customers to be able to see what’s in their carts with one click and proceed to the checkout screen with one click. Make it easy for them to view the items, quantities and prices by using a table structure and reduce the number of screens they have to use to modify their orders or checkout.

Stringent Security Procedures
The absolute worst thing that can happen to your business is that your customers’ sensitive information is hacked by thieves. While you can’t 100% guarantee that nothing will happen, you can and should do everything you can to protect the data that resides in your website. Using a reputable credit card processor to service your merchant account goes a long way to ensuring that you are doing what you can. You also need to ensure that your website complies with PCI/DSS regulations along with your merchant services provider. Lastly, always use 128-bit SSL encryption technology to further protect the data in your system.

Social Media Hooks
Last but not least, you will want to be able to use social media outlets to help you market your ecommerce website. Websites that have integration with Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest and other consumer based social media outlets provide you with an easy way to promote your ecommerce website and products. Your website should also allow customers to spread the word about your website and products if you give them the opportunity to tweet about it from their shopping carts. The best shopping carts allow you to give customers discount codes for every social media mention they make on your behalf.

By taking the time to understand what customers want, you can create online shopping cart solutions that will make you money rather than leave you hanging.

Website Design For Businesses

Website design BlueHat Marketing offers provides businesses with a place to sell their wares. Businesses that take their items online are often hoping to increase their sales automatically. The problem with this mentality is marketing. A business must be marketed perfectly if it wants to improve its standing.

The Site Name

The URL for a website is the biggest part of the business’ success story. Choosing a URL that is easy for people to remember makes the site popular instantly.

The Site Configuration

People who shop on websites shop for the convenience of the site. The website is a place where items can be found quickly, payments go through automatically and shipment happens instantly. Customers do not mind to wait for an item to ship because of how easy it was for them to find what they needed.

The Customer Service

The customer service on a website is what keeps customers coming back. They want to ask questions of the business they are shopping with, and they expect the website to offer quality answers in return.

Shopping is made easier when websites carry products, but the business that invests in a website must make that website a haven for those who love to shop.

Promote Your Website with the Best Web Hosting Service

Websites have become an important aspect to many successful businesses. A large portion of shoppers do much of their shopping online. Tapping into that market can create a huge increase in revenue for businesses. Even if a buyer chooses to shop in a physical store, they might want to research a product beforehand. Diners often choose restaurants based on online reviews and menus. If you are a business owner, you can create a site with specific information you want potential buyers to see. Then, these shoppers won’t need to rely on reviews and information given by other online sources. Choosing the best web hosting service provider you can find will help create a site that is designed in a way to attract your target market.

Design

A good hosting service provider will give you the capability of designing a basic site yourself or provide professionals that can help you in the process. You can design your website in a way that keeps customers coming back. Professionals can help you create a consistent brand, while keeping your website fresh and updated. Showcasing new products or services and running occasional promotions will encourage buyers to continually return. Also, including examples of your previous work or providing testimonials will give your company credibility. Professionals know all of the secrets to a good design. By utilizing their knowledge, you can feel confident in your website.

Convenience and Availability

Whether a site is created to sell a product or market a service, it creates a storefront that can be accessed from homes across the world. Having a reliable site provided by a great hosting service provider is crucial because shoppers expect businesses to always be available online. Websites create availability that the majority of physical locations can’t match. The convenience of being able to shop night or day, not having to wait in checkout lines, being able to avoid crowds, and eliminating the need to drive somewhere make it easy to see why customers often opt for online shopping. Along with the best web hosting service provider you can find, you can create an ideal shopping experience for your buyers.

I'm Still Here...

This blog may seems dead to many but believe me.. I am definitely alive and kicking.,lol.. I don’t do blog makeovers much now but my creative side of the brains is still churning out designs and codes for clients that sometimes after a project is done, I just want to play my facebook games!

Anyway, just thought I do a quick update and drops some cards today.. Oh and if you want to set a time to talk with me.. do check out the “contact me” button on the bottom right of the site ok.

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How to Shine on the Internet

With the advent of social network sites, as well as blogs and forums, a person or business’ reputation is partially affected by the reviews and opinions of countless strangers who may never have used the service. In order to monitor how a corporation is seen by its clients and customers, both current and prospective, a service like http://www.reputation.com can prove invaluable.

The basic service offered by this site is to check your current standing by a variety of methods and parameters—to be able to know how well a business ranks in others’ opinions. This is a great tool but not necessarily powerful enough by itself. The site also offers more advanced services such as up-to-date monitoring and management.

Online reputation management allows a company to shine on the internet. This is accomplished through several means, one of which is managing online search results. Since search results can contain outdated or inaccurate information, being able to have a measure of control over these is critical. Sensitive information can easily spread by the use of forums and blogs, having reputation management services helps keep information out of the hands of the general public when it may be detrimental to a company.

By using online reputation management services, one can keep track of a company’s current standing and take preventative measures to ensure that reputation is not tarnished, as well as direct action to resolve any issues should they arise. Toward this end, http://www.reputation.com is highly recommended.

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Learning SEO From the Experts: A Step-By-Step Guide

Learning SEO From the Experts: A Step-By-Step Guide

As a business owner, I am always on the lookout on ways to improve traffic to my site. Let’s face it, the more people are aware of your product, the more you will earn and all of us love that income. So.. I am excited to share with your this free 27-page SEO guide that covers all the elements of a successful SEO improvement strategy that hopefully can achieve just that.

It includes useful topics like :

1. Identifying Keyword Opportunities
2. Mastering On-Page SEO
3. Link-Building Strategies
4. How to incorporate social media into your SEO efforts
5. Tips for Ongoing SEO Improvement

This guide features contributions from top experts in the SEO industry and who better for us to learn from correct. So go ahead, get your FREE SEO guide  today.

 

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Improve Your SEO

If you run a business and a business blog or website, you’ll know that making your presence known and creating an awareness to you or your business is essential to ensure success. That is where search engine optimization and social network tools like Facebook and Twitter comes in. It is important that your clients, future or repeat, know what you offering and can find you easily and since “Google” has become an verb, you need to get on that first page when potential clients search for those keywords that matches what you do.

Another avenue to put those keywords in super booster mode is to Buy Links from reputable companies such as Link Vehicle, a SEO advertising company that connects advertisers with top notch publishers all over the world. With Link Vehicle, advertisers have a array of niche publishers or otherwise, at their fingertips all arranged by the blog’s page rank, alexa ranking and the price for a either a review or a text-link ad at their marketplace.

Advertisers are provided with an advance state of art technology that drives excellent results and at the same time giving fair price to their publishers as well.

Brand awareness is everything in a business. It ensures new customers and keep loyal ones coming back no matter how long they have to wait. If customers don’t know you exist, they can’t use your services and  if they can’t find you either, they look elsewhere.  So don’t neglect your web existence. Take advantage of Link Vehicle today.

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The Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale on Woo WordPress Theme

If you are looking for awesome WordPress, you’ll probably have across a site called Woo Themes. They not have beautifully designed template, they also offer them at affordable prices. Well guess what? For Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale this year, they are offering not one BUT four other theme FREE when you purchase one of their themes. Is that awesome or is that awesome? So head on over to Woo Themes right now by clicking on the banner below to select your favorite template today.

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Restaurant WordPress Template

As much as I love coding and doing a template from scratch, I also love premade template that are easy to tweak and looking at this Restaurant Theme wordpress premade template almost makes me wished I had my own restaurant. Lol! Check out details below:

At only USD65, you’ll get:

• Out of the box – Auto Install
• Fully customizable front page
• Custom Control Panel
• Localization Support
• Auto-resizing thumbnails

Check it out and let me know what you think.

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Spa Salon WordPress Template

Are you in the SPA business and is looking for a simple and beautiful WordPress template that is not only easy to handle but has all the essential components you need for your website? Well check out this Spa Salon theme.

Spa WordPress Theme

 

At only USD65, you’ll get:

• Out of the box – Auto Install
• Strategic design of the homepage
• Manage Bookings Online
• Homepage Slider
• Powerful Backend for Bookings setup
• Add new Custom Fields
• Inbuilt Payment Gateway (Optional)
• News/services Blog
• Design Settings
• Integrated Shortcodes

Check it out and let me know what you think.

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Get Your Own Ecommerce Site on WordPress

I got a lot of people that asked me about how to get their own e-commerce site going. My suggestion is to just get one ready made template which sets up easily and you’re ready to sell within minutes. Here’s one template that is not only economical at USD65 but easy to install. If you’re already on WordPress, this WP Store template is definitely the way to go but if you’re not and still interested, then contact me and we can work out how I can help you :)

 

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Quick Update

NO.. I’ve not stopped my online business or disappear from the blog makeover scene.. neither have I started selling Bon Jovi Tickets, Joel Osteen Tickets, Allstate Arena tickets, New Orleans Saints Tickets or even Chicago Theatre Tickets, though I reckon those might be a lucrative business as well.. lol! .. I’ve just been busy doing something else, diversifying my business, and since most of them are sort of confidential, I can’t, unfortunately showcase them here. Besides, between travelling to and from Singapore frequently these days, the kitties being sick and life in general, things are really chaotic around here. Plus am trying to keep myself healthy and not fall sick especially next week for a very important event in my life.

Anyway, there’s my quick update.  I am still taking blog makeover orders in but the delivery would probably be after I come back which would be hopefully late June. As for small ala carte orders or small coding, those are still open so keep them coming :)

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How to Backup Your Blogspot Blog

On my recent Entrecards drops, I noticed a few blogs hosted on Blogspot suddenly disappearing although apparently all these bloggers are active with a few blogs to their names. Then I noticed a post by one of the bloggers at her other blog which stated that Blogger had apparently DELETED her blog stating that it was a SPAM blog and even after numerous email, she still had not received any answer and her blog is still gone.

I am not here to question who is right or who is wrong but here’s a way to salvage your blog data should that happened.

TWO WORDS..

BACK UP!

 

.. and here’s how you do it in blogger/blogspot.

1. Go to your blog dashboard

2. Click on Settings>>Basic and you will see the the EXPORT link.

 

3. Click on that and click on DOWNLOAD BLOG to somewhere safe on your hard drive. What this does is it will save your blog in a XML format that you can IMPORT back to another blogspot blog or use to import into another blogging platform, WordPress, while you decide your next course of action if and when this happens.

4. NOTE: This will ONLY back up your blog entries and comments.  It DOES NOT backup your template or your widgets.  To back up your template, you can do so from Design>>Edit HTML menu

Go get exporting/backing up NOW!

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Write A Review or Testimonial for LadyJava Creations

I take pride in my work and each blog makeover to me is like working on my very own blog. Care and thought goes to each design to make sure it meets your approval because I appreciate that you trust me enough to let me work with you to create your very own space in the world wide web.

After the work is done, I hope you smile each time you visit your own blog and make you motivated to blog even more. I hope you drop a few lines using the Review and Testimonial page to let me know what you think about my work so I could improve myself.

Thanks so much and enjoy your blogging  journey!

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Different Hosting for Different Needs

I’m always on the lookout for reliable and dependable web hosting. My first hosting company was not bad but there were times when my sites would be down for a span of 3hours or and so that is completely unacceptable for me. So I was forced to look for another hosting company and I am currently very happy with the one I have now. It’s dependable, it’s fast and most importantly, my sites are always live.

If you own a site that you can’t afford to go down at any point of time and you would like to have more control over it, you might want to consider what is called managed hosting. With managed hosting, each dedicated server can be customized to your needs and there are more options you can choose from.

If you already have a server of your own but would like to house it a secure location, you might want to consider colocation. Most of this locations can keep your server safe from fire, vandalism, theft and even natural disasters.

So, those are the different kinds of hosting you can consider for your needs. Good luck!

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How To Create Subdomain For Your Blog and Host it On Blogger

Here’s the scenario. You already have a domain name and already used that domain for your main blog. You then opened up another blog that is serve as a extension to your existing blog. You now want to publish it as a subdomain. Here are the steps: PS: these steps are for domains hosted on godaddy. Domain Sale! $7.49 .com at GoDaddy 1. You should be at this screen of your godaddy site 2. Look for the DNS Manager and click on Launch 3. Your next screen should show up with the following screenshot 4. Click on the Quick Add and a little box would appear just like the screenshot below 5. In the box.. enter the information as below.. please note, where I put “shop”, this is where you would put whatever subdomain name you want and click on “Save Zone File” 6. Now go to your blogger dashboard and click on your blog Settings>> Publishing>> Custom Domain >> Switch to advanced settings 7. Enter the new address you have created just now over at goddaddy. So in my case it was shop.yourblogmaindomain.com 8. Save and you’re done! Now test your new blog url :) PS: Has this post helped you? Buy me some Java Juice? PSS: Want a blog makeover? Contact me today. PSSS: View all my work here Cheerio…

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Happy 2011 to Everyone!

As we leave 2010, I would like to wish everyone visiting today a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2011 be filled with joy, happiness, love, health and wealth for one and all .. and more Blog Makeovers for me…hehehe

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How To Have Mobile Versions Of Your Blogger Blogs

One of the things that I really love about WordPress are the plugins and one of the best plugin that I installed on all my WordPress blogs is the WordPress Mobile Press plugin which I was able to customized to include a header an adsense code.

However, today I found out that blogger has rolled out, through their Blogger in Draft, their own Mobile Templates. This is what my blog over at Online Money Chat looks like on mobile version. Awesome right?  I have not tested to see if it works on all kinds of templates so please let me know if yours was able to be transported nicely ya..

Here’s how you get your..

1. Login to Blogger in draft using your blogger id and password

2. Go to Settings >> Email & Mobile

3.  Under Mobile Template, click on the “Yes, On mobile devices, show the mobile version of my template”

4. Save and you’re done. You can also do a Preview to see what yours would like like.

Enjoy!

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Snow for Blogspot Blogs

As promised, here’s the code that I found to work wonderfully for blogspot blogs. It is so easy to install too.. Just install as a page element or gadgets :).. Enjoy!

This widget was created using the Snow Effect Without Images script by Kurt Grigg which is distributed by Dynamic Drive.

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Snow Plugin for WordPress

It’s the week before Christmas and bloggers round the world are making their blogs as festive as possible to reflect the mood they are in. So to add spice to your blog.. why not add some Christmas elements like a Christmas header or even a whole  Christmas blog makeover… or if you want something simple, why not snow? I found a simple snow plugin for your wordpress blog. Here’s how..

1. Go to your Plugin menu

2. Add New Plugin

3. Search for “Snow Storm”

4. I picked the one from Tribulant Software as it’s the easiest one so far

5. Click install and you’re done. You’ll have snow just like this blog and my blog over at LadyJava’s Lounge

Enjoy!

Coming up next post.. Snow for Blogspot Blog…

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