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		<title>SMB Series- 7 Steps In Developing a Marketing Plan</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/developing-a-marketing-plan</link>
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		<title>Volusion at SXSW</title>
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Will you be at SXSW this year? Are you ready to learn more about Volusion and meet the team? Good news: We&#8217;ll be at the Interactive trade show from March 13-15, 2010!
&#8220;We&#8217;ve attended SXSW Interactive over the years and have been impressed to watch it grow into a major industry event. By exhibiting for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/volusion-at-sxsw-interactive</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- U.S. Small Business Association Start-Up Stats</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/sba-start-up-stats</link>
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		<title>Mastering the Social Media Tightrope Act</title>
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At the Innotech eMarketing Summit I attended a presentation entitled &#8220;Communication Shifts: How Brands Communicate through Twitter and the Blogosphere&#8221; by Simon Salt and Chad Sour (yes, those were their real names). I came away realizing that social media is really a tightrope act. Mastering social media requires that you learn how to play the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/social-media-changes</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- Lessons From Success Stories</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/volusion-success-stories-lessons</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- &#8220;Crush It! Why Now Is the Time to Cash in On Your Passion&#8221;</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/gary-vaynerchuk-interview</link>
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		<title>Brand Conversations on Social Networks</title>
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Brands are a part of our lives and social networks are where we express our lives online; therefore, it&#8217;s logical to conclude that these spaces are hungry for brand conversations. Consider the following facts:

19% of young adults have added branded content to their social network profiles and 24% have recently added advertising clips*
60% of social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/brand-conversations-on-social-networks</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- Best Business Blogs</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/best-business-blogs</link>
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		<title>Shop.Org Reveals What Customers Are Looking for This Holiday Season- Hint: It’s not what you think!</title>
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In keeping with holiday traditions Shop.Org published the results of their holiday shopping survey. This year, many retailers and industry experts were hedging their bets that the slow economy would necessitate that retailers use extensive promotional offers to bring in customers and drive sales. What they found, however, was that savings didn&#8217;t top the list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/shoporg-holiday-shopping</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- 8 Simple Marketing Tools</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/small-business-marketing-tools</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- Big Designs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/big-web-design-ideas</link>
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		<title>Contacting the Customer to Convert</title>
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Anyone running an online store knows the story- a potential customer visits your site, browses your products, places one in their cart, and then leaves without buying. The next thing you know, your admin area is littered with more abandoned carts than a super market parking lot, prompting you to ask &#8220;What do I do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/convert-abandoned-shopping-carts</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- The Value of A Business Plan</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB blog series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/the-value-of-a-business-plan</link>
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		<title>Women on Social Networks</title>
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With a record number of women on social networks, getting to the heart of their motivations for participating in these social spaces is more important to marketers and business owners than ever before.  A recent survey by a women&#8217;s social networking site called ShesConnected attempted to tackle the question &#8220;What do women want out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/women-on-social-networks</link>
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		<title>SMB Series- Twitter Hashtags for Businesses</title>
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Throughout the month of November we will be running our &#8220;SMB Blog Series.&#8221; While SMB traditionally refers to &#8220;Small/Medium Business,&#8221; here at Volusion it has come to mean something else: &#8220;Small Made Big.&#8221; This month we will be sharing resources, tips, stats, and inspirations to help you turn your small ecommerce endeavor into something greater- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/twitter-hashtags-for-businesses</link>
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