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		<title>SMB Series- Big Designs</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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/twitter-hashtags-for-businesses</link>
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		<title>Measureable and Effective Social Media Tactics</title>
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Earlier this year eMarketer wrote an article based on MarketingSherpa&#8217;s surprising findings concerning social media effectiveness and measurability.
MarketingSherpa&#8217;s study asked US Social Media Marketing Professionals to identify the most appropriate marketing uses for social media. Here are the results (in order of effectiveness):

Influence brand reputation
Increase brand awareness
Improve search engine rankings
Increase website traffic
Generate leads
Improve internal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/measureable-effective-social-media</link>
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		<title>Not another Blog Post about Tweeting For Business</title>
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There is a whole sea of blog posts out there telling you how to tweet and what to tweet and when to tweet, but the common theme among them is that they rarely provide actionable specifics. In this post, we will try to give you an idea of what you should tweet about in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/tweeting-for-business</link>
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		<title>Volusion&#8217;s Much Anticipated 2009 Holiday Shopping Prediction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now you&#8217;re probably shaking with anticipation like a kid on Christmas morning waiting to open his/her presents, but we need to give a little background for new readers.



I See Your &#8220;Cyber Monday&#8221; and I Raise You One &#8220;Green Monday&#8221;
Most people know that Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/green-monday-2009</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Qualitative Customer Feedback</title>
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With our modern reliance on the hard numbers of quantitative customer feedback it&#8217;s easy to lose track of the importance of qualitative feedback from customers.
Quantitative customer feedback usually comes in the form of a survey with multiple choice questions and rating scales to determine a company&#8217;s success on a number of clearly defined objectives. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/qualitative-customer-feedback</link>
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		<title>A Peek at Volusion&#8217;s Holiday Shopping Predictions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and you know what that means&#8230; a surge in online sales.



Every year Volusion makes a prediction as to when the biggest day of online sales will come. As you may remember from last year, we noted that a snappy business-friendly moniker had not yet been given [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/holiday-shopping-predictions-peek</link>
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		<title>Starting a Business Part 7: Marketing Your New Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Related articles:Because September and October are historically times when many people open their first business, this week is dedicated to topics surrounding starting your own business. While this is not an end-all-be-all list of steps you must take, they’ll help you get a solid head start on your new business venture. Thank you for joining us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/marketing</link>
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		<title>Starting a Business Part 6: How To Get Paid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because September and October are historically times when many people open their first business, this week is dedicated to topics surrounding starting your own business. While this is not an end-all-be-all list of steps you must take, they’ll help you get a solid head start on your new business venture. Thank you for joining us on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/accept-payments</link>
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		<title>Starting a Business Part 5: Logo Design Essentials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Because September and October are historically times when many people open their first business, this week is dedicated to topics surrounding starting your own business. While this is not an end-all-be-all list of steps you must take, they&#8217;ll help you get a solid head start on your new business venture. Thank you for joining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/logo</link>
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		<title>Starting a Business Part 4: Selecting a Dropshipper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because September and October are historically times when many people open their first business, this week is dedicated to topics surrounding starting your own business. While this is not an end-all-be-all list of steps you must take, they’ll help you get a solid head start on your new business venture. Thank you for joining us on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/selecting-a-dropshipper</link>
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		<title>Starting a Business Part 3: Choosing the Right Products to Sell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because September and October are historically times when many people open their first business, this week is dedicated to topics surrounding starting your own business. While this is not an end-all-be-all list of steps you must take, they’ll help you get a solid head start on your new business venture. Thank you for joining us on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/choosing-products</link>
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