Here is a short list of a few of the business sayings (or whatever you want to call them ‘rules’, ‘quotes’, ‘mottos’ etc) which I have written down in my main work folder I use every day. I find they help remind me constantly what rules to follow and where it may lead me.

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Increase Conversions & Visitors For Triple Effect I came across some interesting information the other day which made me think. It is the idea of increasing sales by 200%, or effectively tripling your number of sales. It involves improving both; the number of visitors to your website and also increasing conversions on your website. Here [...]

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Major eCommerce Companies One of the things I have always done is looked at major businesses to see how they do things. I’m NOT talking about copying ideas (slogans, colour schemes etc) because that will never get you very far. I am talking about aspects of what they do that help them to be so [...]

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Show Them You Use Paypal! According to Paypal 1 in 3 online shoppers look for the Paypal logo when visiting eCommerce websites. For some customers if you don’t accept paypal they will not even look around your website at the products you sell, they will simply go away and visit an eCommerce website that does.

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What Does 2009 Hold? I’ve been in the UK dropship industry since 2004, it has changed quite a bit during the last 5 years. There are some really good dropship companies around at the moment so now is a much better time to be dropshipping than in 2004. The number of dropship companies may be [...]

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This is part 3 of a series called “We all feel safer being part of something bigger”. No need to pray customers will think your a one man band anymore! In part 1 and part 2 of this series I gave a total of 9 ways to make yourself appear to be a larger company. [...]

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This is part 2 of a 3 part series called “We all feel safer being part of something bigger”. A clearly stated phone number will build visitors trust in you In part 1 of this series I talked about why safety is a big concern for your potential customers. I also listed 5 ways to [...]

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