A Google Search for ‘Email Marketing Service’ brings about 770 million results. An email marketer can name at least half-dozen different ESPs. Then why you should consider GetResponse?

GetResponse

You should consider it because: [click to continue…]

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I recently stumbled upon a great business called ‘The Green Car Company‘. They are St. Bellevue, Washington based and make smart cars which use Bio-diesel, electric or other fuel efficient system.

Now here comes the story. A group of people posted bad reviews on yelp about Green Car Company and they gave 1-star. On other hand, the same company has a good Facebook fan base and city search listing.

Now when someone posts a genuine review on yelp, it gets filtered as spam because the review posters are new. Who likes a 1-star and bad reviews for their branded keyword search results?

I really like Yelp and its business model. But they should also change their algorithm to justify the cases as the Green Car Company one.

 

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Indian e-commerce sector is booming. I see a new online store every week. Facebook ads are filled by new cloths, electronics, footwear etc. Number of people call me every week and ask about how to build an e-commerce (Online) store in India (Thanks Google, for ranking me higher for e-commerce Consultant!).

E-commerce Store ABC

What do you need to set up an online store?

  1. Product Catalog
  2. e-commerce Cart/Software/Platform
  3. Payment Gateways
  4. Shipping and Fulfillment services

These things are basic requirements for setting up the store. I’ll cover these requirements below.
Note: I’m only covering the Technical part here. Marketing, Legal and management advises are not covered.

How to build an online store in India

What I’m going to recommend is only suitable for Small Business owners. If you’ve a small team (or only you), small budget and some cool products, these solutions will help you to build your own store easily. [click to continue…]

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The answer is VigLink. VigLink can help you to earn 59% more from Amazon affiliate program.

Viglink
How Viglink does it?

Look at the picture below.

Amazon Associates Volume based Advertising

This is the standard commission chart of Amazon Affiliate program. For 8.5% commission, you’ll have to help Amazon for selling  3131+ product in a month. And If you’re small publisher, 3131+ sounds very tough.

But VigLink has thousands of small publisher like you. So, it gets 8.5% commission from Amazon. Now let’s do a simple math here!

After cutting viglink’s 25%, you get 6.375% commission on every affiliate sale. You were receiving 4% before but now its 6.375% which is 59.375% more than standard commission.

VigLink Revenue
My VigLink Revenue

Thus, Using VigLink can help you to get 59% more from Amazon Associates.
Disclaimer: I use VigLink and above links are manually and Auto-Affiliated by Viglink.

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Shopify Affiliate Payment 2012

Just got a $35.20 from Shopify as an Affiliate Payment! $35.20 is not a big amount but it’s big deal for me. Adding a single dollar in my passive income excites me and Shopify pays 20% recurring commission to the Affiliates. Wish me for my journey towards good Passive Income! :)

Thanks Shopify!

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Magento Go users can use PayPal access for their stores now. (Not a Magento Go user? You can think about trying it here for free)

What is PayPal Access?
Paypal Access is a new solution which provides Single sign-on solution using PayPal account. A customer can login and checkout into your store using his PayPal account. Cool idea, isn’t it?

How does it help a Customer?

  1. He doesn’t have to worry about creating and managing multiple accounts at different stores. He can just Login with PayPal.
  2. He doesn’t have to send his data to the store. He feels more secure and confident.
  3. He’ll get personalized shopping experience based on his shopping history and data.

Paypal Access for Magento Go

How does it help a Retailer? [click to continue…]

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Empire Avenue verification code: {EAV:1b505d5b77c37ee7} . Readers ignore it!
How do I define ‘A Good Freelancer’? A Good Freelancer is a Freelancer with a handsome regular income and a big list of happy clients.
Being a good freelancer isn’t easy. It has its own sets of requirements. You’ll have to fulfill those requirements first.

Requirements for being a Good Freelancer:
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I received a newsletter from StumbleUpon about its Paid Discovery Program. StumbleUpon uses Madmimi for email marketing.

Madmimi

So, I really liked the newsletter. It isn’t too fancy or text-only type but clean and elegant. A logo at top, text Section, an image and couple of call-to-actions.

A good template to use!  The email also looks good in my Gmail Inbox too.

You can create it within 5 Minutes using MadMimi. If you’re a Small Business owner or someone who wants a DIY email marketing solution, Mad Mimi is highly recommended for you.

See this video! You’ll learn about the simplicity of Madmimi. You can manage contacts, create lead forms, design emails, see stats and everything without any technical knowledge.

What’s new in MadMimi v2?

  1. Improved Web Forms ( I love it!)
  2. Cool Social Sharing
  3. Awesome Stats
  4. Organisation of Campaigns

What do you think about your ESP? Are you willing to try Madmimi?

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Ask yourself! Why do you buy a product from a specific website? What are the factors which motivate you to choose that site and not others?

The answers are what you’re looking for your own e-store. They are the key factors which help your e-store to stands higher in crowd and sell more.

One more thing, online selling is not much different from your brick and mortar store. The concepts are almost same. [click to continue…]

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