Category Archives: @Shop.org

Sep12

12 ways to entice others to link to your site (and increase your traffic)

By Sarah Rand, Senior Director, NRF | Published: September 12, 2011
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In a tactical session filled with tips, tricks and best practices, Econsultancy‘s David Tradewell, Commercial Director, North America, covered many ways that a retailer can optimize their offsite strategies. From social media integration to seeing your website through Google’s eyes, Tradewell offered up immediate and actionable best practices. As a self-proclaiming geek, I had to [...]

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Aug12

Meet the 2011 Shop.org Board associate member candidates

By Joan Broughton | shop.org | Published: August 12, 2011
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On Wednesday, we published an “in their own words” blog post from ten retail executives vying for a place on the Shop.org Board of Directors. Now it’s time to give the non-retail candidates a chance to share with the community their views on serving on the Board. The eight associate member candidates below are in [...]

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Aug10

Meet the 2011 Shop.org Board retail member candidates

By Joan Broughton | shop.org | Published: August 10, 2011
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Every candidate needs a platform, regardless of what they’re running for. That’s why, as part of the election process, we asked our nominees for Shop.org’s Board of Directors to answer the question: “Why me?” As Shop.org member companies begin voting next week, we thought it important for the candidates to speak for themselves. Read on [...]

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Aug02

Sneak peek! See who’s on the ballot for Shop.org’s Board of Directors

By Joan Broughton | shop.org | Published: August 2, 2011
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It’s August. If you are in France, you are probably enjoying a month-long vacation. Here at Shop.org, we are gearing up for our Board of Directors elections. Here’s how it works: We received dozens of applications from retailers and non-retailers to vie for five open retail seats and four open non-retail seats. On July 11, [...]

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Jul14

10 site tweaks to make your customers actually click “buy”

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: July 14, 2011
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Shopping cart abandonment. Few phrases cause more anxiety in the hearts of e-commerce executives, and for good reason. With average abandoned shopping cart rates hovering around 40-50%, it’s easy to understand that converting even a fraction of these deserted carts into sales could substantially add to a retailer’s bottom line. What’s difficult is figuring out [...]

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