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Billing Trends Developing as Merchants Seek Alternatives

We’ve been writing about local global payments for years, and it is still amazing how many informed successful sites and programs have not taken the time or made the technical investment to add options to cover accessing every possible join. Do you know your individual conversion rates by country? If you have international traffic, do you offer multiple non-card payment options preferably in local currency to convert them? You are likely well aware of the importance, but many have just not yet gotten to it.

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South Korean e-Sales - $1Trillion+

You know I’m often writing about emerging markets and other regional revenue opportunities, especially as regards local alternative payments

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Global Alternative Payment Optimization

Alternative payments have been a popular topic for industry publications since about the year 2000, but we began seriously writing about local global payments about six years ago. Early adopters have been reaping the benefits for years, but it’s never too late to add alternative payment options to your join page.

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Color Psychology in Web Design

Do your color choices really influence user behavior on your website?  Does it make any difference what colors you use in your Web design?   How do you choose color:  is it according to a company logo, the products you sell or the industry you are in?  Is it more a matter of personal preference - yours, the marketing department’s or the business owner’s - or is there a specific strategic intent behind your selections? Man has always been fascinated with the idea of color, and the analysis of users’ reactions to color now on Internet sites continues to drive much behavioral research

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NEW! Pinterest for Business: How to Get Started

Pinterest announced in November 2012 that it was open for business-to-business…  I know you've heard of Pinterest; it’s not the third most popular social networking site

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Local Global Payments

I just finished an alternative payments article for Xbiz World yesterday, and in my research I came across some really novel survey results – I thought I would post some of them here and would be interested in your comments – whether you were surprised by the results or whether they are in line with what you would expect

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Increasing Product Sales

Are you selling to consumers or do you work in B2B sales?  There are certain objectives that you can easily overcome that will help to increase sales

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JoeD Returns to Europe

I’ve missed the EU shows the past few years – ironic, because it all started for me at the first Eurowebtainment Berlin Show back in 2001 and I’ve always enjoyed great productivity there

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Your Cascade Must Include Alternatives

You know I'm always searching for unique and novel ways to help businesses excel and generate more revenue online

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Using RSS Feeds to Your Advantage

We see RSS feeds are everywhere these days

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Google+ for Business: Get in the +Game

Google+ is the latest of the large social networks boasting over 90 million users

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Yes, I’m doing it Again...

And I'm doing it better

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Infringing on Someone’s Domain?

I spoke with Dan Pepper of the Pepper Law Group not too long ago, about copyright and trademark

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Social Ad Network Marketing Working?

The reviews are in - and they're still mixed!  Are you getting results from your Google, Facebook and Twitter advertising? Is it worth the investment, or is social ad network marketing a bust? A lot of marketers believe that when you build up an official presence in one area and find success, that you should also find success in advertising within that same market

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QR Codes: What are they?

Well, I wanted to know about QR codes and how we can utilize them in marketing, so I went to expert Steven Levine, President of Mission Mobile, and had a chat

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Mobile Generation Gap

What type of mobile device are you most comfortable using, and what does that say about you and your generation?  A recent study was conducted by Affinity Research, which revealed a generational gap that divides users based upon their preferences for mobile devices

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So Google Hates You?

We've all heard another webmaster say something like, "Google hates me - I just know it

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E-mail Marketing Strategy Rewards

A recent study posted by the folks at Marketing Sherpa revealed that 70% of visitors to your website will end up making a purchase

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How to Ruin a Cold Call Opportunity

Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something is to look at the mistakes others have made and see how you shouldn't do it

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Mobile Apps - Engagement and Loyalty

Back at the end of October we talked about developing successful mobile applications

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