In 2013 Jack Haldrup was reading”The Lean Startup” and thinking how to establish a business. He was seeking a market based on personal experience versus market study. “I’d tried cold process soap, bought at a farmer’s market,” he told me. “I really enjoyed it. I...
Our New Ecommerce Community for Growth
We are excited to announce the launching of our exclusive community for seasoned ecommerce professionals interested in enhancing their businesses, advancing their careers, and making the retail and B2B industries better for everybody. Let us see our merchandise: Pos for Magento Pos for Shopify Pos...
15 Tools to Get Things Done
Here’s a list of tools that will help you get things done. There are to-do lists, work timers, and job management platforms. Several tools are based on the Getting Things Done system by productivity guru David Allen. Others are based on the Pomodoro Technique, a...
What Merchants Must Know about ISOs
The pandemic-induced change to online and contactless payments has been a boon for credit card providers and their sales agents. The industry depends on those agents, called”independent sales organizations” — ISOs — to market payment solutions to companies. In this post, I will examine the...
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 3, 2021
Following is a listing of product releases and updates for late-December from companies offering solutions to online merchants. You will find updates on augmented reality, fraud prevention, customizable product solutions, live-stream shopping, and shoppable video advertisements. Got an ecommerce product launch? Email [email protected] Let us...
Entrepreneur’s Hair Products Empower Black Women
In 2012 Vivian Kaye was a wedding. But she had a problem. The climate in Toronto, Canada, was brutal on her hair. “Black women used to put chemicals in their hair,” she told me. “But in the early 2010s, a lot of people were tired...
3 Tools to Take Advantage of Your Content Marketing Efforts
3 Tools to Take Advantage of Your Content Marketing Efforts With the proper marketing strategies, you have the capacity to boost your conversion rates, have a more engaged audience, and generate leads, among other benefits. Your content can be useful, entertaining, inspiring, educational, or any...
Can B2B Ecommerce Eliminate Sales Teams?
The success of several business-to-business companies was assembled by means of a strong sales team. This induces B2B owners and managers to frequently prohibit ecommerce because they see it as competing with those sales employees. However, the B2B marketplace is radically changing. Increasingly, business buyers...
Amazon’s B2B Site Evolving, Growing Quickly
When AmazonSupply became Amazon Business in April 2015, more than a rebranding happened. With AmazonSupply, the company was the sole seller. But, Amazon Business replicated the very successful market approach of the regular Amazon site and welcomed over 30,000 third-party vendors to supply their goods...
8 Innovative B2B Ecommerce Sites
B2B ecommerce sites are typically more complicated, with more features, than B2C. In this guide, I will address eight innovative B2B ecommerce sites. My company does not have any business relationship with these examples. But they are persuasive and they provide inspiration for other B2B...