Talk about some much needed shopping therapy. There always seems to be a reason for buying stuff. Anyway, I hope most of you would have put up your early Memorial Day weekend sale promotions to capture the mega crowd of shoppers who have either started shopping or are going to do so this weekend itself. Noticed that many of the major retailers had started early since last week. Don’t worry, you can still catch up Just get the news out via social media.

And sales don’t have to necessary end on the day itself. Most stores these days are offering a longer promotion or sale period to give shoppers more time to get what they want (as long as there’s still stocks available!). Since most people will be traveling and planning …

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This year, Mother’s Day 2013 lands on 15th of May. So what better way to get an online promotion out to all your customers, friends and contacts by sending out some newsletters and creating some buzz on social media?

You don’t have to spend a lot of time typing out a long and boring newsletter. Just create one with lots of nice images of some of your best selling products.

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And don’t just think about targeting people to get gifts for mothers. Expand the range so that people could think about getting something for mum AND on top of that something for themselves …

Whether you’re a new online site owner or you’ve been in the ecommerce business for quite some time, it’s always wise to do an SEO checkup to make sure everything is in order. This helps you see the condition of your site so that you can make the necessary changes immediately if you spot anything amiss.

Here’s the basic rundown on how you can DIY (Do-It-Yourself).

Basic SEO Stuff That’s Important

Title tags, headlines, individual page content needs to be written well to capture the attention of both website and search engine visitors. Please don’t overdo it with the keywords although you may need to include in relevant ones along with your brand name. Meta description tags need to have interesting content to appeal to visitors as well. Make sure your pages are internally linked well to guide visitors and for search engines to crawl through well. And of course whatever images that …