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The Art & Science of Choosing Ecommerce Technology Register to Attend

The Art & Science of Choosing Ecommerce Technology

Making the right choice is both harder and more important than you think. Attend this webinar to get step-by-step help from FitForCommerce, described in plain English! You'll learn:

  • How to figure out what your ecommerce strategy and needs really are
  • How to research ecommerce best practices and ecommerce technologies
  • How to define and document your requirements
  • How to assess the responses from the ecommerce solution providers; compare apples to apples
  • How to select from your 'short list' of options

Sign up now and you will receive all 30 of FitForCommerce's "ecommerce Best Practices." You can learn about best practices for eCommerce Platforms, Web Analytics and Search Engine Marketing, to name just a few.

After you attend, you will also receive all 30 of FitForCommerce's "ecommerce Key Questions" to assist you in assessing ecommerce solution providers.

FitForCommerce™ experts help ecommerce businesses analyze business and technical requirements, leverage best practices, gain visibility to market offerings and select 'best fit' technology solutions. FitForCommerce's unique ecommerce Diligence™ process and toolkit ensures rigorous evaluation and knowledge-based decision-making.

Register to attend and learn how to master the art & science of ecommerce technology.

Date: Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Time: 9 am Pacific / 12pm Eastern
Panelists:
Bernardine Wu, CEO, FitForCommerce
Jason Billingsley, VP Innovation, Elastic Path Software

Webinar Archive

3 Things to Die For: Web Analytics Unleashed

You are probably tired of having a boatload of data and nothing much coming of it. Not any more. In this webinar, leading analytics author and evangelist Avinash Kaushik covers three specific areas you need to focus on to get the highest possible ROI from your Web Analytics investment.
Featuring Avinash Kaushik, Analytics Author & Evangelist, Google

9 Ecommerce Innovations: What's Now & What's Next

For online retailers, everything from virtual fitting rooms to 3D shopping environments to social networks has been hyped as the next big thing. But what are the REAL ecommerce innovations driving revenue growth?
Featuring Jason Billingsley, VP Innovation, Elastic Path Software

The Key to PPC for Online Retailers

The paid search channel continues to post strong growth, even in this difficult economy. This growth is partially indicative of channel shift, as consumers move their orders from catalog or brick and mortar to online, rather than incremental corporate growth. These combined factors necessitate a 'back to basics' approach for the channel. In this webinar, The Rimm-Kaufman Group's Director of Marketing will present tactics to ensure you're executing the fundamentals of paid search.
Featuring Ryan Gibson, Director of Marketing, The Rimm-Kaufman Group

Web Analytics for Online Retailers: Technology Use & Satisfaction 2008

Web analytics is hard and the needs of online retailers are often quite sophisticated. In this webinar, Web Analytics Demystified CEO and industry thought leader Eric T. Peterson presents an overview of how online retailers are doing web analytics today and how satisfied they are with their situation.
Featuring Eric T. Peterson, CEO, Web Analytics Demystified

Effective Online Merchandising: What Sells?

Matching a shopper with the best fit product is part art and part science - those who marry the two are the most successful online merchandisers. This webinar covers: what type of image to use and where, what an effective cross-sell looks like and behaves, where cross-selling should occur, and new strategies for matching shoppers with products.
Featuring Mike Svatek, VP, Marketing & Product Management, Baynote

Jon Stewart or Oprah: What's Your Website Personality

Your website talks to people with words, images, offers, features and design - but is it the language your customers understand? Learn the 4 types of people browsing your site and how to adjust your design, features, and messaging to best communicate with them. Also, learn 4 creative ways retailers are talking the customers individual language.
Featuring Jason Billingsley, VP Innovation, Elastic Path Software (Co-sponsored with Sitebrand)

Love Your Landing Page: Tips to Increase Ecommerce Conversion

Landing pages are the single most important factor in increasing conversions on a retail ecommerce website. Shoppers increasingly enter your online store through means other than the homepage. Are all your pages converting at maximum efficiency? We look at home page, category page, product page, and campaign page optimization.
Featuring Ayat Shukairy, Managing Partner, INVESP Consulting

12 Things Retailers Must Learn from Christmas '07

Holiday shopping can account for 25% of your yearly sales. But there's no time to rest - Valentine's Day is the second-biggest event of the year for online retailers and Mother's Day and Father's Day are right around the corner! Learn what top retailers did to maximize holiday sales and what you can do now to have a happy '08.
Featuring Linda Bustos, Emerging Media Analyst, Elastic Path Software

Affiliate Marketing: What Every Online Retailer Ought to Know

Incredibly, 1 out 3 sales at Amazon.com originate via affiliates. Spend 60 minutes with the man who literally wrote the book(s) on Affiliate Marketing and discover how to get your affiliate program to perform like Amazon.com's.
Featuring Shawn Collins, Co-Founder of Affiliate Summit

12 Can't Miss Email Strategies for Online Retailers

According to a Forrester report released this year, consumers who buy products featured in email marketing messages spend 138% more than consumers who don't receive those emails. Helping consumers feel an irresistible love for what you sell or service is the email dream. Making it a reality is the challenge. Learn how to transform tactical email guessing games into strategic email marketing initiatives that keep consumers clicking and converting.
Featuring Carolyn Gardner of Sitebrand

The Secret of Social Media Marketing for Online Retailers

You've heard about the kid lipsynching on YouTube getting millions of views, but how do regular retailers like you leverage social media to drive real sales? It's not as difficult as it seems. We will show you what to do and what not to do when it comes to social media marketing on blogs, video sites, and social networks.
Featuring Neil Patel of Advantage Consulting Services

Inside Look at Elastic Path 6: New Features & Architecture

Elastic Path 6 will offer many new features to expand sales opportunities, increase CSR productivity and streamline store operations. These features include multi-store capabilities and an all-new CSR/management application on a new platform. Join our product marketing and development teams for a SNEAK PREVIEW of the new features and architecture.

7 Simple Ways to Boost Your Holiday Conversion Rate

Your ecommerce bucket is about to be filled with tons of eager holiday shoppers, ready and to buy. Plugging your conversion leaks now will maximize your holiday success. We will show you 7 simple ways to lift your conversion rate that do not require a ton of effort to implement.
Featuring Melissa Burdon of Future Now Inc.

User Reviews: The Power of Social Commerce

Find out how to capitalize on consumer generated content in this informative session including a case study on NetShops' success with product reviews and ratings.
Featuring Andy Chen of PowerReviews and Jay Gordman of NetShops.

SEO Secrets for Online Retailers

It has become increasingly important to have top natural search engine listings as the cost of paid ads have continued to creep skyward. Learn the keys to effective search engine optimization.
F
eaturing noted SEO guru Stephan Spencer.

The Ecommerce Checkout Report

Do you want to see which checkout tactics are most used by successful online retailers? How does your conversion rate stack up to those who employ similar tactics? Does a shorter checkout process really decrease shopping cart abandonment? Should you use an order confirmation screen? Does live chat improve conversions? These are a few of the 23 tactics we evaluated as we studied the checkout process of the Internet's Top 100 Online Retailers.