Comments on: 6 Reasons E-Tailers Need a Blog http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/ Ideas for Marketing in Web 2.0 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: orovo Tim http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 orovo Tim Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:54:21 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1211 Justin - I got my first order within 24 hours of going live off a long tail search term on a brand new domain. The SEO potential of wordpress in intriguing. I am going to do a experiment with a monstercommerce PR4 website VS a brand new wordpress and see the difference in traffic for specific terms. Why does wordpress do so well? My monster site has good page title, clean URL's, H1 tags etc. but is just ok in the SERPs. Is it the syndication? The internal link structure? Justin – I got my first order within 24 hours of going live off a long tail search term on a brand new domain.

The SEO potential of wordpress in intriguing. I am going to do a experiment with a monstercommerce PR4 website VS a brand new wordpress and see the difference in traffic for specific terms.

Why does wordpress do so well? My monster site has good page title, clean URL’s, H1 tags etc. but is just ok in the SERPs.

Is it the syndication? The internal link structure?

]]> By: palmerwebmarketing http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 palmerwebmarketing Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:19:25 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1206 @ Tim, Wordpress seems like a quick and easy solution for only a few products. I hope it works well for you. Justin @ Tim,

Wordpress seems like a quick and easy solution for only a few products. I hope it works well for you.

Justin

]]> By: Orovo Tim http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Orovo Tim Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:50:31 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1202 I'm taking it a step further and using Wordpress for an ecommerce site I just launched. I'm very curious to see how well it performs in the search engines. I'm using e-junkie for my "shopping cart". Over all, its tedious and slow - I would never use it for hundreds of products - but it seems fine for a handful. The price is attractive, however. My total start up is under $100. If you are curious it's http://orovoweightloss.com/ I’m taking it a step further and using Wordpress for an ecommerce site I just launched. I’m very curious to see how well it performs in the search engines.

I’m using e-junkie for my “shopping cart”.

Over all, its tedious and slow – I would never use it for hundreds of products – but it seems fine for a handful.

The price is attractive, however. My total start up is under $100.

If you are curious it’s http://orovoweightloss.com/

]]> By: Corporate Blogging: Tips for Writing Your First Blog Post - Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Corporate Blogging: Tips for Writing Your First Blog Post - Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:02:22 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1155 [...] the plunge into corporate blogging if you haven’t already. Last week Justin Palmer covered 6 reasons you should have an ecommerce blog. You will also enjoy James Chartrand’s contribution to Copyblogger that helps you choose a [...] [...] the plunge into corporate blogging if you haven’t already. Last week Justin Palmer covered 6 reasons you should have an ecommerce blog. You will also enjoy James Chartrand’s contribution to Copyblogger that helps you choose a [...]

]]> By: The Cart Blog » Blog Archive » GetElastic on the importance of catablogging http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 The Cart Blog » Blog Archive » GetElastic on the importance of catablogging Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:48:47 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1140 [...] a cart? You need a blog. Heck, I think you should be twittering too, but that’s just me. addthis_url = [...] [...] a cart? You need a blog. Heck, I think you should be twittering too, but that’s just me. addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: Website Design http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Website Design Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/6-reasons-e-tailers-need-a-blog/#comment-1139 Great post. I push blogs on all of my clients as well. I think there are a myriad of benefits to blogging. One of the biggest that stand out to me is personalization. By blogging, you can put a real voice to your website. It helps to bridge the gap between an impersonal vague business to personalized service. It's a great way to attract new clients and I've found it actually helps with putting me in touch with the types of clients I would prefer to deal with. Great post. I push blogs on all of my clients as well. I think there are a myriad of benefits to blogging. One of the biggest that stand out to me is personalization. By blogging, you can put a real voice to your website. It helps to bridge the gap between an impersonal vague business to personalized service. It’s a great way to attract new clients and I’ve found it actually helps with putting me in touch with the types of clients I would prefer to deal with.

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