Recent content by Surminga

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    Close to launching an E-Commerce Site UK

    If I were to start over then how would you suggest I go about things?
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    Close to launching an E-Commerce Site UK

    Thanks, I don't expect to make much profit right off the bat, but I just need to get it going and it will ideally grow over time. It will no doubt be starting off small with a few products and work my way up to more stock. Is dropshipping not the route to go down then?
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    Close to launching an E-Commerce Site UK

    Afternoon all, I was about to go into e-commerce a while back when something new came up and I was too busy - the time has come again, and what I have done so far is purchase my domain names, design and build a working ecommerce platform (magento) straighten out my marketing plan, register...
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    SEO costs

    Also - how old is the domain and website itself? Have you had any previous work in any form of internet marketing for your classified site?
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    Wordpress Issue

    Are you using any SEO plugins? If not, I tend to go for SEO Yoast for wordpress based sites. It's a great multi functional plugin for all your SEO needs.
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    Long Domain Names

    It's tough because nowadays it's tough to get a domain name you want which is either one word, short or just two words that you specifically want. I have sites which are long (14 plus), short and even mashups of two words - I haven't noticed or had any feedback about remembering it. All you...
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    How to best market my website

    SEO and Social Networking are the two places to get into. What you want in return for your time marketing is targeted traffic. SEO will be extremely targeted as you should you will focus on specific keywords in which people will search for, in turn offering your site within Google as a source...
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    Post/Page editor in Wordpress

    If that is the issue, you'll need to edit your config.php file for wordpress adding - define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false ); to the bottom of it - this sorted the problem out straight away.
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    Post/Page editor in Wordpress

    What version of wordpress are you using ? If it is 3.5 or you have upgraded to 3.5 recently then I had a few issues with one of my sites and was unable to select the visual view tab when writing a post and only use the code side of the article editor.
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    SEO Software

    SEOMoz is by far the best SEO service around if you are willing to part money - I have learnt the tricks of the trade and all the what are's and how to's from Blogs, Forums, Video and Podcasts. I test and try all the methods and see what works for me and which sites require different tweaks to...
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    Twitter 2000 followers problem

    Your ratio may be out. That must be flashing up as slightly spammy in Twitter's eye's even though you may not be spamming. It is mainly down to your Followers to people you follow is way out. It is what usually tends if you quickly follow 2000ish people on twitter and say you are below that...
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    How to create a logo?

    I create and design all of my own. It is very easy if you have Photoshop or even if you can get your hands on an older copy of it as it is a bit expensive. It's great cause you have complete control of every aspect, you can download and install fonts, use every colour imaginable, transparent...
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    E-COM site...anyone use shopify

    If along the lines you plan to self-host your e-commerce site then it would be handy to develop your site now using a paid or open source piece of software. If you are going to be paying for shopify and any extras such as add-ons and marketing why not take the dive and host your own site...
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    Best Way To Use Twitter

    If you are retweeting, replying, mentioning, using a hashtag, posting someone else's articles this will leave a trail back to you or whoever is tweeting - therefore it opens more doors to people finding you and an avenue for communication. On the other hand it could be spammy or an auto feed...
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    Which is better G+ or FB page ?

    Why not use both? They will both offer great returns in terms of targeted traffic - the major point is do you have time to maintain two big accounts? I have found that I have had to make time for my social accounts such as Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and G+ - as I want to get the best result...