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While some TV commercials would have you believe designing a website is as easy as point and click, which is hardly the case. This is especially when it comes to an ecommerce website. When online shopping is added to the website, the programming can become quite complex, and this is before payment gateways are added…
Consultants who cater to small businesses are no strangers to failure. There are 23 million small businesses in America and many of them fail. Though the failure rate has declined in recent years, the economy has made it very difficult for many small businesses to hang on. Some of those in the direst positions retain…
Google released its Penguin 2.0 algorithm update just before Memorial Day weekend, causing many online retailers to begin their summer season on a bad note. Slightly more than two percent of English language queries are estimated to have been affected. Straight from the Internet business consulting experts at Illumination Consulting, here are the scoop and…
Google may be the top search engine but Bing is breathing down its neck. Bing market share increased by an impressive 13 percent from May 2012 to May 2013 and at 17.4 percent, is second to only Google. Apple recently announced that Bing will become the default search engine for the increasingly popular Siri. Here…
Online United States retail sales are expected to compound by ten percent annually between 2010 and 2015, reaching $278.9 billion, according to Forrester research. Increasing numbers of Internet-connected consumers, the ease of shopping online, and new shopping models are causing more skin care businesses to take their operations online. There are several things to consider…
Businesses involved in marketing skin care products directly to consumers may be surprised to learn that social media is not the preferred channel for capturing new business. According to a recent report from Custora, a predictive analytics agency, email is more effective than social media networks for this direct marketing purpose. To capture new business,…
Advertising Your Unique Skin Care LineThere are some retailers, manufacturers, and distributers that deal with skin care products on occasion, but others offer full lines of skin care products or even create products of their own. Regardless of age, everyone can benefit from skin care products if he or she finds the ones suited to…
Proper advertising can be very complex and business owners may find that they need the help of a professional to be successful. This may be of particular need if the product in question is a skin care product since so many items in this category are marketed to women. When it comes to advertising skin…
Paula Deen has recently received some unfavorable attention from the media, serving as an example of why business owners and key figures should be careful about what they say. Consumers expect brands, like people, to be sincere and truthful. This is the way a skin care business or any type of company builds an impressive…
When businesses hire a marketing consultant to improve their online presence, they should retain someone with experience. Effective online marketing consulting strategies involve a combination of strategies and one firm should blend these earned, owned, and paid media efforts. Otherwise, the client will not know which approaches are working. Viral marketing is a major component…
