By: Jamila White, “The E-Commerce Diva” (TM)
In the rush to keep up with technology, many African-American business owners are so busy trying to add the latest bells and whistles to their Web sites, get to the top of the search engines, and learn the latest database technology that they often forget this simple fact: people do business with other people, not computers. Understanding the importance of relationships is key to attracting African-American buyers online. Here are a few practical tips to getting Black customers to buy more from your Web site.
Here are a few practical tips to getting Black customers to buy more from your website.
Step 1: Make a personal connection… put a face on …

By: Jamila White, “The E-Commerce DivaTM”
I know how to get a blank stare from just about any e-commerce web site owner. All I have to do is ask them about their web site marketing plan!
When I ask them about their web site marketing plan, I get that look. First the eyebrows go up. Then the eyes glaze over for a minute. And then the stammering begins.
“Uh, well, you know – I have my URL on my business card.”
“I, ah, I’m going to start an e-mail newsletter.”
Some of them may even mention something about “search engines.”
But practically no one has a plan! And you know how the old saying goes: “Failure to plan is a plan …

By: Donald Lee
More than $117 billion passed hands from Internet shoppers to Internet vendors in 2004, according to the statistical research firm comScore. That’s billion, with a B. Compared to the year before, the figure represents a whopping 24 percent increase in sales. Compared to the early 1990s, when the Web was a questionable commercial venture, today’s $117 billion is proof-positive that the Web is the full-fledged money-making machine. It seems to be a big enough pie that any merchant with a Web site can cut out his heaping slice.
Not so fast. As any merchant who’s tried to take a bite out of the Internet will tell you, turning a profit online is not as …

By: Bob Bastian
There are three basic rights you should know about when it comes to resale rights marketing. These are resale rights, master resale rights and private label rights
Whenever you purchase a product with resale rights, you will only have the license to sell the said product to other people. When you purchase a product with master resale rights, you will have the license to sell the product to other people, and you will also have the option to sell the resale right for the same product as well. This means that the people to whom you sell the resale rights of the product whose master resale rights you own will consequently …

There is a big debate raging that Google will penalize sites buying and selling text links. However, Matt Cutts, the Google search quality engineer speaking at SES San Jose conference has clarified some ways you can make your paid links safe for search engines like Google and lists some text advertising services they are happy with…
Paid links have often been frowned upon as a delibrate attempt to manipulate the search results. Matt Cutts was speaking at Search Engine Strategies Conference at San Jose and SEOmoz reviews the paid links debate session at the event. SEOmoz highlighted some important quotes about the correct way to keep Google happy…
He suggests that mere labeling of paid text links …

If you are running an online business then you should never be afraid to invest in software and tools that can improve your productivity. However there are many useful online business tools available to you at no cost. In this article I reveal a tool that allows you to create PDF ebooks absolutely free.
If you want to publish and sell your own ebooks, then you might already have discovered that ebook compiling software can be very expensive. Every year I publish many ebooks and in my case I use Adobe Acrobat to make them, but since Adobe Acrobat has a retail price of $299 you might want to consider a cheaper alternative.
So, just how cheap …

Found at thecompete´s Blog:
Here at Compete we analyze consumer behavior online, and as part of that we look at specific consumer segments to understand how their behavior differs from the general population. In the wireless world, we look at a number of segments including existing customers who are checking out competitors. These at risk subscribers, or ‘pre-churners’ as we call them, are a critical segment in the saturated wireless market.
Read more at blog.compete.com

If you are looking for a way to advertise for free and reach a huge market, then you need to look into free online classified advertising. Why would you pay for quality classified ads when you can post your ad for free? With online classifieds, you can post almost anything for free and for longer than local print classifieds. Also, with online classified ads, you can reach more than just local readers.
Online classified ads help people to list whatever they are trying to sell or advertise. You can list your electronics, appliances, furniture, clothing, sports equipment or other household items that you don’t need anymore or want to get rid of. You can also list …