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Meet the author:
Jill Olkoski

Jill has a MA in Clinical Psychology, a BS in Computer Science, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

She currently owns Aldebaran Web Design in Edmonds (near Seattle WA) and enjoys educating her clients on topics related to small business website design.

In Jill's previous life, she spent 17 years in the engineering and quality organizations of a Fortune 100 tech company.

 


Export Mailing List from ECommerceTemplates ECT to Constant Contact

May 30th, 2014

If you use eCommerceTemplates and want to export the mailing list into Constant Contact, you can follow these steps. Make sure you have explicit permission from folks before you send them bulk emails!

1. Export from ECT store (Mailing List, Action: Dump Entire Mailing List)
2. Convert CSV file to XLSX (because CC needs this)
(Option: Break fullname (first last) into two columns or whether to leave it as one value)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/split-text-into-different-cells-HA102809804.aspx
3. Sign in to CC, Contact, Pick List, Add Contact, From File
4. Select which fields to import and map them to CC fields
5. Import and done.

What’s the Difference Between an Online Store, PayPal Buy Now and Add to Cart Buttons?

November 21st, 2012

Many small business owners want to take advantage of eCommerce and  sell items online or collect money for services provided. What are their options? This article reviews the difference between three methods: Online Stores, PayPal Buy Now Buttons and PayPal Add to Cart Buttons.

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How To Move A Website To A New Hosting Company

November 19th, 2012

Sometimes it becomes necessary to move your website from one hosting company to another. As a small business website owner you may wonder what is involved in this process so that you can judge the benefits versus the cost of moving to a new website hosting company. I recently moved several dozen of my clients, including my own website, from one hosting company to another, in search of better customer service, and wanted to give others who may be contemplating such a move an idea of what’s involved.

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eCommerce Authorization Holds – When Your Bank Holds Your Money Even If The Purchase Has Been Denied

March 24th, 2011

If you have an online store, there are times when for some reason, a transaction for a customer is declined. This article tries to explain the process, and why many banks will hold the funds, making them unavailable to a client, even when a transaction is denied.

Much of this information is from Authorize.net and from a very helpful online store merchant ArtisticGiftBaskets.com who have done a great job explaining what happens and have given me permission to repost it here.

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Washington State Considering Change to Online Tax Law

February 1st, 2010

Many of my readers may be familiar with a very popular article I wrote in May of 2008 about the then new Washington State Destination Based Sales Tax. Today I received news from one of my readers that alerted me to a new development: SB5113.

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How To Install a GeoTrust SSL at DreamHost

September 8th, 2009

I frequently set up GeoTrust SSLs on my client’s ecommerce websites who are hosted with DreamHost. For those of you who wanted to give this a try yourselves, here are the steps I follow to set up a GeoTrust SSL at DreamHost.

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Can You Trust Online Stores?

February 16th, 2009

Can you trust online stores you are doing business with? Lately I’ve been on a mission to get my business certified as a green web design company. As part of that effort, I have been doing research online into how exactly to accomplish this. I wound up on one online store that looked legitimate and I started to purchase carbon offsets. I quickly lost trust in the online store and wanted to share with you the red flags I found.

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Tips for Online Store Search Engine Optimization

November 24th, 2008

As we approach the holiday season, I thought it would be appropriate to give some tips on how to make sure you’re getting the most out of your online store in terms of search engine optimization, including some examples.

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Why You Shouldn’t Force Customers To Log Into Your Online Store

August 11th, 2008

This is topic covers one of the things that annoys me the most when I’m shopping online. I recently had a particularly frustrating purchasing experience with Ticketmaster that I wanted to share. This example will help explain why I’m so against forcing online shoppers to create a login account before they can purchase something from your online store.

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Static vs Dynamic Pages: Understanding the Differences

June 27th, 2008

Static vs Dynamic website pages explained: I’ve found myself explaining this to my clients, with varying degrees of success, so I thought a really well-written blog article might help. This article will attempt to explain the difference between static web pages and dynamic web pages, and why your particular website might have one or the other or even both.

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