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44 Pieces of Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Business Advice

BigCommerce

Digital marketing and social media are constantly changing. We were focused initially on the look of our website as a differentiator, spending $$$ on customization that was not really apparent on mobile and made our site load slowly relative to competition. Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. Always be learning.

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

The cart or the SaaS platform manages PCI compliance for the brand, as well as checkout best practices, and pulls on APIs or EDIs to sync with other decoupled solutions to ensure brand data is updated across the board. Mobile optimized site, checkout and full experience (out of the box) and fully customizable. Social media integration.

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Multi-Channel Retailing and the Buyer’s Journey: Opportunities and Challenges

BigCommerce

It’s all about moving beyond your website and exploring channels such as marketplaces, social media, and comparison shopping engines. With mobile devices handy, there’s no limit to where shoppers can discover and purchase items. Social media channels. Consumers Are Shopping in More Locations Than Ever.

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

From product pages that rank highly for both text and voice search, to enviable mobile conversion rates (and an even better checkout workflow), Kelty is winning consumer hearts and minds from their much larger competitors. Mobile conversion rate is up 272% and mobile revenue is up 193% since this time last year!”.

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

BigCommerce

Small towns + social media = success! – Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. Social media is the most successful. We do all our “marketing” via social media and influencer outreach and we have grown our company and remained self-funded just on that.