If you're like me you love logos.
Here is a great article that looks at a dozen before and after logos and critiques them. Read the article
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Added by Eric Lituchy on August 11, 2009 at 2:41pm —
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http://www.shop.org/web/summit09
I will be going to Vegas and wanted to see who from the group will also be going.
Let me know - Eric
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Added by Eric Lituchy on August 6, 2009 at 12:49pm —
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Buy a book (around $13.00) and get a $200 coupon to advertse on Bing!
It's true - I just ordered two of Kevin Lee's "The Truth About Pay-Per-Click Search Advertising" and on the inside cover is the $200 coupon. Not a bad deal!!
Plus, I haven't read the book, but I assume that it's go…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on July 14, 2009 at 2:49pm —
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I just read two articles about how Google is changing its course on nofollow. It's important stuff for your SEO.
Google Changes Course on Nofollow
Google (Maybe) Changes How the PageRank Algorithm Handles Nofollow
I'd love to get your feedback on these changes.
Thanks - Eric
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Added by Eric Lituchy on June 3, 2009 at 11:26pm —
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Posted 19 May 2009 by Adam Michelson
http://www.optaros.com/blogs/top-5-ecommerce-blogs-top-500-retailers
My retail clients often ask me which blogs I follow. So, I thought it would be helpful to share with everyone the blogs that I find most useful to stay current. There are a significant number of blogs that are helpful to eBay merchants, and a large number of news repeaters, but a surprisingly few number that provide true insight into the needs of larger retailers.
I will leave you with my…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on May 20, 2009 at 12:38pm —
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Recent TechCrunch article talks about Ning and new apps.
Read it .
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Added by Eric Lituchy on May 6, 2009 at 3:54pm —
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Interested in working at Zappos.com? How about Facebook? Learn as much about these companies as possible. Follow key executives on
Twitter, see if you have any mutual friends on
LinkedIn and use
Google Alerts to get company news, trends, etc.
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Added by Eric Lituchy on April 12, 2009 at 10:35am —
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I was just reading this article and think this is going to be a really great sales tool for ecommerce companies. I see that Bare Necessities already uses it so maybe David can chime in and tell us his thoughts.
Here is the
Article and here is the vendor,
Adgregate.
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Added by Eric Lituchy on April 9, 2009 at 12:26am —
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Great meeting last night! Thanks to all who attended, especially David Frederick of
Alive Idea Media Group, who has really taken social marketing to new and exciting levels. I think we all left the meeting with new ideas and a fresh perspect…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on April 8, 2009 at 9:59am —
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just thought I would share that I heard Google now has a FREE 411 service for ANY phone.
check it out!
http://www.google.com/goog411/
1-800-GOOG-411
(1-800-466-4411)
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Added by Steve on April 6, 2009 at 8:19pm —
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New Gmail Autopilot!! This is a must have.
As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages.
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Added by Eric Lituchy on April 1, 2009 at 11:24am —
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Check this out http://www.pixazza.com. The future of ecommerce?
Step 1

Step 2
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 27, 2009 at 11:41am —
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Who know about the latest updates from Gmail for Blackberry and IPhones? See a full list of phones at http://www.google.com/mobile.
I just downloaded it for my Blackberry and it's great! Love having the treads (just like regular gmail). Plus some cool shortcuts.
Features
Basic off…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 25, 2009 at 1:00am —
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Capital Factory is a seed stage mentoring program for startups that provides a small amount of seed capital and weekly mentoring sessions by entrepreneurs who have founded successful companies. Startup companies apply to participate in our 10 week summer program intended to get a…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 23, 2009 at 10:56pm —
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Anybody attending this?

Whoever said there’s no such thing as a free lunch never had dinner with Shop.org! We host regional dinners exclusively for online retailers to get together, network, and enjoy a relaxing meal in a great local restaurant. And if you are a retailer, it’s free!…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 19, 2009 at 5:33pm —
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Here's a cool tool from Google. http://www.google.com/insights/search
Use it to find search trends - for example, when does the search term "Mother's Day Gifts" start to increase (around March 16th) and when does it peak (at mother's day).
Important note: Don't be fooled to thi…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 17, 2009 at 1:39pm —
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I stumbled upon this awesome Google Analytics trick that shows you
actual search queries that trigger your paid search ads when you’re using broad match.
If you don't understand the importance of this just post a comment for the group.
See DEMO and instructions…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 6, 2009 at 1:29pm —
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Check our what Skittles did on there
website.
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 4, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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I'm not sure if anyone is planning on attending, but I would like to go. If anyone is interested in carpooling, hanging out, etc. let the group know.
Also, for your business owners... There is a 25% group discount when you register 3 or more people. If we have 3+ going we can probably register as ecommerceMinds and have a few hundred dollars PER PERSON!!
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Added by Eric Lituchy on March 2, 2009 at 9:27pm —
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If you haven't tried it you must.
Click Here and just type in some of your keyords.
For example, I entered:
shave products
shaving products
shave accessories
shaving accessories
You will quickly see that there are many more people who use the term "shaving" rather than "shave". Additionally, you will see that "products" is a stronger keyword than "accessories".
It also a great way to find new keywords and sometimes competiti…
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Added by Eric Lituchy on February 9, 2009 at 4:47pm —
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