Wouldn’t it be great if you could list a new item in your shop and have it automatically posted on your blog, your Community page, your Facebook page and Twitter? It just so happens that Zibbet offers all sellers a tool called an RSS feed that allows you to do just that. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s programming that allows dynamic data from one site to be “fed” to (more…)
According to the results of a survey by Forrester Research Inc. and cited by InternetRetailer.com (2009), “Baby boomers are more likely to consume than create online social content.” The survey revealed that 66% of those surveyed aged 43-52 and 62% of those aged 53-63 reported reading blogs, listening to podcasts, reading online forums and customer ratings, and watching user-generated (more…)
Promoting your products comes with the territory. I believe that the popular line from the movie Field of Dreams, “If you build it, he (they) will come” only applies to baseball diamonds built in the middle of cornfields! When it comes to selling, after you build it you have to promote it. Finding what works requires a lot of trial and error testing which also takes a lot of time. Selling, both online and off, is hard work. (more…)
I recently celebrated the one year anniversary of my LOC Design Studio shop on Zibbet. I can truly say from first hand experience that 2010 was a very good year for Zibbet and Zibbet’s sellers! The growth and development of the venue has been incredible. The features that attracted me to Zibbet are even better today than they were a year ago. Let’s take a walk through 2010 and review the wonderful improvements, upgrades and (more…)
It’s December 1 and that means that only twenty-four shopping days remain before Christmas. Most brick and mortar retailers have already decked their halls with all things Christmas. But what about online shops? What preparations should you be making to encourage Christmas shoppers to buy in your ZIbbet shop?
Decorate One thing you can do is spruce up your shop with (more…)
