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• 12 WordPress Live Chat Plugins to Connect With Users - Let’s be honest. No one wants to send a support email only to receive a (possibly automated) response 48-hours later. Similarly, no one wants to be put on hold for 30+ minutes while being told they’re the next caller in line. We live in a world of instant gratification. Your customers are busy and they want to speak to you on their terms and get the help they need on their time.
  Topics: reps, users, plugin, live, plugins, chat, customers, connect, widget, site, support, visitors, wordpress.
• 18 Quotes About Networking That'll Help You Connect With People - Science has shown the most successful people are often also those who rely heavily on the power of networking.
  Topics: ones, thatll, marketing, quotes, connect, good, program, network, successful, steve, know, help, networking, takes.
• 3 Tools to Connect with Journalists - Generating inbound links remains a cornerstone of search engine optimization. But link-building is difficult and becoming more so. Developing relationships with journalists can help.
  Topics: connect, journalist, results, know, reporters, topic, search, tools, twitter, outreach, journalists, locate.
• 5 Extensions That Offer New Ways to Accelerate Your Business - This month we’re highlighting some popular extensions that’ll give you new ways to accelerate your business. How about helping you improve your SEO, allowing repeat customers to store their credit card information securely, connecting to a CRM, adding B2B functionality, or offering a charity donation option to your Magento store? The world of commerce is your oyster.
  Topics: seo, customers, business, magento, offer, credit, ways, punchout, crm, accelerate, using, card, connect, extensions, store.
• 8 Networking Tips for LGBTQ+ Professionals at Conferences and Events - Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
  Topics: plan, share, professionals, conference, conferences, lgbtq, connect, tips, events, networking, clear.
• April: ecommerce events in Europe - Spring is here! It’s April and while physically visiting ecommerce events is still not an option, there are still a few interesting ones you can visit online. Let’s have a look at what’s possible this month. April 14-15: eCommerce Conference eCommerce Conference is a Greek ecommerce event that will return… Continue reading
  Topics: ecommerce, events, pay, virtual, professionals, europe, event, connect, later, visit.
• BigCommerce Enjoys Good Spirits at eTail East in Boston - The word on the street is that eTail East was back in Boston on August 8–11 with their first in-person…
  Topics: bigcommerce, connect, bourbon, whiskey, etail, retailers, ecommerce, good, boston, events, east, spirits, opportunity, enjoys.
• Can Facebook Ads Influence Integration Adoption? Here’s What We Found. - This post is a part of Made @ HubSpot, an internal thought leadership series through which we extract lessons from experiments conducted by our very own HubSpotters. Platforms are embedded in our daily lives — whether we realize it or not.
  Topics: hubspot, facebook, cost, customers, integrations, adoption, tools, ads, heres, influence, connect, data, platform, integration.
• Cartona gets $4.5M pre-Series A to connect retailers with suppliers in Egypt - Today, Cartona is announcing that it has raised a $4.5 million pre-Series A funding round to connect retailers and manufacturers via an application. It’s looking to take a large piece in the budding e-commerce and retail play, where multiple startups in Egypt are pulling their weight including, Capiter, also a year-old startup we reported on […]
  Topics: warehouses, technology, company, egypt, techcrunch, 45m, preseries, suppliers, connect, retailers, model, companies, cartona, market, gets.
• Cloud Integration: 6 Best Cloud Integration Platforms & Tools - Cloud-based applications make it possible for marketing teams to connect with customers, conduct critical research, and make data-driven decisions that can help boost ROI.
  Topics: teams, apps, connect, businesses, data, best, integration, applications, apis, cloud, platforms, tools.
• Cross-selling startup Carro secures $20M to connect brands with each other, influencers - Carro enables brand partnerships to sell each other’s products without having to purchase inventory or manage logistics and returns.
  Topics: influencers, startup, marketing, having, company, secures, brands, carro, million, sell, products, influencer, connect, perry, crossselling, techcrunch, 20m.
• Fave, with $2.2 million seed, looks to connect creators with their fandoms - After seven years at Google, Jacquelle Amankonah Horton knew there was a white space in social between fans and creators. She built Fave to fill in that gap, and the company today announced the close of a $2.2 million seed round. Female Founders Fund, HYBE, Sony Music, Warner Music, Concord Music, Quality Control, Right Hand […]
  Topics: fave, platform, artists, horton, million, fandoms, creators, techcrunch, super, fans, connect, seed, fandom, fan, music, looks.
• FedEx expands International Connect Plus across Europe - FedEx has expanded its day-definite delivery service across Europe. After successfully launching International Connect Plus (FICP) in Italy and the UK last January, this service is now available in ten additional countries across Europe. As a result, the logistics service is now available to businesses in the UK, Germany, France,… Continue reading
  Topics: fedex, ecommerce, customers, service, plus, europe, connect, ficp, online, international, delivery, expands.
• Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers - Flippa uses a proprietary business valuation tool and algorithm to match online business owners to qualified buyers.
  Topics: connect, flippa, asset, company, businesses, investors, online, buyers, million, match, 11m, sellers, business, capital, raises, hutchison, techcrunch.
• GoDaddy acquires Sellbrite to launch cross-marketplace tools - GoDaddy is making it easier for small businesses to list their products across Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Jet and Walmart.com today with the launch of GoDaddy Marketplaces. As part of the launch, GoDaddy is also announcing that it has acquired Sellbrite, the company whose technology is powering these new capabilities. Greg Goldfarb, GoDaddy’s vice president of […]
  Topics: working, connect, launch, gocentral, website, products, marketplaces, acquires, goldfarb, terms, godaddy, crossmarketplace, sellbrite, tools.
• How to Connect With Your Dream Clients Through Social Media Video Ads - Here’s the nice thing about video advertising -- it’s the ad format with the highest engagement rates on the internet, and since mobile video viewing is breaking records in 2018, more and more people are ready to watch your video ads.
  Topics: clients, wrong, ad, dream, social, connect, video, work, image, ads, success, media, watch, infographic, viewing, highest.
• How to Find Your Entrepreneurial Community (No Matter Where You Are In The World) - There’s huge value in having a supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs you can turn to for advice, support, or even just a coworking session to help you power through that to-do list. But how do you find your dream squad of business owners? That's what we're tackling today on Ask Shopify. More
  Topics: matter, group, events, world, entrepreneurial, youre, connect, runs, help, business, online, community, entrepreneurs.
• How to Rise Above Marketing Mediocrity, According to Ann Handley - Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and has been named by IBM as one of the seven people shaping modern marketing.
  Topics: snackable, marketers, content, ann, rise, marketing, customers, connect, mediocrity, way, think, handley, according, shorter.
• Instagram Hashtags: How to Find the Most Popular Hashtags and Connect with New Followers - Using the right Instagram hashtags can help you extend your reach, engage your audience, and even boost your brand. Today, we're sharing how to create an effective hashtag strategy for your business.More
  Topics: instagram, tools, popular, post, hashtags, followers, content, research, users, posts, using, hashtag, connect.
• Let’s connect at e-connect Europe 2019 - We’re excited to announce our media partnership with the inaugural e-connect Europe 2019, taking place this December in Copenhagen. In our current age of do-or-die digital transformation, ecommerce represents both the greatest opportunity and threat to manufacturing organizations. The online world offers access to a vast pool of potential customers, and the opportunity to profile […]
  Topics: successful, share, ecommerce, opportunity, connect, europe, transformation, online, lets, leaders, econnect, value.
• Marketers Say This Generation is the Hardest to Reach: How to Connect With Them [Data] - Which generation do you think is the hardest to reach with marketing content?
  Topics: say, data, boomers, generations, shopping, products, marketers, reach, hardest, think, discover, gen, product, connect, generation.
• Mirakl Connect lets sellers list products on multiple e-commerce marketplaces - Mirakl is launching a new product called Mirakl Connect. As the name suggests, this central dashboard lets you control which marketplace you’re working with, and which seller you want to list on your marketplace. Mirakl is a French startup that recently raised a $70 million funding round. The company works with e-commerce platforms so that […]
  Topics: lets, list, ecommerce, connect, company, products, techcrunch, marketplaces, multiple, thirdparty, marketplace, sellers, mirakl.
• My 3 Rules for Social Media Success - Roughly 4.2 billion people worldwide use social media. In 2021, all ecommerce businesses should attempt to connect with prospects on those platforms. This is my first post to help merchants utilize social media for brand awareness and sales.
  Topics: audience, connect, social, media, way, paintings, success, videos, repost, rules, business, instagram.
• ProductWind raises $1.67M to connect your brand with hundreds of influencers - Brands wanting to get into influencer marketing can use ProductWind's platform to set up campaigns with hundreds of influencers.
  Topics: influencer, platform, company, raises, brand, marketing, influencers, 167m, sales, brands, kowalski, hirschfeld, hundreds, techcrunch, productwind, connect.
• Professional Email Address: How to Create One [+ Examples] - News flash — your email address from high school won’t cut it in the real world. Even if “baseballbro25@aim.com” is a reminder for your athletic years, it's not a professional email address and can result in your email being ignored.
  Topics: examples, hosting, business, avoid, connect, email, address, professional, youre, set, choose, create.
• Rutter comes out of stealth with $1.5M in funding for its e-commerce API - Rutter is developing a unified e-commerce API that enables companies to connect with data across any platform.
  Topics: commerce, funding, api, 15m, merchants, stealth, rutter, customers, stack, connect, zhou, company, comes, techcrunch, ecommerce, yu.
• Think You Know LinkedIn? 8 Common Myths Debunked - Ever wonder what happens when you hit the magical "500+ connections" level on LinkedIn? Or how people connect with those outside of their immediate network? Or how to keep your entire network from seeing a tiny profile update?
  Topics: social, linkedin, myths, think, network, connections, connect, way, myth, great, relationships, profile, know, common, debunked.
• Twitter Communities: How Marketers Can Leverage It in Their Strategy - According to a 2019 Sprout Social Index survey, 40% of marketers believe private community groups are becoming more important. And 23% of consumers agree with them.
  Topics: communities, strategy, groups, brands, marketers, twitters, leverage, target, connect, community, members, users, twitter.
• What Is a Software Platform & How Is It Different From a Product? -   It's 2019, and you're starting a business.
  Topics: products, tools, integrations, connect, different, business, platform, suite, product, need, software.