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• 15 Rules for Building Killer Calls to Action + Examples to Inspire Your Own - A call to action is a signpost on the path toward a goal. Like a mile marker nudging a runner along during a marathon, or an arrow pointing a hiker to the summit. Calls to action let your visitors know where they are, and what they should do next. There […]
  Topics: visitors, killer, products, action, building, users, rules, shop, sales, ctas, cta, page, calls.
• 16 Quick and Free Grammar and Usage Resources - At 3 a.m., while polishing an email blast for your customers, you get a brain freeze about a grammar question. Use these free online resources to answer questions on grammar, punctuation, spelling, writing errors, and more
  Topics: rules, youre, know, english, quiz, punctuation, site, usage, need, free, resources, quick, grammar, does.
• 3 Strategies to Fulfill Like Amazon - We can be certain that Amazon is spending millions to improve and optimize its shipping processes. In this post, I'll describe three strategies to fulfill like Amazon, even if you have a fraction of its scale and infrastructure.
  Topics: charges, amazon, carrier, strategies, shipping, increase, rules, delivery, weight, order, fees, fulfill.
• 7 Comma Rules Every Writer Should Know - In the beginning of 2018, one missing comma in a Maine state law cost Oakhurst Dairy five million dollars.
  Topics: rules, complete, commas, need, writer, incomplete, comma, oxford, sentence, went, know, place, noun.
• 7 SEO ‘Rules’ to Ignore for Ecommerce - Search engine optimization tools have evolved into measuring hundreds of variables. But not all of them impact ecommerce performance in my experience. What follows are seven common SEO metrics to ignore, or relegate to a quick glance.
  Topics: link, tools, google, ignore, page, characters, search, rules, pages, ecommerce, meta, seo, internal.
• Airbnb is a platform not an estate agent, says Europe’s top court - Airbnb will be breathing a sigh of relief today: Europe’s top court has judged it to be an online platform, which merely connects people looking for short-term accommodation, rather than a full-blown estate agent. The ruling may make it harder for the “home sharing” platform to be forced to comply with local property regulations — […]
  Topics: european, estate, court, service, europes, agent, accommodation, online, intermediation, airbnb, platform, rules, techcrunch, services.
• Amazon Dash buttons judged to breach consumer rules in Germany - Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer e-commerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015 in an attempt by the e-commerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed […]
  Topics: price, judged, breach, verbraucherzentrale, product, consumers, dash, amazon, purchase, germany, nrw, ruling, consumer, rules, buttons.
• Appeals court rules Amazon can be held liable for third-party products - In a blow to Amazon, a U.S. appeals court ruled that the mega-retailer can be held accountable for faulty third-party sales. The ruling arrived this week via the 3rd U.S. City Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, running counter to a past lower court ruling that had come out in Amazon’s favor. If upheld, the ruling […]
  Topics: company, liability, products, lower, held, rules, ruling, pennsylvania, techcrunch, court, amazon, state, appeals, oberdorfs, leash, thirdparty, liable.
• Beyond the Editorial Calendar: New Rules of Content Strategy for 2020 - I was playing with my nephew at the park recently, watching him run from the swings to the jungle gym to the slide.
  Topics: editorial, place, journey, ideas, calendar, social, strategy, content, audience, level, channels, instead, need, rules.
• Daily Crunch: Away’s CEO is stepping down - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Away CEO is stepping down in light of reports of toxic culture Steph Korey is stepping down from her role as […]
  Topics: crunch, data, waze, rules, ceo, company, citizens, stepping, techcrunch, aways, apple, startup, vsco, video, daily.
• Europe agrees platform rules to tackle unfair business practices - The European Union’s political institutions have reached agreement over new rules designed to boost transparency around online platform businesses and curb unfair practices to support traders and other businesses that rely on digital intermediaries for discovery and sales. The European Commission proposed a regulation for fairness and transparency in online platform trading last April. And late yesterday […]
  Topics: tackle, platform, regulation, transparency, search, practices, platforms, europe, businesses, online, commission, rules, agrees, business, unfair.
• Europe wants to better protect sellers on marketplaces - The European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission want rules to make it easier for businesses and traders to use online marketplaces and platforms. They have now agreed to set up seven new rules to improve the fairness of online platforms’ trading practices. The new… Continue reading
  Topics: marketplaces, europe, trading, guide, business, online, better, protect, sellers, wants, rules, union, platforms, european.
• FTC votes to review influencer marketing rules & penalties - Undisclosed influencer marketing posts on social media should trigger financial penalties, according to a statement released today by the Federal Trade Commission’s Rohit Chopra. The FTC has voted 5-0 to approve a Federal Register notice calling for public comments on questions related to whether The Endorsement Guides for advertising need to be updated. “When companies […]
  Topics: ftc, endorsement, social, review, penalties, marketing, chopra, influencer, paid, media, votes, platforms, influencers, rules, techcrunch.
• France and the Netherlands signal support for EU body to clip the wings of big tech - The French and Dutch governments have signalled support for EU rules that can proactively intervene against so-called gatekeepers, aka “structuring platforms” or “large digital platforms with significant network effects acting as gatekeepers” — or, more colloquially, ‘big tech’. They have also called for a single European body with enforcement powers over such platforms — and […]
  Topics: commission, support, techcrunch, wings, france, clip, intervention, market, netherlands, digital, platforms, breaking, press, eu, tech, position, recent, signal, body, rules.
• Google Has New Rules for Gmail App Developers. Here's What You Need to Know. - Google announced last week that it would be making major changes to Gmail API platform. 
  Topics: google, data, access, rules, app, developers, gmail, know, user, need, heres, apps, company.
• How Do You Define Ecommerce Success? - Entrepreneurs can feel inadequate — stressed, overworked, and defeated. But how you feel about your business — good or bad — depends on the rules you use to define success. You may be setting yourself up for failure.
  Topics: disempowering, business, successful, feel, success, define, set, ecommerce, rule, example, service, rules.
• How to Run a Social Media Contest That Gets Tons of Engagement (11 Contest Ideas) - There are so many rules and guidelines and so much planning and preparation involved. A contest could be the best tactic you’ve ever introduced to grow your reach, drive site traffic, and generate leads, but you want to ensure you're doing it right.  Here's how you can set yourself up for success with contests on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
  Topics: ideas, ask, entrants, run, tons, media, engagement, youre, rules, facebook, brand, contests, social, gets, great, contest.
• How to convert Amazon buyers to your customers (without breaking the rules) - An ecommerce brand has to decide whether to sell its products on Amazon's Marketplace, which is the dominant buying resource for today’s consumer. Independent brands can use Amazon as a tool to obtain customers. Through proper merchandising of their products, brands can turn Amazon buyers into their own loyal customers
  Topics: product, set, rules, buyers, convert, website, amazon, insert, marketplace, customers, brand, sell, breaking, products.
• How will EC plans to reboot rules for digital services impact startups? - There's a chance for broader perspectives on platform power to shape the next decades online, and much more besides.
  Topics: platform, rules, speech, safety, content, scale, plans, online, public, services, reboot, startups, digital, impact, illegal, lawmakers, ec, techcrunch.
• Increase Sales With These Market-Expansion Strategies - Expanding into new markets brings great opportunities and sometimes unexpected challenges. Here are some areas to research before deciding the next steps for your business. Though the world has become more interconnected thanks to the internet, air travel, and other technological advancements, there are still many local cultural, economic, and geographic differences. And while tapping […]
  Topics: payments, important, markets, increase, market, ad, rules, countries, fraud, business, sales, strategies, expansion, local, country.
• New EU rules for consumer protection are in force - New European Union rules for better consumer protection came into force yesterday. The modernized rules are designed to better be in line with digital developments. The European Commission urges member states to strictly implement the rules. The new rules are designed to offer online shoppers in Europe better protection. But… Continue reading
  Topics: protection, force, eu, transparency, states, better, strictly, consumer, online, rules, traders, european.
• Searchandising: Site search hacks that drive revenue - Improving customer experience is top-of-mind for every digital business. Billions are spent each year on mobile apps, content, personalization and omnichannel capabilities. Yet CX plans often overlook a fundamental piece of the equation: site search performance. Our in-depth guide shows you how to optimize site search for relevance and personalization.
  Topics: revenue, results, experience, relevance, searches, products, search, product, drive, site, customer, hacks, tools, searchandising, rules.
• South Africa's Naspers rules out $114 billion Tencent stake spin-off - South Africa's Naspers (NPNJn.J) does not plan to spin off its $114 billion stake in Tencent, its boss said on Monday, a push back against investors urging a break-up to close a widening discount between its market value and that of its one-third stake in the Chinese internet company.
  Topics: naspers, rules, investors, tencent, billion, spinoff, south, stake, africas, discount.
• The 3 rules of ecommerce design - My ecommerce website went through many visual changes in the 20 years that I operated it, from 2000 to 2020. Sometimes I retained a designer, and sometimes I did it myself using the ecommerce software I was using at the time. One of the worst designs was by a professional in 2002 who persuaded me that my demographic of science-fiction geeks would love it.
  Topics: ecommerce, named, data, system, design, products, rules, content, site, platform, using, good.
• The New Rules of Marketing [2020 Edition] - Marketing your business is both an art and a science — and the industry is rapidly evolving as the audience you're trying to reach is changing.
  Topics: need, content, ways, rules, marketing, customers, business, youre, edition, trying, email, needs.
• The Simples Rules About How to Address a Letter - Nowadays, we communicate primarily through direct message and email, even in the workplace. In this era of fast-paced digital communication, letters often seem unnecessary and even antiquated.
  Topics: address, hiring, include, zip, youre, title, phone, letter, rules, email, simples, way.
• U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Sales Tax Could Be Costly for Emerging Online Businesses - The Wayfair decision likely means more online sellers will be collecting sales tax.
  Topics: emerging, online, rules, states, sales, south, state, taxes, collect, dakota, tax, businesses, supreme, court, costly, decision.
• ‘Cross-border expansion in Europe has become very difficult’ - Over half of online businesses in Europe believe that cross-border expansion within the European Union is becoming increasingly difficult. Research shows that the diversity of regulations across the EU is a barrier to international growth. The European Union was once set up to enable free movement of goods, services, capital,… Continue reading
  Topics: eu, markets, single, european, difficult, crossborder, businesses, expansion, europe, tax, regulations, rules, companies, say.