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Ecommerce Blogroll: Weekly Report July 22
Posted 22 Jul 2009 by Noreen VincentTags: Ecommerce, Ecommerce solutions, ecommerce Strategy, Facebook, Social Networking

This week’s blogroll is filled with ecommerce life experience from Borders, facts on conversion rates, and some fantastic examples of how retailers are using Facebook to connect with their fans and customers.  Take a look, and please share on Twitter @vnoreen, your thoughts on these ecommerce blog posts.Talking with…Kevin Ertell, ForeSee Results VP [Shop.Org Blog] + Read more

The Ecommerce Blogroll: The Weekly Report for June 24
Posted 24 Jun 2009 by Noreen VincentTags: Ecommerce, Ecommerce solutions, ecommerce Strategy, Facebook, Facebook Connect, multi-channel, Retail, Shopping, social shopping

It's time for the weekly blogroll!  Here's a look at my favorite ecommerce blog posts from this week.  I've covered concepts such as social / community, store locators, blogs, and a link to a blog on the results from a recent survey of online shoppers that looks at what triggers drive their purchase behavior. + Read more

Ecommerce Interview: Adding Community for Maximum Return an Interview with Adam Michelson
Posted 23 Jun 2009 by Noreen VincentTags: Community, Ecommerce, Ecommerce solutions, ecommerce Strategy, Facebook, Facebook Connect

We recently had some time to talk to Adam Michelson, Director of Ecommerce at Optaros, to hear what he is seeing with large retail clients and how they are experiencing the impact (increased traffic, conversion rates and order size) of adding community to their existing online stores. We hope you find this interview interesting and offers ideas around how you could add community to your online store. Here is a quick recap on what is covered in our interview with Adam: + Read more

TurnTo, Fluid Social, Facebook Connect & Social Shopping
Posted 03 Jun 2009 by Marc OsofskyTags: Ecommerce, Ecommerce solutions, ecommerce Strategy, Facebook, Facebook Connect, social shopping

We've been talking a lot with our retail clients about how to effectively add content and community aspects to their commerce sites to increase traffic, conversion rates and average order size.  Yesterday the WSJ had a great piece on Target adding content and today they covered the top community aspect being considered by many retailers - Facebook Connect.    + Read more

Content Management in the Age of User Participation - Presentation
Posted 20 Jun 2008 by John EckmanTags: Alfresco, Amateur, Collective Intelligence, Community, Conference, Content Management, content syndication, Culture, Direct Consumer Engagement, Drupal, Ecommerce, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Knowledge Management, Media and Publishing, Next Generation CRM, Open, Open Source, Social Networking, Syndication, User Experience, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, WordPress

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to present at Web Content 2008 on user generated content and the impact it has on content management.The presentation is called "Tag, Upload, Share, Discuss: Content Management in the Age of User Participaiton" - you can view it below, or download the PDF at slideshare.   + Read more

Social Networking Identity Mapping, and Open Source
Posted 10 Apr 2008 by John EckmanTags: Community, Corporate Websites, Ecommerce, ecommerce Strategy, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Media and Publishing, Open Innovation, Open Source, OpenID, PHP, Platform, Retail, Social Networking, User Generated Content, Web 2.0

Although social network platforms have been increasingly open to application development, spurred by Facebook's API and reinforced by the Open Social foundation, the approach has always been to enourage the development of applications inside the walls of the social network. + Read more

Ecommerce and social networks -- new enabling technology
Posted 06 Apr 2008 by David KatzTags: Ecommerce, Facebook, Retail, Shopping, Social Networking

Ringside Networks, a startup with a team of ex-JBoss and Bluestone pros, has launched the first "social application server," which promises to enable companies to add social networking capabilities to any website and integrate with the relationships and profiles people have already established on social networking sites like Facebook. + Read more