e-Commerce without these three things is crazy!

February 18th, 2014

e-commerceIf you’re looking into online shopping cart software, you’ve probably already been floored by the number of options available to you. The popularity of e-commerce has led to a proportional number of e-commerce platforms to aid you in your online business.  In hopes of helping you learn more about online stores, the following are three features you should never do without when making the decision on what platform to use.

First is mobile commerce. Don’t underestimate the number of users that will come across your product or service from their phones. And once they’ve seen what you have, a good portion of those visitors, should they leave your site, will never return. If they don’t make the purchase right off the bat, they aren’t going to come back for it without starting their whole search over.

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Be Stuffed into a Train Like Sardines….Or Work From Home?

February 3rd, 2014

Stuffed into a train like sardinesI have had the blessing of being able to work from home for quite some time now, and I have to be honest with you, sometimes it’s not the easiest thing to do. For one, I love to do anything and everything else besides work. Plus, I have four kids below the age of thirteen, with one of those children being under two. He’s my “mini-me” and wants to hang out, so it gets tough trying to focus.

I actually wrote a blog post a while back giving tips on working from home with a toddler. Check it out and give me some feedback.

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