Proposed MLS Policy Would Ensure Brokers Receive Their Own Listing Data
The move would close a loophole on an otherwise widespread practice.
Realogy, Amazon Pause Partnership, Blaming COVID-19
“In a COVID world, bluntly, it didn’t make sense to continue that pilot,” Realogy’s CEO said during its earnings call Thursday.
More iBuyers Are Reemerging With Instant Offers
After a month-long hiatus, additional instant offer firms are stepping back in to purchase homes, using contact-free processes.
SBA Disaster Loans Capped at $150K, Limited to Agriculture
The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is now limiting both the amount and recipients it will consider for the emergency loans.
Mortgage Rates Hover Near All-Time Lows
Borrowing costs have stayed at or near record lows for five consecutive weeks.
More Than a Quarter of Properties Are Equity-Rich
Many homeowners have built up wealth in their homes. Owners’ balance sheets remained strong in the first quarter across the U.S., a new report shows.
A New Era of Virtual Hearings for Pro Standards Enforcement
Rather than waiting for offices to reopen, REALTOR® associations are conducting timely, safe, and efficient ethics hearings through Zoom.
From the virtual 2020 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings, April 27-May 15
What Property Managers Can Do If Tenants Can’t Pay
In many areas of the country, landlords are prohibited from evicting tenants who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Take these steps if you’re losing rental income.
From the virtual 2020 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings, April 27-May 15
How Offices Are Preparing for Workers' Return
From smartphone-operated elevators to contactless coffee machines, businesses are trying to eliminate major touchpoints to help deter coronavirus spread in the workplace.
How Each Home Sale Adds to the Economy
NAR calculated the total economic impact that real estate–related industries can have on state economies. See how your state fares in this interactive map.
“Spring Is Coming” to the Avangate Affiliate Network
It’s time to hang your winter jacket in the closet and change your wardrobe to warmer clothes, because “Spring Is Coming” to the Avangate Affiliate Network. Our spring contest will make your sales bloom and may even fulfill your Amazon wishlist. (Feel free to think “beyond the wall” with creative promotions!)
Why and How to Effectively Use Webinars in Your Content Strategy
You’ve probably attended a webinar or two (or more), but are you using them effectively as part of your overall content plan? In this blog post, we teach you the basics of hosting a webinar and how to use them effectively as you build out your content strategy and grow your business.
Industry Buzz – February 2019
Hi, sellers! In this Industry Buzz, we’re focusing on finding those strategies that will help your digital business achieve long-term growth. To that end, we’ve put together quite a list of resources on conversion rate optimization, pricing, retention, lead nurturing and growth tips and frameworks.
4 Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices for eCommerce
Nowadays many shoppers don’t even remember how they learned about an eCommerce brand in the first place. If you ask them, the most popular answer is “I found it somewhere on the Internet”. Commercial information is all over the place, so nobody cares about the “channel” they use to find it anymore.
Affiliate Interview: ITE.HU, Affiliate Wars Contest Winner
Szuhi Attila of ITE.HU placed third in our recent Avangate Network Affiliate Wars Contest despite being relatively new to the world of affiliate marketing. We interviewed him about his affiliate marketing techniques and overall approach to creating online content.
10 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty and Increase Retention
Selling your services and wares online can be challenging, as today’s digital shoppers are smart and demanding. You need a customer-focused approach right from the start. The customer is the most significant pillar of modern businesses, so you need to build a genuine relationship with them if you want your online store to survive. Read […]
Why You Should Use Power Words and CTAs
Do you want to sell more? Who doesn’t? But you might be missing out on some key conversions because you’re not using the right words to promote your products or services. Take a new approach to writing with some proven “power” words that increase conversions because they deliver reasons to buy, appeal to our […]
Three Benefits of Promoting Digital Goods and Software Products
Are you dreaming of being your own boss someday, or would you like to bring in extra income? Starting an online business is one of the easiest ways to accomplish this. The biggest challenge of starting an online business can be developing your business plan. If you are struggling to come up with that brilliant […]
27 SaaS & Subscription Influencers and Experts to Follow into 2019
If you’re an entrepreneur nurturing your own company to a full-blown success, you are always looking for insights and ideas to take your business to the next level, right? But you’re probably super busy as well, and don’t always have the time to figure out where you should be looking for those insights.
How to Create Better Forms
What is a (digital) form? In a broader sense of the meaning, a form, is an interface that collects through interactions, the required information, in a logical, meaningful way, and then passes it to at least one third party entity. Sounds complicated, right?
Cool Start-up Interview Series – Mondly Languages
We’ve recently had the pleasure to chat with Andrei Nastasie, the affiliate program manager at Mondly Languages, an innovative language learning app that incorporates native language recordings, augmented reality and virtual reality to help people learn new languages. In this interview, he shares how Mondly started out, what it has been up to and what’s next for this creative company.
Tips for Getting Started with a Business Growth Framework
Growth is top of mind for most companies, but it can be tricky to get started with developing a growth framework. For one thing, most companies aren’t organized around growth, so thinking about growth requires a lot of collaboration between teams. Additionally, companies often don’t have easy access to all of the data they need to understand growth.
PSP or MoR? How to choose the right commerce provider for your business
Today’s buyers are getting more demanding and selling online is getting more and more complex. Both B2B and B2C customers expect a seamless purchase experience and easy access to all the information, products and services they want, on any device and in any country.
Selling in Europe – How to Localize Your eCommerce Business for Local Markets
As a digital company, your business is not bound by conventional borders and has the freedom and opportunity to reach customers anywhere in the world. And just as you look outward for new markets, customers are also looking beyond their physical borders for their goods and services. As a study by KPMG shows, online buyers […]
Why and How to Effectively Use Webinars in Your Content Strategy
You’ve probably attended a webinar or two (or more), but are you using them effectively as part of your overall content plan? In this blog post, we teach you the basics of hosting a webinar and how to use them effectively as you build out your content strategy and grow your business.
Industry Buzz – February 2019
Hi, sellers! In this Industry Buzz, we’re focusing on finding those strategies that will help your digital business achieve long-term growth. To that end, we’ve put together quite a list of resources on conversion rate optimization, pricing, retention, lead nurturing and growth tips and frameworks.
24 Best eCommerce News Websites You Should Follow
Modern commerce is a highly complex global business that is always evolving – and the pace of change is only accelerating. If you work in digital commerce, it’s crucial to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in technology, business, shopper behavior and trends, laws and regulations, payments, logistics and more. How can you stay on […]
4 Omnichannel Marketing Best Practices for eCommerce
Nowadays many shoppers don’t even remember how they learned about an eCommerce brand in the first place. If you ask them, the most popular answer is “I found it somewhere on the Internet”. Commercial information is all over the place, so nobody cares about the “channel” they use to find it anymore.
SaaStr Annual 2019 – Key Takeaways and Highlights
The 2Checkout team kicked off Feb 2019 by joining over 12,000 participants in San Jose for SaaStr Annual 2019, the largest conference in the world for B2B software. The general consensus of 2Checkout team members at the end of the conference was simple and to the point: “It. Was. Amazing.”
2019 Must-Know Trends for Online Business – Live Panel Wrap-up
We recently hosted an engaging live discussion with industry experts from G2Crowd, Instapage and Subscription Insider, covering trends and growth tips for online businesses. Check out what these leaders had to say about what they learned last year in the software industry, where people are missing opportunities and what’s coming next.
Now, Shopify merchants can quickly turn their catalogs into shoppable Pins
The new Pinterest app on Shopify is now available in the U.S. and Canada.
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Pro Tip: What it takes to build high-quality links
You have to invest real time into earning links from high-authority sites by doing your own research and digital public relations.
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Google’s got a new Shopping ad test — and it’s a weird one
A Shopping ad is accompanied by a clickable text unit.
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For better SEO, don’t put all your eggs in the SEO basket
Your target audiences don’t limit themselves to one channel, so neither should your business.
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Google’s May 2020 core update was big and broad, search data tools show
This update was an “absolute monster” said Mordy Oberstein from RankRanger.
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New Google ‘Rising Retail Categories’ tool exposes fast-growing product searches
This is the first time Google says it has provided this kind of data to the public.
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Google is suggesting searches based on users’ recent activity
The suggestions surface for multiple intents for logged-in users.
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Pro Tip: How to find and fix 404 errors that really matter to win your traffic back
External sources link to your website with the wrong URLs, here’s how you can fix that.
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Oops, LinkedIn temporarily drops out of Google Search
Even the biggest sites on the internet can have problems with their SEO and Google.
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Attend SMX June 23-24… for free!
Join us online for SMX Next, a free virtual event designed to equip you with actionable SEO and SEM tactics that can drive more traffic, leads, and sales.
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Less than essential: Why smart speakers are like smartwatches, not smartphones
The devices have reached 50% of US homes, but fallen flat as a channel
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Google’s Martin Splitt to join Live with Search Engine Land today
If you are having indexing issues with your HTML or JavaScript-based website then you won’t want to miss this chat.
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Shielding your business in a pandemic
SEO is one of the best channels to invest in right now to attract new customers and reinforce the loyalty of your existing client base.
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