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3 Powerful Ways to Build Social Proof and Make Your Business Stand Out
In a world where we can’t take our eyes off the internet or our hands off our phones, people have become more prone than ever to acting like the people around them. We rely on social proof because it eliminates the guesswork from making our own choices and decisions. The brain prefers to copy what...
4 Ways the Crisis is Changing Customer Engagement for Online Businesses
There are few silver linings when it comes to the economic impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on American small businesses. One area of the economy seeing a boom? E-commerce. In these socially distant times, shopping online has never seemed more attractive. Online retailers’ year-over-year revenue growth is up 68 percent as of mid-April....
10 Ranking Factors Startups Need to Consider in 2020
Startups that manage to uncover the motivation behind searches that land users on their website have an advantage over their competitors. Having access to this data provides an opportunity to deliver a superior user experience that generates long-term revenue. In this article, we will take a look at the most recent trends in Google’s ranking...
9 Business Moguls on How to Break Into a New Industry and Make it to the Top
Looking to blaze into a new industry? We asked some of the world's smartest business people and Advisors in The Oracles for their best tips for breaking into a new field, from tech to real estate to day trading. StartupNation exclusive savings on the Dell products that power your business: Save Now Get in the game Jump...
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About E-Commerce UX Design
User experience (UX) design is important for every website, but it’s especially critical for e-commerce sites. Companies lose an estimated $4.6 trillion in sales annually as a result of frustrated shoppers who abandon the purchase experience. This post will share 10 best practices for e-commerce UX design to help you maximize conversions. Why UX design...
How to Hack Your Startup’s Sales with Social Proof
With the proliferation of online recommendation platforms like Yelp, Google Reviews, and TripAdvisor, word-of-mouth has grown into a ubiquitous influencing factor within online purchasing behavior. According to a recent Nielsen study, 92 percent of consumers using Yelp will make a purchase after visiting the platform and 25 percent of those visitors will make a purchase...
8 Best Practices for Marketing to Millennials
Have you ever wondered why marketers are so obsessed with millennials? It turns out that there are a few reasons: For one thing, there are a lot of millennials. According to this study, there are more millennials than baby boomers and three times as many as there are Gen Xers By 2020, the spending power of millennials...