8 June 5 Things You Absolutely Need to Remember with E-Commerce Websites June 8, 2018By Will Strohl | 1 MIN READ Last night, I had the pleasure of presenting to the Toronto Area DNN Users Group (a.k.a., TADUG), hosted by Aderson Oliveira. TADUG is currently enjoying a revival, so I couldn’t pass up this opportunity. He asked me to bring some e-commerce goodness to their user group, and I hope I delivered. In this presentation and Q&A, we discuss some of the most critical trends and techniques that e-commerce website owners should remember. Spoiler alert… There are actually 6 tips in this presentation. Surprise! You’ll find the video, slides, and resources from my presentation below. Please feel free to use the comment section below to leave your feedback or ask your own questions. 5 Things You Absolutely Need to Remember with E-Commerce Websites from Will Strohl Resources Here are some the resources we discussed and promised during the meeting. Learn more about Upendo Ventures Learn more about how Upendo Ventures can help you with Hotcakes Commerce Learn more about how Upendo Ventures can help you with DNN Hotcakes Commerce DNN DNN-Connect DNN-Connect 2018 Conference Videos IRCE Llama Commerce Show Practical E-Commerce A Better Lemonade Stand Shopify's Blog Free E-Commerce Resources from HubSpot Let's Chat! We'd love to work with you. Let's talk about how. Contact Us June 8, 2018By Will Strohl Business, Internet, Technology, Website Brand Identity, Branding, Commerce, Community, DNN, DNNCMS, ECommerce, ECommerce CMS, Hotcakes Commerce, Marketing, Open Source, Privacy, Sales, Security, User Groups About the Author Will Strohl Founder & CEO Upendo Ventures Overall, Will has nearly 20 years of experience helping website owners become more successful in all areas, including mentoring, website development, marketing, strategy, e-commerce, and more. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. blog comments powered by Disqus Related Posts Easy to Avoid Mistakes with Images in ECommerce Websites Surprisingly, a lot of it continues to be relevant even today. With all of that in mind, it still catches me off guard when avoidable issues are in a store. In this case, we're going to talk about product images. 5 Things Leaders Should NEVER Say Out Loud and How to Deal With It This topic is as old as leadership is. From the very beginnings of people being led, this art has been studied. People have been training, writing, and blogging about how to best communicate to those you mean to lead. The problem with saying anything to your staff is that they will always have three meanings, regardless to how much planning, thought, and good will you put into it. There will be what your words mean, what you mean by your words, and what each member of your team thinks you mean by it. It’s your responsibility to either strike certain phrases and statements from your vocabulary, or learn when the right time to use those words is. 5 Practical Things Any Small Business Owner Can Do With AI (Starting Today) Discover 5 real-world ways small business owners can start using AI right now to save time, reduce stress, and grow their business — no tech degree required. Mobile Friendly Business Websites … It’s More Than Responsive Design Once you have a responsive business website, you are only half-way done. To ensure that your site is mobile-friendly you need to think about mobile every time you make content to put on your website. By always “thinking mobile” you will change the way you choose and edit images, it will influence the way you write, and it will naturally limit the complexity and number of widgets and apps that you use. Never Remember or Even Know Your Password With all of the security breaches that have been happening over the years, I’ve always been skeptical of using a password manager. Do you remember the (completely preventable) breaches at places like Target, Home Depot, and the massive one at Equifax? Security is always a balancing act. You’re constantly trying to walk that fine line between convenience and protection. This high-wire act, unfortunately, leads many people into truly insecure password practices. The most common taboos include writing it down somewhere, using the same one everywhere, and using passwords that increment by a single digit. Historically, many data breaches have one or more of these as the root cause. From Wix to Winning: Why Small Businesses Are Migrating to Custom Websites What helped you start your business won’t help you scale. Learn why small business owners are moving from Wix and Squarespace to custom-built websites—and how this move could unlock your next phase of growth.