Ecommerce is evolving. It’s certainly growing. By the year 2012, ecommerce sales in the US alone are projected to reach $335 billion. As the online customer base continues to grow, so will the number of online stores. Needless to say, it’s an increasingly fierce competition. In order to keep up and ahead of the pace, it is critical that businesses serious about growth in the ecommerce industry should find the best ecommerce solution for their companies. Enter Magento. Called the “platform for growth”, Magento is an open-source enterprise-level content management system whose flexibility, scalability, and robust feature set have been acclaimed by experts in the ecommerce industry. It’s the fastest-growing ecommerce solution in the market today, and with 750,000 downloads, the platform is bound to only grow bigger. Magento’s usable interface, analytics and reporting capabilities, SEO-friendliness, and catalog management tools have been praised by businesses, retailers, wholesalers, marketers, developers, and design firms. But what makes the ecommerce platform truly special – Read the full article
Thanks to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, charity is moving beyond direct mail, newsletters, and door-to-door campaigns. It has gone “non-traditional” – and so have forms of giving. What d’ya know: social media has churned out something we may aptly refer to as ‘social good’. This came to record-setting light in the recent #BeatCancer campaign. You might have heard of it. Actually, you may have participated in it. Here’s how the fundraising effort went. For every Tweet, Facebook status update, or blog post containing the #BeatCancer hashtag, eBay/PayPal and MillerCoors pledged to donate one cent to cancer research. The campaign went viral, mobilizing raised social media users everywhere. On October 16 to 17, #BeatCancer raised significant money for several cancer charities – to the tune of over $70,000, actually – and set the Guinness World record for the most social mentions in a 24-hour duration: 209,771. Not all have set records, but more and more fundraising initiatives are – Read the full article
Lakeshore Branding is committed to serving the needs of all of our customers. To do this we make a concerted effort to make our services available to all people regardless of ability. Lakeshore Branding’s overall accessibility goal is to make it possible to adjust our web site and services so that they meet the visual, auditory and cognitive needs of all our customers. Standards Compliance and Accessibility Our accessibility and standards practices include: Adherence to accessibility standards set forth by the W3C (WCAG 1.0), Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1998 and Texas House Bill 2819. Use of XHTML 1.0 Transitional. Use of CSS 3.0 (cascading style sheets) for separation of visual layout and content. If your browser doesn’t support CSS or CSS is disabled the web site will still be readable. Use of semantic mark-up on all pages on the web site. Pages on this site are mostly WCAG A approved, complying with most priority 1 – Read the full article
All of us have been busy between our businesses, blogs, side projects, and countless professional & networking events. If you are interested in some of the other blogs we write for, contribute to, or help manage, look no further: GreenWerk’s Green Eco Friendly Bloghttp://www.greenwerkspro.com/blog/This blog covers green and environmentally friendly news from Chicago and around the world. Articles range from Greening up your Office to Local Produce Supplier Recommendations in Chicago. Elevate Printing’s The Perfect Printing Bloghttp://elevateprinting.com/blog/This blog covers topics relating to Digital Wide Format printing, Industry News & Updates, Product Comparisons, and everything else that is going on in the printing industry. DigitalPrinter’s Adventures in Digital Printinghttp://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/This blog covers digital printing news and issues affecting commercial printers, digital printing, photography, graphic design, and fine art reproduction.
