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Marketing Tips: How to Get Your Web Site Noticed Andrew Lock shows entrepreneurs how to “get more done and have more fun,” as he talks about pets, how to promote your Web site, M&Ms and a whole lot more.

Facebook Offers: Coming Soon to Business Pages
[April 19, 2012] Everything you need to know about creating discounts and coupons using Facebook Offers for your local business page. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

How to Sync Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Social Activity
[April 12, 2012] Using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to grow your ecommerce business can be a time drain. These social apps will help you link social profiles to share content – and save time. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Manta Offers New Tools to Socially Connect Small Businesses
[April 5, 2012] New recommendation features help Manta's 89 million small business owner members establish more credibility with customers and new prospects. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Free QR Code Generators for Ecommerce Business Owners
[March 28, 2012] Smartphones and tablets are boosting the popularity of these small 2D barcodes. Here are 5 free online services to create your own QR Codes for ecommerce marketing. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

21 EBay Inventory Management and Online Selling Tools
[March 22, 2012] We look at 21 eBay tools to help you manage your inventory, synchronize inventory on multiple sites and to make your eBay pages more appealing and easier to manage. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Will the New iPad Be a Game-Changer for Online Retailers?
[March 15, 2012] Industry experts agree that the new iPad will change how consumers shop -- potentially affecting your ecommerce business if you're not ready for an influx tablet-wielding shoppers by this holiday season. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

15 Essential Tools for New SOHO Ecommerce Businesses
[March 14, 2012] These SEO, shopping cart and email marketing tools are completely free SOHO ecommerce tools -- as in "really free" and not "free trial" free. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Measure the Value of Social Activity With PowerReviews ESS
[March 8, 2012] A new suite of tools from PowerReviews helps online retailers put a dollar figure on Facebook Likes while rewarding customer engagement and content generation. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Have Fun with Facebook Marketing Campaigns
[February 22, 2012] We show you how to customize big-brand Facebook marketing campaigns to fit a small business ecommerce budget. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Free Customer-tracking App Shows Live Web Shop Customer Data
[February 17, 2012] The new Lexity Live app helps even the smallest of online retail shop owners learn more about customers as they browse your online store. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Best Hosted Mobile Stores for Less Than $30
[February 8, 2012] A hosted ecommerce store can help you optimize for any computing trend -- including mobile commerce. We look at five hosted ecommerce software services priced $30 per month or less. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

5 Facebook Welcome Page Apps for Business Pages
[February 1, 2012] Tired of a boring Facebook Business page? These Facebook apps will help you create unique Facebook Welcome Pages and custom tabs in minutes. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Free Tools to Edit Product Shots for Your Online Store
[January 25, 2012] We look at five free and open source image editors you can use to liven up product shots and images in your online store. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

How to Get Even Seething Mad Customers to Like You
[January 19, 2012] Tips for small business ecommerce owners to improve service and entice customers–even the unhappy ones–to deal with you again. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

Top 2012 Ecommerce Trend: Retailers Need to Move to Mobile
[January 18, 2012] The "I'm thinking about it" stage of optimizing for mobile customers has passed. It's now a must-do for even the smallest of online retailers. [More ECommerce-Guide ]

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Word Tips: AutoCorrect By Helen Bradley - [June 26, 2008] The AutoCorrect and AutoText tools in Microsoft Word can help you reduce repetitive typing and avoid common typos.

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Manage Tasks More Efficiently With Producteev 2
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