Do you often find yourself getting distracted while you are working? Are there items on your To-Do List that seem to stay there for a long time? Do you consistently miss deadlines and end up losing opportunities or paying to solve problems?

A few months ago, Cresco Data wrote an article advising companies on how to drive their online sales. A few areas considered were: creating an online calendar, performance based advertising, affiliate marketing, daily deal sites (think Groupon!), marketplaces and social media. As we draw to the end of the year, those of you operating online will be thinking about the path forward for 2016 and the best Return on Investment (ROI) for you. 

Most small business owners understand the importance of content marketing, but few are doing enough. Some of the common excuses I have heard are – I’m too busy to blog. I don’t know what to write about. No one wants to read what I write.

We’ve opened and closed a bunch of eCommerce stores in the past 5 years. The one that remains the most successful and still generates a decent monthly income is our first store – TOPI Covers. It was one of the pioneer stores to use the Shopify platform. In fact, when we opened the store back in July 2010, we were store number 2716.