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M-Commerce

2011-05-19T23:11:00.000-05:00

From a recent webinar on the mobile web that Network Solutions put on, I received a link to a guide introducing the concept. From there and the downloaded PDF, I found an interesting discovery about my former employer has moved into the MOBILE COMMERCE world. If you have a Network Solutions Ecommerce site you can now enable a cell-phone optimized version of your online store. I'd heard rumors

nsCommerceSpace™ Starter - Ecommerce Website

2011-03-11T16:54:00.000-06:00

nsCommerceSpace™ Starter - Ecommerce Website nsCommerceSpace™ Starter package from Network Solutions® is a feature-packed, comprehensive ecommerce software solution that helps you build online stores quickly and professionally. Sell up to 25 products and get 5 email boxes. Get a free domain when you buy an annual Ecommerce package.

Watch the Network Solutions Parody Video #GoGranny

2011-02-05T00:09:00.000-06:00

You can say what you want. I think this one knocked it out of the park. Watch the Network Solutions Parody Video #GoGranny.

Product Import Field List

2010-11-18T22:28:00.000-06:00

I don't know why the following isn't available publicly somewhere. Please verify that you have the fields below in the following order in your CSV document. Also, be sure to check your documents for any of the restrictions listed. FieldColumn Req.Value Req.Specifications Product IDAlwaysNoThe productID column must be included in your import file, but may be left blank

An Overview of Ecommerce (An Infographic)

2010-09-24T09:32:00.000-05:00

I just posted a quick note about infographics and a link to one I saw on Digg about the history of the internet. But on the source site, I also saw this additional graphic that gives a very detailed overview of ecommerce. [Source: OnlineMBA.com] Be sure to check that out.

My Time At MonsterCommerce

2009-12-31T01:52:00.004-06:00

My First Week At MonsterCommerce Originally uploaded by ArcoJedi I was looking through old pics and found this picture of me from what I assume to be my first week at what was then called MonsterCommerce. This was likely early in 2003. I've had one other job briefly, but for the past 6 years I'd been sitting at a very similar desk helping e-commerce clients and growing with and nurturing the

Online Marketing services from Network Solutions

2009-08-12T01:11:00.002-05:00

This post is part four of four content articles to help you learn how to market your website. Some of the product names and details of the process are now outdated, but the outline should be good enough to give you a good impression. Let Network Solutions help you drive traffic to your Web Site. Try one of our Online Marketing products today! Top 10 Search Results (SEO) Top 10 positioning in

Using SEO & PPC Together! Tutorial

2009-08-12T00:45:00.000-05:00

This post is part three of four content articles to help you learn how to market your website. Why does your business need both organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and PayPerClick (PPC)? You are sacrificing traffic if you aren't targeting customers in both areas: 80% of the time searchers go to the organic results first 65% of search traffic goes to the top ten search results 60% of

What is Pay Per Click? Tutorial

2009-08-12T00:28:00.000-05:00

This post is part two of four content articles to help you learn how to market your website. PPC is the process of advertising your site through the use of pay-per-click advertisements in the search engines. The search engines sell relevant ads to anyone willing to join in a friendly bidding war. By bidding on keywords, advertisers are able to control when their ads are shown. In many cases the

What is Search Engine Optimization? Tutorial

2009-08-12T00:06:00.001-05:00

This post is part one of four content articles to help you learn how to market your website. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of "naturally" driving traffic to your site and is generally seen as the more cost efficient way. By making a website more search engine friendly, a site will rank higher on the search engine result page. To optimize your site for the search engines is to

Network Solutions Rebrand: Before and After

2009-08-05T01:13:00.003-05:00

The past couple of weeks have been busy. Among many other things, both planned and unplanned, we had a major update to the storefront. Before: After: Ecommerce Software Release v7.7 Additionally, we also had a software upgrade for all of our ecommerce packages --timed to coincide with the update above. Please see the Ecommerce 7.7 Release Notes on the forums for more details. Ecommerce

Webinar from Mzinga: Marketing Communications in a Social World

2009-06-12T23:46:00.000-05:00

Although it might be clichéd to say that social media is revamping the way people and businesses communicate online, it is definitely true. Businesses today need to know about the commonly used applications that are available today. And business owners and marketers need to have a strategy for how they will approach these communities. Mzinga has a free webinar next week that you will want to

Final Feature Comparison [.pdf]

2009-06-12T20:07:00.000-05:00

We've recently updated a chart for comparing version 4 with version 7. This form was very beneficial for the last migration process in 2008, but almost all of the version 7 features have been brought up to parity with version 4 in time for the software upgrade this year. Be sure to Download the Ecommerce Feature Comparison [pdf] to become more familiar. You can also go inside a live Version 7

Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE 2009)

2009-06-12T17:01:00.000-05:00

Every year, the IRCE is a big event attended and presented by dozens of the leading experts in ecommerce. It's a good review and meeting-of-the-minds for the industry. New developments are discussed and strategies recommended and reviewed. Based on this year's agenda, it's going to be pretty busy and informative. With budgets being tight this year, it might not be as easy for the average

We Have Specified Your Canonical

2009-06-05T14:49:00.001-05:00

There's been a good discussion lately about a potential Canonical Issue on the Network Solutions Forums and I wanted to explain a little bit about it so that everyone is up to speed. Our top notch ecommerce (v7) development team made a minor software change several months ago based on client-submitted feature requests and the recommendations of our industry-leading search engine optimization

Free Ecommerce Software Upgrade! Version 4 to Version 7!

2009-06-04T15:38:00.000-05:00

It's time to sign up for your software upgrade! The wait is finally over. All the processes and steps are in place. Check out our Free Software Upgrade page today! The email announcing it went out today. Pay particular attention to ... A limited number of stores will be upgraded at a time, ensuring each customer receives a superior level of service. I've been busy this past week training

Email Marketing Solutions from Constant Contact

2009-04-29T23:04:00.002-05:00

It's time to start ramping up your relationship contacts with your current customers. If you aren't already keeping in touch with them via email marketing, you will want to have an option available for capturing subscribers. When crafting and sending your promotions, you have got to have a tool for building your newsletters, sending them to your customers and tracking the effectiveness of your

Coming Soon - The E-commerce 7.6 Release!

2009-04-28T20:22:00.000-05:00

We are really excited about the new features and enhancements coming soon. Check out the release notes on the Network Solutions Forums.

GrowSmartBusiness Webinar - Register Now on Eventbrite

2009-04-21T13:20:00.000-05:00

I wanted to post a quick link to the GrowSmartBusiness Webinar. I have a busy week planned, but I'm going to try and attend. Here is a summary: On Thursday, April 30 from 2-3pm ET, Network Solutions will host the GrowSmartBusiness Webinar to help small business owners learn from the success of others. Join our all-star line-up of entrepreneurs and experts for this free, live webcast. They'll

Local Search Visibility at Network Solutions

2009-03-25T00:44:00.002-05:00

Everybody's budget is tight these days and it might be tempting to tighten the purse strings when it comes to marketing. Here is an interesting bit of information I learned today. According to Harris Interactive, 80 percent of Internet traffic begins at a search engine. This makes sense, but it is under-emphasized when considering how to succeed online. Simply put, if your site is not in the

Domain Name Registration Promotion ONLY $9.99

2009-03-17T23:34:00.001-05:00

I was just thinking earlier today that I should start a post series on DEALS that can be found on our products and services. Honestly with everything going on and all the bad news you might here about the economy, you have to cut costs. Well, I've got the inside track and I wanted to make sure to pass along anything I might find that is an exceptional deal. It's not like it's a big secret, but

E-commerce / eCommerce / E-Commerce - Can We Get Some Consensus, Please?

2009-03-17T20:38:00.000-05:00

If you check online for the definition of e-commerce, you will usually get something like the following: E-commerce Commerce that is transacted electronically, as over the Internet. But the frustrating thing is that there is no official consensus within the industry on which exact spelling of this term we are supposed to use. Can we get some consistency here with the name? It is an entire

Video: E-commerce Websites for Small Businesses

2009-03-17T11:41:00.001-05:00

More videos! In this video, you'll learn how an experienced web services company can help you create a store, accept payments, manage your inventory and secure your transactions.This is a good introductory / explanatory video, whereas the previous video was a good promotional video. I think that for a product that is as involved as ours, it helps to have a visual explanation and I like the cut

Video: Is an E-commerce Website Right For You?

2009-02-28T18:07:00.002-06:00

I have spoken by phone, private message and email with this client many times, but it is nice to be able to put a face to with the name.The founder of a successful online store Jerry Gonto of MartiniArt.com explains why you don't need a technical background to create an e-commerce website with everything you need to succeed.

Record Breaking Credit Card Breach at Heartland Payment Systems

2009-01-22T09:50:00.000-06:00

As a consumer, this is a little disheartening. The Washington Post has reported that Heartland Payment Systems, a payment processor that services more than 250,000 businesses, has had more than 100 million transactions compromised via malicious software that was installed on its network; it will likely turn out to be the largest data breach ever reported. The 'good' news is that the criminals

Using CSS to Format Superscript

2009-01-18T00:46:00.000-06:00

Do you find yourself using superscript in your writing often? This would be the "rd" added as a suffix to 3 when you mean third. For example: 3rd grade - 3rd base - 3rd donut It doesn't come up very often for everyone, but when it does you will want to style it correctly. For most fonts in HTML a superscript element in the middle of a paragraph will cause a minor display issue. This is

Freelance Jobs

2008-12-29T15:29:00.000-06:00

Even though we offer design services for our e-commerce clients, our software also generates a good bit of business for freelancers. Looking for a developer to turn PSD layouts into pages to work with Network Solutions MonsterCommerce. There is an existing site, we are adding the custom store functionality and we need an experienced eComm developer to set it up. Due to the project we cannot

Just a Few Lines of Code...

2008-12-16T21:09:00.002-06:00

Whenever someone says (somewhat flippantly),.. Why can't your developers just add that feature really quickly? It's just a few lines of code. I need to have an example of why this is obviously false. It makes total instinctive sense to me despite the fact that I'm not a developer, but for other people it may take convincing examples. Here is my first one. Please read Favicon Hell: Small

E-Commerce: Going From Startup to a Large-Scale Corporation

2008-12-12T23:38:00.000-06:00

I just found out my long-time friend and coworker, J.D. had started a blog relevant to our history with Network Solutions and . Hello everyone. I just wanted to create a blog to share my knowledge about e-commerce with the rest of the world. I've been involved in e-commerce for about 5 years now, and I've learned quite a bit throughout the process. I'll get to that stuff later. For now, I want

MonsterMarketplace - Decorating for Thanksgiving

2008-11-26T18:41:00.001-06:00

It turns out that our MonsterMarketplace has some awesome ideas for Decorating for Thanksgiving and Your Thanksgiving Feast. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Elephant Pooh Paper

2008-11-19T17:12:00.001-06:00

Our e-commerce software can be used to sell such a wild variety of products that it sometimes boggles the mind what we see every day. While elephant dung is a seemingly unusual source of paper pulp, it actually makes a great paper. Since an elephant’s diet is all vegetarian, the waste produced is basically raw cellulose. Thoroughly cleaned and processed, the cellulose is converted into a

Net Bombarded by Heaviest Ever Attacks

2008-11-12T23:49:00.001-06:00

We've had some intermittent network issues across a decidedly small (but vocal) section of our clients. I'm far removed from both the problem and solution right now, so I am not qualified to comment on it. But I hear the problems are difficult to duplicate from our end, indicating that it is not for certain an issue on our server, but instead an issue with the networks connecting to our our

Solutions Stars: The Social Opportunity

2008-10-28T17:20:00.002-05:00

Network Solutions produced another video to benefit our clients who are mostly small business owners. Here is the description from the video. Small businesses have a fantastic opportunity to bypass conventional media and advertising to directly reach their stakeholders. Whether that's through social networks or blogs, entrepreneurs and marketers can engage their conversations in one on one

HTML or XHTML: Does It Really Matter?

2008-10-27T15:45:00.000-05:00

Long time web-developers fluent in HTML may not immediately grasp the difference or the importance. Here is a snippet. XHTML is a reformulation of HTML. The main difference is a few simple rules - as XHTML is more strict than standard HTML. This article reviews how XHTML can be used to create better Web sites. Check out the full article and download the .PDF on LinkTogether.com.

Create a Website - What You Need to Get Online

2008-10-13T14:01:00.003-05:00

It can seem difficult to explain to the uninitiated the steps needed to get a website online. It's not actually difficult, but there is a checklist of things that should be followed each time and it can be confusing to navigate. Here is a video that Network Solutions put together that makes it much clearer. Here's the video description. Learn how to create a website and improve your web

Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?

2008-09-30T16:24:00.000-05:00

Ask yourself the simple question. Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?.

LinkTogether.com Launches!

2008-09-29T00:01:00.001-05:00

Network Solutions just launched a new Beta community portal that I'm pretty excited about. Web Developer Community for Designers, Developers, and Coders | LinkTogether As the title suggests, this site is for web professionals of all varieties. Unlike MySolutionSpot, which is for business professionals and marketers, and the more general Network Solutions Forums for clients using our hosting or

UPS Worldship in Version 7

2008-09-02T14:47:00.000-05:00

Anyone looking for a way to continue to use UPS Worldship in Network Solutions E-commerce version 7 should see the following recent forum thread: Ups Shipping CSV to XML. It seems that the instructions posted in the last post might be able to get this to work. Obviously, since it relies on a third party converter tool, this is not really a supported feature. But for the time being it might

Migration Checklist [PDF]

2008-08-22T17:41:00.000-05:00

The migration checklist file has been updated. Get it if your site has not yet migrated!

Migration in Full Swing!

2008-08-20T17:43:00.000-05:00

If our e-commerce clients have not yet migrated from version 4 to version 7 as of today, it is highly likely that they will soon. Here is some updated information on our Network Solutions E-commerce Support Site, as well as some new Technical Documentation and Frequently Asked Questions. It's busier than it has ever been right now. But despite the heavy pace and longer than normal hold times,

Jimmy John's For Lunch

2008-08-19T13:40:00.000-05:00

When days are extremely busy like they are today, the management team likes to help out by springing for lunch. Invariably, this is usually Jimmy John's or pizza. Today, I will order the tuna.

Ten Popular Features of Version Seven

2008-08-07T20:59:00.000-05:00

Here's something I put together for a coworker. In no particular order... Customizable Keyword URLs - Beneficial for both users and search engines... SEO Fields - Meta / title tags independent of product/category names... Customizable 301 Redirects - delete / move pages with confidence Advanced Reporting - sales, tax, searches - includes Google Analytics Integration Design Sandbox

Ask an Expert: Building a better website - USATODAY.com

2008-07-29T09:31:00.000-05:00

It's fun to see a coworker mentioned in a USAToday article. This brings me to the second factor — e-marketing. I spoke about this subject — online small business success — last week with Jeff Zimmerman, the Vice President of Product Management for Online Marketing and E-Commerce for Network Solutions. The article writer does a good job with the short interview and also brings in some of his own

Took The Dive

2008-07-24T16:21:00.001-05:00

Oh, and did I forget to mention that I took the dive and my family and I are starting our own e-commerce site? I figured I might as well let this e-commerce knowledge that has been gathering over the past 5-- 6! years go towards some benefit outside of my official job role. Please check out and critique my work at Happy ★ is ★ the ★ Bride.com. My wife has an interest in the wedding planning

Search Box On Htm Page

2008-07-24T16:10:00.001-05:00

This form can be set up on a custom HTML page off-site of the e-commerce page. Here is the code that I used:

Version 7 Templates

2008-07-20T22:24:00.002-05:00

Clients about to migrate to version 7 should check out the new pre-built templates. You can preview the new templates by going to the demo store and logging in using guest / Netsol1. Then go to Design > Site Design > Templates. However, I thought it'd be easier to just post some thumbnails for all of them. These each link to larger versions. General Apparel

BusinessWeek: 10 Commandments of Web Design

2008-07-20T15:21:00.000-05:00

This article is more funny than useful, but it can serve as a good list or reminders. Check out BusinessWeek's 10 Commandments of Web Design. Here's a summarized list: Thou shalt not abuse Flash. Thou shalt not hide content. Thou shalt not clutter. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels. Thou shalt

Best Buy Restock Fee

2008-06-11T20:59:00.000-05:00

I got this email forwarded today and it turns out that I knew first-hand that it was true. For extreme thoroughness, I verified it on snopes.com: Best Buy Restock Fee. The lady at the refund desk said, there is a 15% restock fee, for items returned. I said no one told me that. I said how much would that be. She said it goes by the price of the item. It will be $45.00 Dollars for you. I said,

Migration Has Begun

2008-06-04T23:28:00.001-05:00

The massive work project of migrating E-commerce software version 4.x to version 7.2 has begun in earnest this week. It's going to get crazy busy around here. Although my role is not directly involved in inbound calls or tickets, but monitoring inbound calls and scoring them for quality, I am tasked with helping out as much as I can when necessary. As I have predicted, the main brunt of the

Personality Not Included

2008-06-04T19:49:00.001-05:00

Personality Not Included Cropped Horizontal StackOriginally uploaded by rohitbhargava Rohit Bhargava gave a talk today regarding blogging and his book, Personality not included. Update (2008-06-06): A public post was made about the event with a link to an embeddable video. You can find a copy of it on the Network Solutions E-Commerce Forums

Official Google Blog: Introduction to Google Search Quality

2008-05-20T22:57:00.001-05:00

Okay, I've only just now gotten to view this post on Google's Official Blog, but from my first reaction this may be a big step in the direction where Google is going to be opening up some of the secrecy behind their search results and how they are determined. This could potentially be a big deal to any search-engine optimizer and small-business owners who rely on their search results. Many

Introduction to the Semantic Web (For Noobs)

2008-05-16T21:30:00.000-05:00

This got posted internally at work, and I found it important enough to cross-post where applicable.

Common Sense eCommerce » MonsterCommerce Upgrading to Network Solutions Shopping Cart

2008-03-15T09:14:00.000-05:00

Via Technorati, I found a blog post reporting some information about the coming software migration and update. It gives a pretty good perspective. This is news that has been bubbling for quite some time. If you have a MonsterCommerce website, you probably already know that Version 4x is being supplanted by Version 7x. As the jump in version numbers indicates, this is not a minor update. In fact

Hidden Secrets of the Amazon Shopping Cart

2008-03-14T22:28:00.003-05:00

On Future Now's GrokDotCom, there is an excellent post detailing the history, evolution and effectiveness of the [ Add to Shopping Cart ] button on Amazon.com. Chances are, many of you click this "Add to Shopping Cart" button several times throughout the year. So, why does it always stump audiences of online marketers when I ask them where in the checkout process Amazon has us select a quantity

Five Years

2008-02-05T21:16:00.000-06:00

I expected it to go by with little fanfare, but a long-time senior staff member here sent me an email congratulating me on my FIVE YEAR anniversary. Yes, it has been five years since I first began at . It should be pointed out that I left the company amicably and temporarily for about 6 months to pursue a job as web developer for my local school district, but it has been 5 years since my

Technical Support Supervisor

2008-02-05T00:02:00.001-06:00

The e-commerce technical support team here in Belleville is awaiting an announcement concerning an opening for a new Technical Support Supervisor. Personally, I've applied for the position and am interested in this new job role. The interviews were completed in the last two weeks so we should hear something this week. I'm not a betting man and I don't have a good view on who might be the best

Changes in the Air

2007-11-15T21:41:00.001-06:00

Some things are switching around in the technical support department, with new hires and new job roles in large doses. I'm moving from my role in Signature Support and technical services into the core support team as a trainer and call quality monitor. The official job title is still not exactly hashed out, but the role is one I'm excited about. I have more I can post about this later but for

Interesting Statistic: DataPort

2007-10-15T23:42:00.000-05:00

An interesting statistic regarding DataPort v5.x came into my inbox today. Since it's initial release, it has had more than 22 million API calls. Thankfully, the technical support team has not had even half as many phone calls about it.

Webinar: Ecommerce 101: How to Build an Online Store

2007-09-20T20:34:00.000-05:00

This was announced recently. It's a webinar, which means it will be available from an internet connection. Have you always wanted to be your own boss? Learn how to get an online business up and running. Experts at Network Solutions® and QuickBooks® will teach you how to build a successful e-commerce store and manage credit card transactions with QuickBooks® Merchant Services. Sign up for

Heartfelt Thanks

2007-09-17T09:13:00.000-05:00

I returned to work today after an unscheduled two weeks off because of the death of my son. I wanted to once again say publicly that I work for the best company in the world. The help and support offered to my family by current and former coworkers has been amazing. Thank you. More Information About Lucas Lucas James Arconati

I'm in the Top 11 Posters

2007-08-31T22:03:00.000-05:00

An interesting fact I discovered today on our forums is that I am in the top 20 posters. In fact, I'm 11th in total number of posts. Also interesting is the fact that besides one client, I'm the only member of this top group that has been active in the last month. See the Member List for more details.

E-Commerce Pro v7.0 Press Release

2007-08-31T00:11:00.000-05:00

I can deliver a press release on my blog right? Premier Online Solutions Provider Network Solutions® Releases E-Commerce Pro v7.0 Web Site Creator Package Network Solutions makes conducting online business easier with the release of its latest E-Commerce Pro Website Creator package. A number of advancements have been integrated into the new version of the award-winning e-commerce solution to

Technical Support III: Job Title

2007-08-23T21:45:00.000-05:00

I was just informed earlier today that I am the only member of the company that is a Technical Support III. Job titles aren't really all that important to me. In my past years at this company I went through the ranks of technical support at about the same time they were actually adding ranks. I was pretty sure that I was the only tech support team member at level III that worked here in

Why'd You Remove That Feature?

2007-08-21T20:30:00.000-05:00

My Opinion Below Whenever there is an upgrade to a new version of any software program, inevitably there is some amount of confusion with the new system. It is up to the technical support department to help ferry clients to a new understanding of the new system. One of the most commonly asked questions we will hear regards features that were being used in the previous version but that aren't

Milestone: 250,000 Tickets

2007-08-16T19:12:00.000-05:00

Today was a milestone for the technical support department. We have been using one system for ticket support since about 2004 or so. The front end area that our clients see is located at MyMonsterCommerce. We reached the two-hundred and fifty-thousandth ticket today. This is a neat figure from my perspective as I was there for ticket number one in this system. In fact, I recall the system we

Shopping Cart Software by MonsterCommerce - Ecommerce Solutions

2007-08-12T23:56:00.000-05:00

Several great things have happened in the last 24 hours or so that I feel like celebrating. First, a new version of our pro e-commerce software has been released, sometimes called version 7.0 Pro. As discussed on the forums, current clients on v4.6 will not be updated to the new version until after the holidays and we are sure that we have a stable and fully tested upgrade/migration script.

W3C Markup Validator

2007-08-09T23:52:00.000-05:00

One quick notable thing I like about the new version of our software coming out soon (THIS WEEKEND!) is that it is much more W3C compliant. Just now, I did a form upload of my test site's home page HTML output and it only generated 3 errors! Visit the W3C Markup Validator. There are a lot of other great things too, but this is something that appeals to the perfectionist in me.

New Domain Name Renewal Scam Hits Inboxes

2007-07-19T00:22:00.000-05:00

Be wary of every bill that comes in the mail. Domain name renewal scams have been going on for years. Typically, the scammer sends a fake invoice in the mail or an e-mail that says a domain renewal fee needs to be paid or the domain will be deleted. By paying the "invoice", you are actually agreeing to transfer your domain to the scammer's registrar. This is a very bad practice that has been

Remote Scripting Examples

2007-07-17T23:28:00.000-05:00

These remote scripting demonstrations can be viewed in more detail on this MonsterCommerce QuickGuide: Using Remote Scripting Simple Link Method This link opens in a new window (using target="_blank"): Add a Mini RC Police Car from Mini-RC-Cars.net. This link opens in the same window: Add a Mini RC Police Car from Mini-RC-Cars.net.

Webinar Announcement

2007-07-16T23:51:00.000-05:00

This was posted internally today. Network Solutions and Google will offer a Webinar entitled "Discover a New Audience with Pay Per Click." Held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 2pm Eastern Daylight Time, this Webinar will be moderated by Lara Mehanna from the Online Marketing team at Network Solutions, and Lauren Frandsen of Google AdWords. This Webinar is designed to introduce pay per click

MonsterCommerce Softball Game

2007-06-25T12:37:00.001-05:00

DCP_0397 - MonsterCommerce Softball Game Originally uploaded by ArcoJedi The gang at the office here are some sports nuts, and a lot of them play more sports than you can shake a trophy at. There are even times when they organize a decent team. Here is one of several pictures I took at a softball game in summer of 2003. See more photos that I've tagged 'MonsterCommerce'.

Learn How to Sell Online with Network Solutions® Latest White Paper

2007-05-23T20:12:00.000-05:00

Here's a press release from Network Solutions that was first distributed today. Creating an online business requires a lot of research and planning. To aid small business owners in their pursuit for knowledge on how to sell online, Network Solutions' E-commerce experts have written a white paper, "8 Steps to Start Selling Online" available on the Network Solutions Storefront. (PRWEB) – There has

Digesting Google's New PPA Advertising Product

2007-03-21T20:50:00.000-05:00

Here's a new product from Google that ought to of interest to webmasters looking to boost their paid advertising effectiveness. Google announced the testing of a new pay-per-action, or PPA, advertising product today. It's important for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Google controls so much of the online advertising market that just about anything they do in

Network Solutions Product Celebration Scavenger Hunt

2007-03-19T22:10:00.010-05:00

Internally posted, but I thought it worth sharing! From: Mitchell, Champ Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:29 AM To: NSI All Subject: 1st Quarter Product Release Celebration! Importance: High Team- Thank you so much for all of your hard work during the first quarter of this year. Your accomplishments will help us meet our 2007 bookings goal of $335 million, improve our competitive positioning and

MonsterCommerce Helps "Neighbors for Renewal"

2007-03-19T21:29:00.000-05:00

The following was featured in an internal company wide announcement. Several employees of the Network Solutions Belleville office have been donating their Saturday mornings to help Neighbors for Renewal in Belleville, a not-for-profit corporation that acquires homes that are in severe disrepair, rehabilitates them using (primarily) volunteer labor, and then makes those homes available for sale at

Collectibles and Toys - Star Wars

2007-03-16T20:17:00.001-05:00

In case I didn't mention it, I'm a big Star Wars fan. Today, I got a chance to combine my love of Star Wars with my day-to-day job. A team member in the Signature Support department was trying to help a client that was expanding into a line of Star Wars products in an interesting way. The client is listing products for a supplier of Star Wars merchandise, but is not selling them directly. The

Network Solutions Ownership Change Closes on Schedule

2007-03-08T20:21:00.000-06:00

Although it had already "leaked," the news was made officially public today. Network Solutions Ownership Change Closes on Schedule Network Solutions, the leading provider of online solutions for small businesses, announced today that General Atlantic, a leading global private equity firm, has completed its transaction to acquire Network Solutions from Najafi Companies (formerly Pivotal Private

MonsterCommerce | eCartReviews

2007-03-05T22:59:00.000-06:00

Here is an independent blog and forum site with reviews and information about e-commerce software like ours. I've linked to the blog category referencing MonsterCommerce | eCartReviews.

RSS Feed Trends » MonsterCommerce

2007-03-05T21:21:00.000-06:00

A news blog named RSS Feed Trends has a category of posts about creating RSS feeds for your e-commerce storefront, including . The idea of the company that has created this blog is for users who can't publish or host an RSS feed on their own e-commerce site, or don't want to publish it manually. You pay them a small monthly fee to host and maintain your feed. You set up a sub-domain to point to

How to Attract New Customers With Google AdWords

2007-03-01T23:43:00.000-06:00

Here is a very useful article on how to get started with Google Adwords for the first time. An effective web marketing plan will include Pay-Per-Click advertising from the very beginning and Google's system is one of the best to get started with. Small Biz Resource - How to Attract New Customers With Google AdWords - Small Business Business Analysis The AdWords program allows you to target your

Restarting at MonsterCommerce

2007-02-26T23:59:00.000-06:00

As of today, I'm starting back at my old job at MonsterCommerce. It's a long story about where I've been the last few months and I won't be detailing that here. What I did want to say was that it was very interesting and enlightening to go through new employee training now, after I used to do the new tech support training only a year or so ago. It's actually so much more of an effectivelly

Happy New Year!

2007-01-01T12:31:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year from MonsterCommerce!

Pop Up Code

2006-09-14T14:39:00.000-05:00

Here are some instructions for creating a pop up window on your MonsterCommerce store. First, You will need to create the page that you want to be the popup. Upload this .html, or .htm file into your root directory of the File Manager. Second, paste this code into your Site HTML > Message Editor Third, change the red text below to match the name of your site.