I’ve been slow to get this post out (that’s what taking a vacation at the end of July/beginning of August will do!  But these articles still have some great information even if they are from July.

Five Shocking Facts That Will Change Your Entire Approach to Social Media – KISSmetric
What I’ve extracted below are five surprising data points that will have a profound effect on how you approach social media.

Google My Business: What You Need to Know – Web Marketing Today
Google Places became Google My Business. More than an exercise in rebranding, the name change heralded several important changes.

Expert Interview with John Young on eCommerce Solutions – Mint.com
Rather than picking the first low-cost option on the market, make sure to ask questions like …

Shipping API Monitor – What Does 1 Year Tell Us? – LexiConn
Which shipping carrier was only down for 1 minute in the past year?

8 Ways to Spice Up Transactional Emails – Web Marketing Today
It’s ironic that these same “boring” transactional emails end up being the ones our customers pay the most attention to.

Why Your Business Needs a Google+ Page Too – Duct Tape Marketing
Whenever you post something on your business page (and you should as often as possible), include relevant hashtags because Google now recognizes those in searches when it shows up on their own G+ outlets.

How To Speed Up Your WordPress Website – Smashing Magazine
After installing a handful of WordPress plugins and fixing a few simple errors, I had improved the website’s loading speed from 1.61 seconds to 583 milliseconds.

How to Use Hashtags on Social Media Posts Practical Ecommerce
But many merchants are not sure how best to use them. The following seven tips should help.

Making Your Website Mobile Friendly – ShopSite, Inc.
There are two ways in ShopSite to make your website mobile friendly: use Responsive Design Templates or use the Mobile Optimization feature.

Order Management Tutorial – ShopSite, Inc.

Why Your Audience Is Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset: Develop It – Marketing Land.
Many business owners tend to think of their website and their overall online presence as a sunk cost — something they need to do because their competition has a website, is active on social media or participates in other online marketing practices.

These 5 Posts Will Increase Your Facebook Engagement Overnight – Post Planner
A lot of businesses create Facebook pages and then assume their fans will engage with every post.  Bad assumption!

ShopSite Tip: Order Notification Blocking May Affect You! – Lexiconn
Email providers like GMail will see your hosting account as the origin for these Yahoo, AOL, GMail, and other customer email addresses and subsequently block the email from being delivered

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Basics – ShopSite, Inc.
Having a web site is of little use if your potential customers cannot find it…Perhaps one of the most important features for SEO is a static page.

ShopSite Tip – Quick Tips For Quantity Discounts – Lexiconn
Quantity Pricing is a simple but powerful feature in ShopSite Pro which allows you to provide discounts for large orders, and even discount pricing across multiple products in the same product group.