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Many hosting users who are new to e-commerce often approach it with the mistaken belief that launching a website will automatically draw in customers. Perhaps they heard a voice calling them in the night, “If you build it, they will come.” Unfortunately, it is not quite that easy, and in recent years, even advertising may not be enough. Social media has become such a crucial part of the web that it is imperative for businesses to have some level of interaction with customers.
There are different levels of social media inclusion that e-commerce websites can have to leverage the power of the social web.
1. The lowest level is to simply have a presence on social media sites. You might create a Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. account for your business. This is only a first step and is not much different than creating a website and expecting people to show up.
2. The next level is to provide some form of integration with social media on your website. This may be as simple as placing buttons or links to your social media pages on your site or as intricate as a social media-based commenting system, social sharing widgets, and embedded social tools.
3. The third level turns your website into a social site itself. In this way, users are encouraged to interact with one another directly on your site, just as they would on other social media sites. You can develop a community around your products with user-created lists, reviews, ratings, and more.
The third level is obviously the highest, and it will require a bit of site customization to achieve. Many content management systems have plugins that can help you build a social media integrated website and take your customer relations to a higher level.
Leveraging the Power of Social Media
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(The Hosting News) – Competing cloud services could be on the way from two top industry leaders.
On Thursday, a report from tech site GigaOM signaled that both Microsoft and Google were readying cloud services similar to Amazon’s Elastic Compute, a solution that provides web-scaling to application developers.
Both companies have long held cloud investments, but the [...]
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(The Hosting News) - Genious Communications (www.genious.net) is the first company to bring cloud hosting to Morocco with a new range of cloud and CDN services powered by OnApp software.
Genious launched in 2003 and is the only ICANN accredited hosting provider in North Africa. Like many hosts, Genious chose OnApp Cloud to evolve from traditional dedicated servers and [...]
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(The Hosting News) - Company announces additional energy efficiency enhancements in compliance with its Green Program.
Key Highlights:
QTS announces the upcoming construction of solar power installation at its Richmond and Atlanta Data Centers.
Anticipated solar power improvements will provide a full megawatt of power generation capacity, in line with QTS’ environmental initiatives.
QTS pledges another year [...]
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(The Hosting News) – Domain.com, a global leader in domain registration and web hosting solutions, today announces the Domain.com “Next Great Idea” challenge launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City. TechCrunch Disrupt NYC, which kicks off this weekend with a 24-hour Hackathon, has solidified itself as the tech industry’s hottest event for launching new cutting [...]
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(The Hosting News) – Ireland’s number one domain registrar and hosting company also have the best business blog in Ireland.
Blacknight (http://www.blacknight.com) took home the award for Best Business Blog at last night’s second annual Irish Social Media Awards (http://www.socialmediaawards.com) ceremony. This is Blacknight’s second win, having received the award for Best Business Twitter Account for [...]
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G.me now registered to brand protection company.
The whois record for the domain name G.me recently changed to DNStination Inc., which is the proxy service for brand protection company Mark Monitor:
The change was just triggered on DomainTools yesterday, although the record shows it was altered on April 20.
The domain name was previously a registry reserved [...]
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Received yesterday…
Subject: Website Purchase Inquiry
Hi,
I am interested in setting up a new blogging website on your domain name.
My name is Adam and I located your contact information through a domain look up and I understand that you are the owner of DNW.com. I’ve been working in establishing a number of high quality websites for quite [...]
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File sharing company files IP lawsuit over trademarks.
BitTorrent (and especially its users) are familiar with intellectual property lawsuits. But usually they’re on the receiving end.
Now the tables are turned. BitTorrent, Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit in California against BitTorrent Marketing GMBH for trademark infringement and cybersquatting.
According to BitTorrent, Inc. founder Bram Cohen, he first [...]
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Don’t forget to prove earlier rights if you claim them.
Publisher Hidden Values has lost a dispute over the domain name TriangleKidsDirectory.com.
Hidden Values publishes the Kids’ Directory. It also has a registered trademark for KID’S DIRECTORY.
It’s an admittedly weak mark. It’s even a concurrent use registration that is limited in geographic scope.
But, the registrant of [...]
