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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E-COMMERCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2982-top-10-tips-for-retailers-to-combat-the-economic-downturn"&gt;Top 10 tips for retailers to combat the economic downturn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1844-10-tips-on-product-page-design-in-time-for-christmas"&gt;10 tips on product page design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3559-50-seo-tips-for-online-retailers"&gt;50 SEO tips for online retailers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3622-tips-on-making-the-most-of-product-images"&gt;Seven tips on making the most of product images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2535-tips-on-providing-user-reviews"&gt;Seven tips on providing user reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/081-a-10-point-checklist-for-landing-page-design"&gt;A 10 point checklist for landing page design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3698-tips-for-improving-landing-page-headlines"&gt;Three tips for improving landing page headlines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2860-tips-on-site-search-results-pages"&gt;Six tips on site search results pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2671-tips-on-site-search-box-design"&gt;Seven tips on site search box design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1539-tips-on-producing-a-shopping-comparison-feed"&gt;Five tips on producing a shopping comparison feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/985-feature-filtering-what-is-it-and-why-do-you-need-it"&gt;Six tips for improving feature filtering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3225-7-valentine-s-day-tips-for-etailers"&gt;Seven Valentine&#8217;s Day tips for etailers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3498-tips-for-filtered-navigation-in-e-commerce"&gt;Eight tips for effective filtered navigation in e-commerce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3380-how-to-attract-more-product-reviews"&gt;Four ways to attract more product reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2327-how-to-handle-out-of-stock-items "&gt;The four ways of handling out of stock items&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1946-10-tips-on-improving-online-customer-service"&gt;10 tips on improving online customer service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOCIAL MEDIA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3407-10-ways-to-measure-social-media-success"&gt;10 ways to measure social media success&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3013-top-ten-tips-for-brand-engagement-via-social-media"&gt;Top 10 tips for brand engagement via social media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3740-10-linkbait-strategies-to-build-links-and-drive-traffic"&gt;10 linkbait strategies to build links and drive traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3852-tips-for-brands-starting-out-on-twitter-2"&gt;Six tips for brands starting out on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GENERAL / WEB DESIGN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3486-29-top-tips-for-website-optimisation"&gt;29 of your top tips for website optimisation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2791-six-design-tips-for-better-urls"&gt;Six design tips for better URLs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2528-tips-on-internal-linking-strategy"&gt;Five tips on internal linking strategy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1359-navigation-tips-for-websites"&gt;Five navigation tips for websites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can also distil tips from these articles on the science of sucking:&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3547-50-swinish-ways-to-annoy-web-users"&gt;50 swinish ways to annoy web users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1997-top-10-most-common-e-commerce-mistakes"&gt;Top 10 most common e-commerce mistakes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1811-10-reasons-why-your-website-sucks "&gt;10 reasons why your websites sucks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3770-10-reasons-why-customer-service-doesnt-have-to-suck"&gt;10 reasons why customer service doesn&#8217;t have to suck&lt;/a&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wurzle/"&gt;laughlin&lt;/a&gt; via Flickr, all kinds of rights reserved]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;E-COMMERCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2982-top-10-tips-for-retailers-to-combat-the-economic-downturn"&gt;Top 10 tips for retailers to combat the economic downturn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1844-10-tips-on-product-page-design-in-time-for-christmas"&gt;10 tips on product page design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3559-50-seo-tips-for-online-retailers"&gt;50 SEO tips for online retailers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3622-tips-on-making-the-most-of-product-images"&gt;Seven tips on making the most of product images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2535-tips-on-providing-user-reviews"&gt;Seven tips on providing user reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/081-a-10-point-checklist-for-landing-page-design"&gt;A 10 point checklist for landing page design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3698-tips-for-improving-landing-page-headlines"&gt;Three tips for improving landing page headlines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2860-tips-on-site-search-results-pages"&gt;Six tips on site search results pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2671-tips-on-site-search-box-design"&gt;Seven tips on site search box design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1539-tips-on-producing-a-shopping-comparison-feed"&gt;Five tips on producing a shopping comparison feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/985-feature-filtering-what-is-it-and-why-do-you-need-it"&gt;Six tips for improving feature filtering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3225-7-valentine-s-day-tips-for-etailers"&gt;Seven Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day tips for etailers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3498-tips-for-filtered-navigation-in-e-commerce"&gt;Eight tips for effective filtered navigation in e-commerce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3380-how-to-attract-more-product-reviews"&gt;Four ways to attract more product reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2327-how-to-handle-out-of-stock-items "&gt;The four ways of handling out of stock items&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1946-10-tips-on-improving-online-customer-service"&gt;10 tips on improving online customer service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOCIAL MEDIA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3407-10-ways-to-measure-social-media-success"&gt;10 ways to measure social media success&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3013-top-ten-tips-for-brand-engagement-via-social-media"&gt;Top 10 tips for brand engagement via social media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3740-10-linkbait-strategies-to-build-links-and-drive-traffic"&gt;10 linkbait strategies to build links and drive traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3852-tips-for-brands-starting-out-on-twitter-2"&gt;Six tips for brands starting out on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GENERAL / WEB DESIGN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3486-29-top-tips-for-website-optimisation"&gt;29 of your top tips for website optimisation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2791-six-design-tips-for-better-urls"&gt;Six design tips for better URLs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/2528-tips-on-internal-linking-strategy"&gt;Five tips on internal linking strategy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1359-navigation-tips-for-websites"&gt;Five navigation tips for websites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can also distil tips from these articles on the science of sucking:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3547-50-swinish-ways-to-annoy-web-users"&gt;50 swinish ways to annoy web users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1997-top-10-most-common-e-commerce-mistakes"&gt;Top 10 most common e-commerce mistakes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/1811-10-reasons-why-your-website-sucks "&gt;10 reasons why your websites sucks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/3770-10-reasons-why-customer-service-doesnt-have-to-suck"&gt;10 reasons why customer service doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to suck&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Image by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wurzle/"&gt;laughlin&lt;/a&gt; via Flickr, all kinds of rights reserved]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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&lt;p&gt;I thought I&#8217;d collate some of the best articles to provide you with a feast of ideas to help you improve your websites, strategies and operations.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Included within these lists are a lot of generic tips for best practice in web strategy, though this is perhaps most relevant to e-commerce professionals...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I thought I&amp;rsquo;d collate some of the best articles to provide you with a feast of ideas to help you improve your websites, strategies and operations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Included within these lists are a lot of generic tips for best practice in web strategy, though this is perhaps most relevant to e-commerce professionals...&lt;/p&gt;
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