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Customizing Your Social Media Pages

Posted by Miva Merchant to Marketing Tips on September 30th, 2009

You can create a profile or page on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Wordpress and Blogger in a matter of minutes. An obvious step for getting the most out of any of these sites is to completely fill out your profile. Once you have established a complete profile many people stick with the default design missing out on an opportunity to capitalize on the impression of your brand or business. And as the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression, so here are some resources to nail your first impression!

Smashing Magazine has a great article on best practices for designing twitter backgrounds along with some excellent examples.

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Dirty Little Secrets of Third Party Checkout Solutions

Posted by Miva Merchant to Ecommerce News on September 12th, 2009

Do you offer PayPal, Google Checkout or Checkout by Amazon on your store front as a payment option? Learn the dirty little secrets behind how each of these third party checkout solutions process payments differently then most merchant accounts. Sometimes it is an honest mistake other times it is a flat out scam that leaves you footing the bill for shipped merchandise that you never received the funds. Watch the video below to protect yourself.

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