January 13, 2015 14 Reasons Why eCommerce Rocked in 2014

2014 was a year for the books, when it comes to eCommerce! The rise of consumer data being collected (and, unfortunately, in some instances, stolen), a focus on how smart the customer has become, and technology enabling new ways of communicating, this year completely rocked. We’ve come […]

January 12, 2015 5 Simple Steps to Turn Holiday Returns into New Year Revenue

“Tis the season of those dreaded holiday returns.” In fact, some estimates say that up to one third of all online holiday purchases are returned by shoppers in the following month. So, as a store owner, you have two operations: are you going to let your business […]

January 12, 2015 Ecommerce Analytics to Grow Your Business

Get your data to decisions fast with BigCommerce Analytics. Actionable insights at a glance. How much money have you made today? Whare are orders looking like? Find out fast with one consolidated view that includes all the information you need. The new BigCommerce Analytics dashboard makes it […]

December 2, 2014 10 Tips for Writing an awesome and SEO-friendly blog post

10 Tips for an awesome and SEO-friendly blog post As with any other writing, writing a blog post is a skill. If you want to keep your reader interested, you have to think about structuring your text and writing in a an appealing style. You should help […]

December 1, 2014 U.S. Thanksgiving, Black Friday Sales Break $1B; Total Holiday Spent Online Will Be $89B

U.S. Thanksgiving, Black Friday Sales Break $1B; Total Holiday Spent Online Will Be $89B Cyber Monday will be used by online retailers to extend the flood of the post-Thanksgiving holiday sales rush. Analysts are coming out with the first number laying out how holiday sales have been […]

November 24, 2014 Illustrated Guide to Advanced On Page Topic Targeting for SEO

Illustrated Guide to Advanced On-Page Topic Targeting for SEO Topic: (noun) A subject or theme of a webpage, site or section. There have been several SEO’s who have recently written about modeling and advanced on-page optimatization. A few of them are: Rand Fishkin’s What SEO’s Need to […]

November 18, 2014 The Future of Shopping In Three Trends

The Future of Shopping In Three Trends A piece titled, Five Trends Driving Traditional Retail Towards Extinction, written by J.J. Colao, examined the eventuality of the death of brick and mortar stores. While it’s demise, was greatly exaggerated, the trends he examined a few years ago, are […]

November 17, 2014 Pickleball Central

Pickleball Central Mak Digital Design has done it again!! Our client at Pickleball Central was in, well; in sort of a pickle with their website. Our client had a website that was convoluted and was not well organized. It was designed using the old design standards and […]

November 17, 2014 All Sports Design

All Sports Design We are excited about the recent work we completed for allsportdesign.com. Your website is the first impression a customer gets of your business. Your website says a lot about how you do business. A problem with a website can signal to a customer bad […]

November 12, 2014 Keeping it Personal with Facebook Ads

How To Keep It Personal With Facebook Ads Most commentators agree that Facebook Ads can be fantastic for creating buzz, unfortunately, it does not increase conversions. I’d like to bring you to the other side and convince you that by treating Facebook Ads differently from other forms […]