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Mobile Commerce- Mobile Website Design Tips

May 18th, 2010 No Comments

As we’ve covered in past posts, Mobile Commerce is poised to explode in popularity. Whether your company is large or small, anyone who owns and/or operates a business needs to get a mobile website ready right away. Here are a few tips on setting up a successful Mobile Commerce website:

Do NOT include content deeper than three links- The mobile audience is on the go and does not have the time (or attention span) to browse in the same manner that desktop users do. Keep content fresh, relevant, to the point, and interesting.

Unless your primary target is in developing countries (where basic model cell phones still have popularity), use XHTML for your mark-up language.

Develop a mobile sitemap that makes it clear to Google that this is your Mobile Commerce website- not your E-Commerce site.

Don’t Forget the Phone- There are many mobile phone options available to consumers. When thinking about design for your mobile commerce site, don’t forget to consider the different screen sizes, resolutions, and overall phone shapes that your mobile site will appear on. There are high end, and low end phones- wide screens, small screens, and phones that are middle of the road. Designing for specific mobile devices can seem daunting, however, the simple marketing principle of knowing your target will help you out greatly. Who your audience is should tell you what kinds of mobile devices they are likely to carry, which will then dictate the specs for your mobile commerce site. Be sure to share this information with your mobile website developers.

Do NOT use Pop-Ups- they are likely to confuse your audience and cause their service to slow down.

Limit Scrolling- Keep the page scrolling to one-direction-only. Again, the mobile audience is time pressed, and impatient. Don’t make them scroll up-down-side-side.

Check out Amazon’s take on a mobile commerce website. Their mobile site has many features that you can and should consider when thinking about design for your own mobile commerce site.

Give us a call to discuss your company’s future in Mobile Commerce. We can help you design and develop a fully optimized, functioning mobile commerce site. Call us today and ask about how to get your FREE DEMO. Call 800-985-9277 or e-mail bill@mowbi.com or jordan@mowbi.com

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App Publishing Creates DIY Mobile Store Maker

October 21st, 2009 No Comments

Ad SmilingGuy 300x250 App Publishing Creates DIY Mobile Store MakerNews Release
For Immediate Release
October 20, 2009

Taking It to the Streets –
App Publishing Creates DIY Mobile Store Maker

PORTLAND, Maine – Two new smart phone applications promise to improve trade for thousands of small businesses in the US and across the world by giving users the ability to charge credit cards and creating a mobile store.

App Publishing, LLC, located in Portland, Maine has created the Mobile Store Maker and the Mobile Invoicer, which allow businesses to show and sell their products on a smart phone using a secure credit-card processing program, PayPal or Google Checkout. They can create and send invoices by email or text that their customers can pay on their own smart phone or their computer.

With more than 150,000 small businesses in Maine alone, and e-commerce totaling over $100 billion annually in the United States, the two applications could provide a boost to store owners at all levels. The subscription-based applications will be particularly useful for “mom-and-pop” businesses, such as artists and craftsmen, farmers, musicians, and others who travel to sell their wares.

“Businesses will be able to literally carry their store in their pocket and make a sale anywhere there’s a buyer,” Bill Broadbent, App Publishing’s co-founder, said of the apps.

Mobile Store Maker allows people – whether they’re selling items at a garage sale or expanding the reach of a brick-and-mortar operation – to load product images and information onto a smart phone. Buyers can then purchase the items using a credit/debit card, PayPal, or Google Checkout. Mobile Invoicer allows the owner to create an invoice right on their smart phone, and then hand the device to a customer for immediate payment or send the invoice to their customer by email or text.

“Millions of customers access the Internet from their smart phone,” said fellow co-founder Link Stevens.  “Our Mobile Store Maker will help these companies quickly and easily adapt to this shift in online customer shopping patterns.”

For more information:
http://www.apppublishing.com
http://www.mobilestoremaker.com
http://www.mobileinvoicer.com

Download Media Kit – http://www.apppublishing.com/apppub-mediakit.zip

To schedule a product demonstration or interview, please contact:

Bill Broadbent
Local: (207) 841.5174
bill@apppublishing.com

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Mobile Store Maker

September 14th, 2009 1 Comment

mobile tshirt store1 Mobile Store Maker

Beta Launch of Mobile Store Maker is on September 21st.

This site is designed to allow you to put your products up for sale on your phone and just about everyone elses.

If you can do it easier on a phone, it will be done on a phone. This is true with mobile commerce and many merchants are finding a new and lucrative income channel. It is similar to traditional ecommerce but has some unique aspects. Ease of use is a key one. Pizza restaurants are increasing orders because people can order online on their phone while fine dining destinations are recieving more an more reservations by text and email from the same customers that used to use their phone to call the reservation in. Ease of use is the key.

Mobile Store Maker is an easy to use Mobile Store Maker whose beta launch is coming up September 21st!

Posted in Mobile Application Development, Mobile Commerce

An iPhone App as SEO Strategy?

August 19th, 2009 1 Comment

iphone application developmentDid you know that if you submit an inexpensive iPhone app to iTunes, your site website or blog will get top quality one way links from Apple and over 100 other websites?

Did you know that by submitting an iPhone app and giving it away for free to promote your company, you can reach hundreds to thousands of high value potential customers month after month.

You can build an iPhone app and submit it to iTunes to develop some powerful one way links to your website along with exposing your company brand to thousands of new people. It’s not that hard to do and you can do it for less than $500. (more…)

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iPhone App Maker

August 18th, 2009 No Comments

NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH!

www.OfTheDayApps.com

of the day appMaking an iPhone app and submitting it to iTunes can get your name and your company in front of thousands of high value potential customers that are educated, high income earners and early adopters. These are people that buy online consistently.

Yet, for many people, the potential cost of making an iPhone application is prohibitive and becomes a major roadblock. The solution is to build the right kind of app, one that is inexpensive and relatively easy to make.

An “Of The Day” app is just that kind of app. Under $500 and something a good graphic artist can enjoy making.

The basic code is about the same for most of the OTD apps but it’s the creative materials that make them great. The creative materials require no coding and is something almost anyone can do.If you can supply the text and images, you can make an app.

App Publishing created www.OfTheDayApps.com. It’s an iPhone app maker for the average non-coding person. (more…)

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