Tune in to SMART Ecommerce Blog June 15-18 for real-time updates from the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE 2009).
Online retailing is an island of hope in a depressed retailing market. That’s the good news. The bad news is that everyone wants to move there, which means 2009 will be the most competitive year yet in the online retailing industry. It’s time to get armed with the information you need to succeed!
IRCE 2009 is a four-day conference featuring 179 expert speakers in 94 targeted conference sessions. Attendees will learn about the strategies and tools that online retailers can use to thrive in a recession that pulls the rest of retailing down.
We realize that many of you simply don’t have the time to make it to IRCE 2009 – so we’re going for you!
Now more than ever, you need practical tips for improving the marketing and operation of your ecommerce website. Tune in to SMART Ecommerce Blog June 15-18 where we’ll provide you with real-time updates from IRCE 2009. Members of our team will be participating in many of the workshops and general sessions, with our focus being on topics most relevant to Web merchants.
Let us ask the experts for you!
Check out the IRCE 2009 Agenda to view the complete list of featured speakers and session descriptions. Let us know if there is a topic you’d like to know more about by sending an email to
SMARTEcommerceNews@networksolutions.com. Check back frequently as we may include an answer to your question in one of our blog posts.
This is one educational opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Take a look at some of the speakers and topics we’re particularly interested in.
Monday, June 15
- Workshop: A Small Retailers’ Survival Guide – Web Site Design, Navigation & Usability
- Creating outstanding design on a budget
- Round, ’round get around: Making sure customers can navigate your site
- Optimizing a site for Internet search engine results—without breaking the bank
- First responder: What your site needs now
- The Tripping Point: Where retailers go astray
Tuesday, June 16
- Sessions:
- How a small retailer harnesses the new power of the Web
- Small steps can create big results
- When and how to negotiate with vendors
- Search marketing for the resource-constrained
- To socialize—or not to socialize
- How we found our niche
Wednesday, June 17
- Sessions:
- The Top 500 Guide: What the Guide tells us about the market to come
- Understanding the e-commerce ecosystem
- Social media: If not now, when?
- Pay attention; Payment security is important to small retailers
- Making marketing work across channels
Thursday, June 18
- Workshop: M-Commerce – Capitalizing on the Mobile Commerce Boom
- Which m-commerce strategy is right for you?
- Achieving success in mobile marketing, merchandising & technology
- Creating the right mobile web site design and navigation
- Creating a plan for what to put on a mobile site
- Comparison shopping can happen on a mobile phone
- The revolutionary promise of mobile apps
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