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We hate the word Blog. Literally the term Blog is a blend of web and log. But does it have to sound so ugly? We tossed around the idea of calling this portion of our website The Sunny Side of the Street, Cool Stuff, Stuff you need to know. But at the end of the day we have to practice

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Part 3: Know what to look for in a shopping cart solution

Part 3: Know what to look for in a shopping cart solution

Part 3 of our Ecommerce 101 series is going to look at features or 'add-ons' and services that your shopping cart should provide you. In addition to what you are going to need to get started with an online shopping cart, there are certain features that are offered with any ecommerce solution that are kind of a 'given' and should

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Kicking off Step Brightly's Ecommerce 101 Series

Kicking off Step Brightly’s Ecommerce 101 Series

Step Brightly offers many services to our clients in the realm of retail and online ecommerce solutions. From initial strategy to front-end navigational issues to a fully functional online shopping centers, we have 12+ years of experience working with on and off-line retail boutiques. Recently, we completed extensive research into four top-ranking shopping carts, 3dcart, BigCommerce, Shopify and Zen Cart and

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3 years with AIGA Chicago’s Board of Directors!

  "As one door closes and another door opens itself." Who said that? I don't remember, but it is a good fit to this past week. I have been so blessed to have shared such an amazing experience with the AIGA Chicago board of directors over the past three years. I can't even list the names of all the generous people who

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How-to run a successful online business Part 2

How-to run a successful online business Part 2

Creative ladies! We continue our video series about how-to run an online business from a design, marketing and business-savvy perspective. To start our second part in our series, Vana Chupp and I share our experiences about how we each built the right online selling platform---aka; website. We start the conversation with the benefits of having an Esty site verse your

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