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	<title>Official Blog</title>
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		<title>Discount Prices Added to Smarter Feed!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/official/2008/11/10/discount-prices-added-to-smarter-feed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Merchant Updates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Features]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<category>data feed optimazation</category><category>performance</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news! Smarter.com has just updated our feed specs to allow our merchants to highlight and display sale/discount prices in their feed! Now Smarter merchants will have the chance to show both the regular “retail” pricing of an item, but also indicate the current sale/discount pricing! Please check out the following live examples below!
Click here [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good news! <strong>Smarter.com</strong> has just updated our feed specs to allow our merchants to highlight and display sale/discount prices in their feed! Now Smarter merchants will have the chance to show both the regular “retail” pricing of an item, but also indicate the current sale/discount pricing! Please check out the following live examples below!</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.smarter.com/se--qq-portable%2Bcanon%2Bprojector.html">Click here for Smarter Sale/Discount Price Example #1</a></p>
<p><img width="463" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/discount%20price%201.jpg" height="371" /></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.smarter.com/ink-cartridges-toner/ibm-up-to-14000-pages-laser-toner-cartridge/pd--ch-2--pi-3015.html">Click Here for Smarter Sale/Discount Price Example #2</a></p>
<p> <img width="460" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/discount%20price%202.jpg" height="370" /></p>
<p>For current <strong>Smarter</strong> merchants we hope that you will start taking advantage of this new field right away, so please feel free to give me a call if you have any questions regarding this new feature.</p>
<p>Also, just a reminder to tune into <strong>Smarter’s</strong> own Joanna Estacio talking with Merchant Advantage’s Thomas Romeo about optimizing your Holiday Marketing! This FREE webinar is being held online Thursday, Nov. 13th at 2pm PST! You can register at the link below!</p>
<p><img width="190" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/MA%20Webinar.jpg" height="129" /></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.merchantadvantage.com/webinar08/11132008/index.cfm?p=CMWEB111308head&amp;utm_campaign=Webinar%3A%2010%20Crucial%20Changes%20to%20Energize%20Your%20Holiday%20Marketing&amp;utm_content=georgia@mezimedia.com&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_source=VerticalResponse&amp;utm_term=HTML%20Version%20-%20Image%20Link%204">Free Holiday Webinar from Merchant Advantage featuring Smarter.com!</a></p>
<p>And finally, please let me know if I can offer you my support for a Smarter account set-up in time for the holiday’s! You can also register online here:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://sam.smarter.com/register/sign_up_step_1.php">Register Now for Smarter.com!</a></p>
<a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/data-feed-optimazation/" rel="tag">data feed optimazation</a>, <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/performance/" rel="tag">performance</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&#8216;08 Holiday Season &#38; Special Halloween Offer!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/official/2008/10/22/08-holiday-season-special-halloween-offer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Smarter Special Offer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<category>Halloween Costumes</category><category>Halloween Decorating</category><category>holiday preparation</category><category>Holiday Tips</category><category>Special Offer</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How’s your Halloween marketing going? Great I hope! On Smarter.com we have a homepage feature called, “What’s Hot” - so, if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, please check out some of the best Halloween decorating buys and creative costumes online by visiting this area of Smarter! This is what our “What’s Hot” Halloween area looks like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How’s your <strong>Halloween</strong> marketing going? Great I hope! On <strong>Smarter.com</strong> we have a homepage feature called, “What’s Hot” - so, if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, please check out some of the best Halloween decorating buys and creative costumes online by visiting this area of Smarter! This is what our <strong>“What’s Hot”</strong> Halloween area looks like from our homepage:</p>
<p>   <img align="middle" width="439" src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/Whats%20Hot%20Halloween2.jpg" height="227" /></p>
<p><strong>Only a week and a half until November!</strong></p>
<p>I hope you’ve been able to visit and download the <strong>Holiday Survival Kit</strong> that I gave out the link to awhile back! If anyone missed it, it’s an annual guide put out by <strong>National Retail Federation</strong> and its full of great information and tips for maximizing your site’s potential during the holidays! You can find this kit for free downloading at the NRF “<strong>Holiday Headquarters</strong>” here:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Pages&amp;sp_id=870">Click here to find the full Holiday Headquarters report for downloading!</a>                                                                                 </p>
<p>Also available on the NRF site is the latest Holiday Shopper survey, if you haven’t seen it yet!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nationalretailfederation.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;op=viewlive&amp;sp_id=590" title="2008 Holiday Consumer Spending Survey">2008 Holiday Consumer Spending Survey</a></p>
<p><strong>Smarter.com</strong> is looking forward to working with you for the holidays! In fact, as a little pre-holiday gift (for those of you that have read this far!) I am offering an incentive to any account that signs up before noon on Oct. 31st! We’ll be having our office <strong>Halloween</strong> party that day, so make sure your account is in-place before noon and I’ll credit you with $50 in bonus clicks! Here is our account sign-up link!:</p>
<p><a href="https://sam.smarter.com/register/sign_up_step_1.php" title="Sign Up Here to Begin a Smarter.com Account!">Sign Up Here to Begin a Smarter.com Account!</a></p>
<p>No <strong>Trick</strong>, just <strong><em>Treat</em></strong>!</p>
<a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/halloween-costumes/" rel="tag">Halloween Costumes</a>, <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/halloween-decorating/" rel="tag">Halloween Decorating</a>, <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/holiday-preparation/" rel="tag">holiday preparation</a>, <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/holiday-tips/" rel="tag">Holiday Tips</a>, <a href="http://blogs.smarter.com/official/tag/special-offer/" rel="tag">Special Offer</a>]]></content:encoded>
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