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It is the same for all websites and blogs: You need traffic to the site. Without traffic nobody will learn about what you have to offer of goodies at your website or blog. Feedjit is the smartest and most simple innovation I know of to help you get more visitors to your site at present. And Feedjit is a fun experience for your visitors, too. Did I forgot to tell you that Feedjit is free? Feedjit will appear at your blog or site when you add a small snippet of code to each of your web pages.

Show the real-time traffic stream

From a list of visitors displayed as a live traffic feed you can go to a webpage of Feedjit with a list of your visitors: Where they are coming from and where they are going in real-time. This is really amazing to see. See Feedjit in function live here about stock photo search Again, as this list is on the Feedjit website it is at the same time giving you links back to your site and in that way enhancing your position in the search engines like Google, see http://live.feedjit.com/live/jubiii.com/

The world map of Feedjit

The most fun thing to add is a small world map. On this world map small red dots will show from where your visitors are coming from the latest 24 hours. The map will show up to 100 dots, not to cover the whole map. This is in itself a nice addition to the visitor experience to your site as the map will function as a kind of testimonial about that you get a lot of visitors from all around the world. See Feedjit in function: The Feedjit world map of visitors to Island Vacation Tips. When visitors click on this small map widget they will go to a web page at Feedjit with an interactive map with flags. The flags show the location in each country from where your latest visitors are coming from. This map is really looking impressive and will take up to 1000 visitor locations. The visitor can move around on the map and also use its zoom function. The beauty of this world map from a marketing aspect is that on the map a small window is showing the most popular of your web pages with links. In other words this big world map url will provide you with dynamic links back to individual web pages of your site. This should help you quite a lot for your ranking in Google and other search engines At the same time this list will invite your visitors to click on other pages at your site. All in all a fine visitor experience and a good marketing help for your site or blog.

Most popular pages today – list

Another snippet is listing the 10 most popular pages of your site today. Again this is just a small code to install, and placed in your menu it will invite visitors to click on more of your pages.

Installation of the Feedjit snippets

The installation of these Feedjit snippets is very simple on a blog. There are special easy install on Blogger but else you just cut and paste the small script into your blog template or website HTML (should be on each page). In a WordPress blog the easiest way is to add a text blog in the Design section: Widgets. Add the text blog, save it and edit it by pasting in the relevant code for the Feedjit snippet. Then you can move this widget around to where you want it to show on your blog. Experiment for the best results.

The effect of Feedjit widgets on your website

Webmasters report an increase of time spend, number of visited pages per visitor, number of repeat visitors, and amount of earnings from 2 to 4 times. Not bad for installation of a few small codes – free.

Consumers don’t like carrying cash but are wary of handing over a credit card because of the risk of credit card fraud. But what’s the alternative?

Contactless payments.

The next generation of electronic payment, contactless payments don’t require the customer to hand over their card. The whole transaction is completed electronically, and their card never leaves their hand. It’s faster, easier and much more secure.

But what about the merchant? Should cash-heavy merchants rush into setting up a contactless payments merchant account? A payments consultant would answer a resounding yes! Contactless payments merchant accounts deliver even greater benefits to merchants than it does to consumers. Read on to find out how.

What is Contactless Payment?

Contactless payments merchant accounts are the third generation of electronic payments. (The first generation was the old plastic credit card, and the second was the magnetic stripe card.) Merchants with contactless payments merchant accounts enable customers to use their credit cards for purchases without ever handing their card over. Contactless payments merchant account transactions use one of the following methods:

• Contactless readers;
• Retailer cards/fobs;
• NFC (near field communication) enabled mobile payment software; or
• Back end processing/over the air payment software.

Customers love it!

Payments consulting research shows that 86% of consumers want to carry less cash, and most carry less than $20. (Survey was conducted in 2005 by lpsos and commissioned by MasterCard). They’re growing more comfortable using credit, but they’re still quite worried about security issues when handing over their card. In fact, 91% of likely users would feel more secure if they were allowed to hold their payment card through their entire payment process.

And then there’s ease of use, speed and convenience. Nationwide, almost 75% of respondents refuse to wait in line longer than five minutes for a purchase of less than $25, and more than 25% refuse to wait longer than just two minutes.

So how does contactless payment compare in terms of speed? Very well, in fact… It takes only 1/3 to ½ of the time of the average cash or traditional credit card transaction:

• CVS Pharmacy Average Cash Transaction = 33.7 seconds
• Average Card Transaction (w/o Signature = 26.7 seconds
• Average RF Transaction = 12.5 seconds

So contactless payments increase customers’ sense of security and decrease hated wait-times. It’s no surprise, then, that customers love it!

And the growth rate of contactless payments merchant accounts shows it. According to Brian Triplett, senior vice president for emerging product development-Visa USA, “The adoption rate is the fastest we’ve seen for any new technology. I do expect we will continue to see significant growth; whether it’s double or triple we’ll have to wait and see.”

What are the Benefits for Merchants?

The most obvious benefit for merchants in having contactless payments merchant accounts is that consumers love it, so they’ll use it more often and spend more.

But the benefits don’t end there. Contactless payments merchant accounts also:

• Leverage ‘Top of Wallet’ convenience – Like traditional credit cards (and unlike cash), the customer’s card is always in their wallet, which means they’re more likely to spend, simply because they can.

• Deliver increased merchant differentiation – Particularly in the early days of adoption, merchants with contactless payments merchant accounts will ‘stand out from the crowd.’ They’ll offer consumers a new and exciting way to pay for goods and services.

• Are cheaper to operate – Transactions clear as a card-present, magnetic stripe-read transaction, but card readers are a fraction of the cost of a new POS terminal.

• Increase efficiency – Businesses with contactless payments merchant accounts enjoy much more rapid check-out times during peak hours.

• Are easy to install and upgrade – The hardware for contactless payments merchant accounts is all plug-n-play.

• Increase customer loyalty – Studies show that customers return to the participating merchant’s location on an average of two times a month.

• Leverage a general consumer movement away from cash (20%) – Even customers who don’t specifically love contactless payment probably DO specifically dislike cash. By offering them an alternative, businesses increase the likelihood of a sale.

Put simply, businesses with contactless payments merchant accounts enjoy increased transaction volume (average 45%) and increased ticket size (average 20%).

What Merchants Benefit Most from Contactless Payments Merchant Accounts?

Contactless payments merchant accounts are ideal for cash-heavy merchants. Target industries include:

• QSR
• Petroleum & C-store
• Book Stores
• Dry Cleaners
• Video Rental
• Pharmacy
• Grocery
• Parking
• Movie Theaters
• Stadiums & Arenas
• Theme Parks
• Events
• Cafeterias (Schools & Corporate)
• Taxis
• Transit
• Vending
• News Stands
• Parking Garages

Conclusion – The Future of Contactless Payments Merchant Accounts?

Contactless payment offers significant bottom-line benefits to merchants. It’s the next generation payment system that’s faster, easier, more secure and more convenient for consumers, which means it facilitates more sales (greater volume transaction) of greater value (ticket lift) for merchants. It’s a win-win situation!