About a year ago, we were approached by a young lady inquiring about the steps she should take in preparing to launch an ecommerce web site designed to sell scented candles to consumers. It was truly a unique situation in that she had not made any progress toward developing the site. In fact, she hadn’t even secured a domain yet. This was an incredibly clean slate and an opportunity that I’ve rarely encountered in my years as an online marketing consultant.
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