Whitepapers

CMS & Ecommerce in one application

by Steve Miller

For organizations that are managing online stores and web content there are numerous benefits of integrating Content Management Systems and Ecommerce into a single application. Read this whitepaper to see how combining these components provides a better experience for the user, while simultaneously creating new business value.

Sitefinity security and best practices

by Svetla Yankova

Many large organizations rely on Sitefinity for delivering their web presence - from government agencies, financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies to various businesses all over the world. Security is one of the aspects that no organization can compromise with. This whitepaper reviews the most common threats that organizations face today, what Sitefinity is doing to prevent them, and what extra steps are available in order to make your environment more secure.

Managing the rising tide of mobile devices with Responsive Design

by Jordan Angelov and Gabe Sumner

Mobile traffic is expected to overtake desktop Internet usage by 2014. With the proliferation of various screen sizes and resolutions, organizations increasingly need a mobile strategy to help them deliver an optimized web experience across all devices and platforms. This whitepaper explores the cutting-edge responsive design technique which enables a single website template to adapt fluidly to numerous devices, and explains how you can leverage it for your website with Sitefinity.

Social media marketing: A 5-step strategy to attract more social users and increase your ROI

by Petya Popova-Chilikova

With the growth of Social Media, organizations are rapidly increasing their marketing resources in this channel and marketers need to develop effective strategies to monetize these investments. Our latest whitepaper explores the conversion potential of Social Media, and presents a 5-step strategy for increasing the return on investment from this channel.

Why you should upgrade to Sitefinity 5

by Josh Morales

Sitefinity 5 has introduced a number of major improvements and new functionalities to the CMS: re-architected platform, a cutting-edge user-friendly UI, lots of new features and additional opportunities for developers to extend the system. This whitepaper explores the new features and functionalities of which you can avail if you upgrade your 3.x website to the latest version.

Discover the most effective version of your web site with A/B and Multivariate Testing

by Gabe Sumner

Very often marketers and content authors do not know which page variation or combination of page elements is most appealing to the end user and brings the most conversions. In this whitepaper Gabe Sumner explores A/B and Multivariate Testing as methods to discover the most effective version of your page. The whitepaper discusses in detail the two different types of experiments, and helps you choose the one which is more suitable for your website and will help you reach your goals.

Sitefinity CMS Compared to Open Source Solutions

by Anton Hristov

Choosing a CMS for your website is a long-term decision that has a strategic impact on an organization. Selecting between an open source CMS and a commercial product is a choice that everyone needs to make. This whitepaper outlines the advantages and disadvantages of open source solutions compared to Sitefinity CMS in terms of installation costs, support, integration, usability, upgrade, standards compliance, end user training, and return on investment.

Selecting a CMS based on Ease of Use

by Gabe Sumner

Businesses have an extremely wide range of offerings to choose from, when it comes to content management systems. Among the many selection criteria, ease of use is the primary requirement of any CMS. The easier a system is to use, the more adoption it will gain within the organization especially in the era when content management is becoming more widely recognized as a marketing platform instead of being driven solely by IT.

Best Practices for Website Design and Development: Driving Traffic to Your Website

Wakefly

Your website should be your best salesperson - it is a 24/7, one-stop resource about your company and products. And if you could grow the number of qualified visitors to your site, you would increase your revenue significantly. With this white paper we discuss proven strategies for increasing traffic, including SEO, Pay-per-Click, PRs and more.

Website Design and Development Best Practices: Make Your Website a Lead Generation Machine

Wakefly

The easiest way to keep the content on your website fresh is to build your website with a content management system (CMS). A CMS facilitates editing and updating site content as often as you wish without skills in HTML programming or assistance from an IT department. Therefore, a CMS helps you stay ahead of and even leapfrog over your competition.

The Role of Keywords in Getting Your Website to the Top of the Organic Search Results

Wakefly

Optimizing a website primarily involves editing its content and HTML coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. Sitefinity CMS makes search engine optimization (SEO) easy, and gives you the tools you need to maintain excellent search engine rankings. In this article you will learn the basics on how keywords influence the placement of your website on a search results page.