Ability Academy

Ability Academy offers ecommerce professionals the opportunity to increase their web store sales by increasing their knowledge of the latest marketing, merchandising and content management techniques for ecommerce.

Ability Commerce instructors aren't just teachers, they work with Ability Commerce ecommerce software developers and Marketing Concepts ecommerce service providers to help retailers increase conversions and increase sales on their websites year-round. The knowledgeable instructors at Ability Academy offer hands-on training sessions and webinars on a wide variety of ecommerce topics throughout the year.

Subjects Covered:

• Google Analytics
• Email Marketing
• Merchandising
• Search Engine Optimization
• Social Media
• Optimizing for Mobile

Students of the Ability Academy on-site training sessions participate in intense information sessions, in which they learn about the latest techniques in ecommerce. Students then have the opportunity to apply this knowledge directly to their own website during the workshop sessions. Ability Academy instructors work closely with students during the productive workshop sessions as the students work on their own websites to develop a strategy and make improvements to their web store.

Questions and discussions are encouraged during these creative sessions as students work on individual laptops to apply what they have learned. Each student has the opportunity for direct one-on-one assistance from their instructors during the workshop sessions.

Ability Academy offers Webinarswhich ecommerce professionals can attend online from the comfort of their own office. Sessions are highly relevant to the ecommerce retail industry and discuss important topics throughout the year.

Subjects Covered:

• Getting Your Website Ready for the Holidays
• Merchandising Smarter in Your Web Store
• Winning New Customers with Social Media Campaigns
• Strategies in Search Engine Optimization

Ability Academy webinars are hosted online and can be attended from any computer with internet access. Ability Academy Hands-On Training sessions are hosted at Ability Commerce located in Delray Beach, Florida.

SmartSite Training at Ability Academy.

Once you've selected Smartsite as your ecommerce platform, you'll need to spend some time learning how to use it to maximize the results. As part of our new client orientation, we will invite you and your colleagues to attend three to four days of live, instructor led, SmartSite training at Ability Academy. Most of the sessions are done over the web, but you may also attend in person at Ability Academy in Delray Beach, Florida. SmartSite training starts at the beginning, with an introduction to the software solutions you've selected and all of the features and tools available to you in the system. From there, we take a deeper dive into the "how to" components so that by the time your system is ready to Go Live, you are an expert.

We'll even guide you through the set-up, data upload and various ways to display your brands, menus, categories, items and item pages. Our software trainer will guide you through the process of importing, editing and managing content, too. You'll learn all about powerful conversion tools such as promotional areas, onsite search, triggered emails, wish lists and more that are built into the system.

Mobile is a big part of any ecommerce strategy. Smartsite has built-in capabilities that allow you to optimize and intrigue your shoppers, regardless of the way they shop. We support your mobile sales initiatives during training so you can capture any shopper, from any device easily. It is easy to adapt the look of your SmartSite for proper display on mobile devices with the techniques you learn in class.

By the time you are ready to launch your Smartsite, you'll know all you need to know. And, if you like, we record the sessions so you can attend on demand at your convenience to reinforce what you've learned.

Our clients are very busy! If we need to spread out the training to partial days or come onsite, let us know and we will see how that can be accomplished, too.

Training doesn't end there….on an ongoing basis, we provide a monthly enewsletter filled with quick tips you can use, reminders and industry trends to help you keep up with the fast paced, online retailers marketplace.

And finally, the learning doesn't end with your initial training. Each year we host the Ability Commerce Users Summit we jam pack two and half days full of industry information, best practices, insight and case studies. You'll have the opportunity to learn alongside your peers and trade real world experiences.