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- E-commerce and Retail
Scary… The Average Halloween Fan Is Planning To Spend Over $100 This Year!
For the first time ever, per-person spending for Halloween will top $100. This year, each of the top spending categories – candy, decorations, costumes, and greeting cards will see significant increases, not just over last year’s numbers, but also over 2019 spending numbers.The Shelf, 021 Halloween Spending, Sales, Stats, and Trends Halloween Statistics Are UP! Last year, less than half…
- E-commerce and Retail
Why An Emotional Connection Will Be Key In This Holiday Season’s Sales Success
For well over a year, retailers have been dealing with the pandemic’s impact on sales and it looks like the marketplace is set to face yet another challenging holiday shopping season in 2021. Manufacturing and supply chain disruptions continue to wreak havoc on the ability to keep inventory reliably in stock. Safety protocols continue to inhibit customers from making in-store…
- E-commerce and Retail
13 Types of Triggered Email Campaigns You Should Implement
In working with several email vendors, I’ve always been surprised at the lack of pre-designed, effective triggered email campaigns within the accounts upon implementation. If you’re a platform reading this – you should have these campaigns ready to go in your system. If you’re an email marketer, you should be working to incorporate as many types of triggered emails as…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
5 Ways That Social Listening Builds The Brand Awareness You Really Want
Businesses should now be more aware than ever that simply monitoring social media while trying to improve a brand’s recognition is not enough anymore. You also have to keep an ear to the ground for what your customers really want (and don’t want), as well as keep abreast of the latest industry trends and competition. Enter social listening. Unlike mere…
- Content Marketing
OneUp: Automatically Post To Google Business Profile From Your RSS Feed
If you’re a local business, it’s critical that you maintain both a website that’s well-optimized as well as a Google Business Profile Account. The vast majority of search engine users never scroll or navigate to organic results that find your website… they interact with the map pack on the search engine results page (SERP). The map pack is the section…
- Marketing Tools
Agreedo: Maximize Your Meeting Efficiency with Streamlined Notes and Agendas
Are you struggling to keep your meetings organized? Are you tired of endless notetaking or forgotten follow-ups? Whether you’re managing a small team or collaborating with clients, keeping track of key decisions and tasks is crucial to your project’s success. AgreeDo offers a simple yet powerful solution to help you and your team stay on track, saving time and ensuring…
- Analytics & Testing
Plausible: A Lightweight, Cookieless Alternative to Google Analytics
This week I was able to spend some time with some marketing seniors from a local University and they asked what foundational skills they could work on to be more desirable to employers. I absolutely discussed Google Analytics… mostly because it’s quite a complex tool that I see a growing number of companies make terrible decisions with. Ignoring filters, events,…
- Analytics & Testing
Clarabridge: Actionable Insights from Every Customer Interaction
As consumer expectations for customer service increase, companies must take action to ensure their customer experience remains commensurate. 90% of Americans consider customer service when deciding whether to do business with a company. American Express It can be difficult to deliver on this objective as the sheer volume of available feedback can be overwhelming, causing Customer Experience (CX) teams to…
- E-commerce and Retail
Prestashop: How to Optimize Your Online Store for Increased SEO and Conversions
PrestaShop is a powerful open-source e-commerce platform that powers approximately 250,000 online stores worldwide. What sets PrestaShop apart is its robust customization capabilities, extensive module marketplace, and commitment to providing merchants complete control over their data, code, and costs as they scale. Search engine optimization (SEO) is not just another marketing channel—it’s a critical lifeline for e-commerce success. With 36%…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
#GetVaccinated Campaign Earns Influencers Mainstream Respect
Even before the first COVID-19 vaccination was administered in the U.S. in December 2020, high-profile figures in entertainment, government, healthcare, and business were imploring Americans to get vaccinated. After an initial surge, however, the pace of vaccinations fell even as the vaccines became more widely available and the list of people who were eligible to get them grew. While no…
