Optimizely

APRIL 3, 2018

This article originally appeared in MediaPost. What matters more to your B2C business — a new customer buying your product or the new marketing channel that brought in the new customer? It may seem like a tough question at first glance, but it isn’t really. The marketing channel is only important because it brought in that new customer. Your customer always will be your number one concern, and you should focus on his or her needs first and foremost.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 26, 2018

On May 18th, Amazon released its Annual Report for the past fiscal year (2017). The Amazon Annual Report, which is made available to the public through the SEC, recapped the company’s remarkable year of growth. However, it also put a spotlight on some of the challenges and obstacles Amazon will face in the year ahead. From general Amazon growing pains to government regulation, part of the report took a hard look at some of the major issues and potential risks ahead that all ecommerce retailers n

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 24, 2018

Software eats the world, right? We’ve been saying that for how long now? (1997 in my case, I think.) And we’re still transforming? Yep. That’s taking so long is just an indication of just how hard it is for companies to change how they operate.

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Groove

APRIL 19, 2018

“No one will follow you if you don’t know where you are going,” – Jack Trout. The Importance of a Branding Strategy. Jack Trout was a revolutionary. You’ve probably never heard of him, but you've definitely heard his ideas. Trout was an advertising executive for General Electric who eventually started his own agency and developed the groundbreaking theory of product positioning and branding strategy.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker

Brands used to look for a commerce platform that could do everything. But over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, so they added, and added, and added— and now it's essential that these vendors work well together. That’s composable, and it’s important to get it right. Customers and your board expect you to be in new channels and to adapt quickly to market change.

Operations

My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 9, 2018

If you are currently selling on Ebay, Etsy or Amazon and you want to start your own ecommerce store, you are probably overwhelmed by the vast number of options at your disposal. Should I pay for an all in one shopping cart solution? Which cart is the best? Should I run my store on WordPress with an ecommerce plugin? Which plugin is the best? Should I use a free open source cart and host my own website?

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 4, 2018

Remember Orkut? Or Friendster? How about MySpace and Classmates? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, because social media platforms come and go faster than most of us can keep up. For every success like Snapchat, there are plenty of others that failed to gain any serious momentum, even if they were fun and innovative ideas. Are you familiar with Vero? You know Facebook, of course, and Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 25, 2018

Today BigCommerce announced that Goldman Sachs has led a $64 million growth equity investment, with backing from current investors General Catalyst, GGV Capital, and Tenaya Capital. The implications for our customers, partners, and industry will be profound, and our entire team is thrilled to partner with Goldman Sachs, a world-class firm and global financial services leader.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 26, 2018

Outage management is a defining moment for utilities and thus provides a great way to reimagine the relationship between utilities and their customers. Absent an outage, most consumers don’t give a whole lot of thought to their utility company – flip a switch and the expected happens. The outage – especially prolonged outages – changes […].

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Groove

APRIL 5, 2018

Marketing platforms like Criteo and Rakuten help eCommerce brands build personalized shopping experiences. These tools collect order information from eCommerce sites to retarget audiences across multiple devices and platforms to drive conversions. However after working with several of our clients, we realized Criteo and Rakuten integrations for BigCommerce are not always what they should be.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 23, 2018

Most people who start their own ecommerce stores are often hesitant to import their goods from overseas. And their fear is understandable. After all when you’re dealing with a vendor that is over ten thousand miles away, every little bit of miscommunication is magnified by 10X. And if you factor in the language and cultural barriers, it can be quite intimidating to pay a large sum of cash to someone in a completely different country.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 19, 2018

Every now and then, the overlords of the Internet decide to change things up in the digital marketing world. And with how fast things change, it can sometimes be easy to miss a noteworthy tidbit of news. One such tidbit recently came to light, and it’s definitely worth your attention. Namely, Facebook has started taking steps to change the Organic Reach of pages on their platform.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 5, 2018

Influencer Marketing Strategy – An Introduction. Word of mouth has always been one of the best ways to get people to buy or at least consider buying from a particular business. While it is hard to get everyday people to talk about a particular product, getting a group of say 100 people to mention a product to the 500 or so combined people they interact with frequently is rather easy — it's traditional word of mouth.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 3, 2018

Today, BigCommerce is excited to announce the first native ecommerce integration for accelerated mobile pages –– i.e. Google AMP. This integration simplifies category and product detail pages, improving mobile site speed and click-through for online sellers. “Mobile has become the primary shopping method for many online consumers, and ecommerce brands are increasingly realizing that their mobile sites need greater prioritization,” said Brian Dhatt, chief technology officer for BigCommerce.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2017, 92% of global B2B marketing decision makers said that improving the ROI of marketing or effectiveness of marketing would be among their top marketing initiatives over the 12 months that followed.

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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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Groove

APRIL 13, 2018

With constant algorithm updates and conflicting advice from SEOs, creating a content strategy can leave brands with more questions than answers. Although a lot has changed, it’s important to understand that the future of SEO driven by the way humans search, and not search engines. The shift from formal keywords to conversational search inquiries is revolutionizing how search engines index content.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 1, 2018

Every year, selling on Amazon continues to get more competitive and I don’t see it getting easier anytime soon. Whenever there’s an opportunity to make money that is simple to understand, the masses always jump in and flood the market. At some point, you have to know what you are doing in order to be successful and we’re pretty close to that point now.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 11, 2018

The average person spends almost two hours on social every day. This comes out to five years and four months on social apps over the course of a lifetime. While this number may sound astounding, we all know how great social can be for connecting and engaging with friends, family, and brands we love. We can get the news, family updates, and current events we need to feel connected all in one place.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 7, 2018

While planning the crowdfunding for my latest project Not A Factory I was faced with a dilemma when I went looking for a good crowdfunding platform. I wanted to I focussed mostly on the European market (I am from the Netherlands myself) so it needed to be in English, but also support multiple payment options. Because what most people don't know is that paying with creditcard isn't very popular at all in the Netherlands and Germany.

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Bootstrapping Ecommerce

APRIL 3, 2018

Small business SEO can take your website to a whole new level. The most important thing is that you create & implement a strategy that works and never fail to make it better than that of your competitors. In this article, we give you the steps on exactly how to do that. The post Small Business SEO: How to Implement SEO for Small Businesses appeared first on Bootstrapping Ecommerce.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 3, 2018

Like a football team captain at a junior high dance, Amazon just sauntered up to a big group of people and started dropping hints about its sweet moves on the dance floor. Okay, that’s not exactly what’s happening here, but it sure felt like that to many bank executives who heard the […].

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Groove

APRIL 27, 2018

Search visitors are some of the most motivated buyers on your site. In many cases, they’re searching because they know exactly what they want and how much they’re willing to pay for it. For this reason, many companies are making search a core component of their eCommerce strategies. However, many basic eCommerce search engines offered by shopping cart platforms fall short of consumer expectations. eCommerce Site Search Solutions.

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GetElastic

APRIL 5, 2018

Online activities generate data that can be collected, stored, and shared. Shopping online, interacting with social media, installing mobile apps – all these actions leave a trail of data. Depending on the consumer’s location, these practices have remained largely unregulated – until now. Starting May 25th, all businesses that engage with European citizens must adhere to new data privacy practices in Europe.

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In this comprehensive guide, we delve into four essential ecommerce strategies for manufacturers. Each strategy is backed by a clear vision to ensure your efforts are aligned. Whether you’re a seasoned industry player or a budding digitalization champion, these strategies offer actionable insights to drive success. What will you find in the guide: Overview of how current events and external pressures impact business priorities.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 25, 2018

44 million Americans reportedly have a side hustle. It seems like just about everyone is looking to get a piece of the gig-economy action. And it’s no surprise why. Running a side-hustle can give you an incredible sense of freedom. You can be your own boss, bring in some extra income, and work on projects you’re genuinely passionate about. Unfortunately, it all takes time.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 18, 2018

Selling services online doesn't seem that difficult at first, until you start going through the entire process. You have to manage content, set up pricing, notify users when orders are made, retarget those users, and much more. Some services allow you to sell services online, but it's not too often you stumble upon one that covers every step of the customer lifecycle.

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Bootstrapping Ecommerce

APRIL 17, 2018

7 ecommerce automation hacks you can use to make your job easier as an ecommerce entrepreneur & make your website experience more streamlined for your customers. The post 7 Ecommerce Automation Hacks for Entrepreneurs & Marketers appeared first on Bootstrapping Ecommerce.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 11, 2018

We’ve just released a major new report, The CIO’s Guide To Automation, AI, And Robotics. We find that, to stay ahead, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and other executives integrating leading-edge technologies into their companies’ operations and business models must turn their attention to automation technologies, including intelligent machines, robotic process automation (RPA) bots, artificial intelligence, and physical […].

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Groove

APRIL 6, 2018

With HubSpot's Content Optimization System, or COS, users can create entire websites, blogs, landing pages and emails that are mobile-optimized out-of-box. These assets also integrate with HubSpot’s full suite of inbound marketing tools. Although HubSpot offers many pre-built templates and a basic Template Builder tool (no coding required), they also allow you to build templates using HubSpot Markup Language (HubL).

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SellBrite

APRIL 20, 2018

Every ecommerce business owner wants to see their business grow and profits increase, but no one likes experiencing the growing pains that so often go hand-in-hand with scaling operations. In ecommerce, investing in multi-channel can help you quickly take your business to the next level, but it can also come with a number of challenges that you may or may not be aware of.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 3, 2018

No website can stand without a strong backbone. And that backbone is technical SEO. Technical SEO is the structure of your website. Without it, everything else falls apart. Imagine you wrote the most amazing content in the world. It’s content that everyone should read. People would pay buckets of money just to read it. Millions are eagerly waiting for the notification that you’ve made it available.

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Bryan Eisenberg

APRIL 16, 2018

On Demand Webinar : Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is about how Oakland A’s manager, Billy Beane, used data to level the playing field. With the right insights, he fought back against teams with far more money and resources to create a winning baseball organization. This won’t be a webinar about baseball though. It will focus on how AI can change the game for retailers to fight back against digital disruptors like Amazon.

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Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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