April, 2019

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From URL To IRL: How Urbanization Will Shape The Future Of Retail

RTP blog

By Katrin Zimmermann, TLGG The past years have been rough on the retail sector, to say the least. Still struggling to adjust to the rise of e-Commerce, retailers realize that a much bigger challenge is still ahead of them — urbanization. To understand how connected urban development and retail are, look no further than the bankrupt retailer, Sears. Sears first rose to fame in the 1920s, when Americans living in cities outnumbered those living in rural areas for the first time.

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The 7 deadly sins of ecommerce UX

GetElastic

According to Statista , there were 1.79 billion global online buyers in 2018, and in 2021, the number is expected to rise to over 2.14 billion. And if you’re reading this and haven’t shopped online — especially on a mobile device — what’s your secret? My wallet wants to know. If you’re one of the millions of retailers running an ecommerce site, it’s essential to make sure your users have an optimal experience that makes shopping easy and keeps them coming back to shop again.

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Why You Shouldn’t Try to Rank #1 on Google

Kissmetrics

Do you know what the number one email request I get is? Come on, take a guess. What do you think it is? Ok, its people asking me for money. But, do you know what the second most common email request I get is? Companies asking me to rank them number 1 on Google for a specific term. And I have to say, it’s a big waste of time for you to focus all of your energy on ranking number 1 on Google for a specific term or even a handful of terms.

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How Automation Is Impacting Enterprises In 2019

Forrester eCommerce

Forrester predicted in late 2018 that automation would become the tip of the digital transformation spear in 2019, impacting everything from infrastructure to customers to business models. Now that we’re four months in, we’ve evaluated whether our five specific predictions are on track. We first predicted that 40% of enterprises will have automation centers and […].

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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What Are Spam Traps and Why Should You Care?

Optimizely

Getting your customers to open, read, click, and convert on your emails is hard enough, but what if the emails never even reach their inbox in the first place? That’s why email deliverability is so important. As you likely know, deliverability is the ability to get your email campaigns into your subscribers’ inboxes. To keep email users happy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can’t let every email ever sent to its users slip into their inbox.

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Traditional Types of Ecommerce Business Models + Innovative New Ones To Consider For Your Next Venture

BigCommerce

Think back to how you shopped five years ago. Better yet, ten years ago.

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How To Steal Amazon Wholesale Distributors From Your Competitors

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Did you know that every shipment that arrives into the United States by sea is documented on the public record? Every container, every boat and every product imported into the US can be easily accessed if you know where to look. But what can you do with this data? With access to the US import database, you can… Find Out Which Amazon Wholesale Distributors Your Competitors Are Using – Because all container contents and import data is clearly documented, you can look up all of your com

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Backlinks: Your Free Link Analysis Tool

Kissmetrics

Please note that you may have to clear your browser cache to see the latest version of Ubersuggest. Do you want to know how many people are linking to you? Do you want to find more link opportunities? Well, I created a free backlink tool that will allow you to do that (and much more). I decided to call it Backlinks. And, as you may have guessed, I integrated it within Ubersuggest so that way you can do more within one simple tool.

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Time To Rethink Channel Incentives And Program Management (CIPM)?

Forrester eCommerce

Channel incentives are used to improve indirect sales performance, orchestrate partners’ behavior, and engender channel loyalty. For decades channel professionals have used channel incentives to drive behavior; whether establishing new behaviors, suppressing old ones, or repositioning partners for a new opportunity. Incentives are also effective in masking deficiencies in business value propositions.

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What It Takes to Create and Measure an Effective Influencer Program

Optimizely

An influencer program isn’t just asking a reality TV star to model your products in a #SponCon post on Instagram. Done right, social media influencers can help you build consumer trust in your brand. In fact, the best influencer marketing is similar to word-of-mouth advertising. It’s not the brand itself telling you how amazing it is, but rather the opinion of someone who is an industry expert, your peer, or even a friend.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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The Best Ecommerce Website Builders for Your Online Shop

BigCommerce

Like any other component of your business, your website is an important part of your customers’ journey—arguably one of the…

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eCommerce A/B Testing: Ideas & Tips You Should Know

Groove

What is eCommerce A/B Testing? eCommerce A/B testing is a scientific method of evaluating a marketing variable compared to a control. This occurs when brands show a percentage of users either a control or variable version of a marketing asset. When properly executed, this exercise helps businesses evaluate a variable’s effectiveness related to the control. eCommerce A/B testing mirrors the scientific method and helps businesses isolate individual elements that influence results.

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How To Write A Killer Product Description (Templates And Examples Included)

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If I asked you what it would take to create a website that sells, what would you say? You’d probably talk about optimizing your landing pages and driving traffic to your website. You’d probably talk about your overall website copy and starting a blog. All of these are good ideas. But you might be missing something. Many of you forget that one of the most important aspects of selling online is your product description.

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How to Outrank Big Companies When You Have No SEO Budget

Kissmetrics

There’s a formula to SEO and as long as you follow it, you’ll get rankings. So, what’s this formula? Well, you write amazing content, optimize your code, create a great user experience, and you mix in some backlinks. Sounds simple, right? Well, the formula isn’t too complicated, but it does require hard work and patience. Now what makes SEO challenging isn’t the formula, or the time, or the patience.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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Stop Trying To Replace Your Agents With Chatbots — No, Seriously!

Forrester eCommerce

Customer service organizations have been looking for ways to cut costs for decades. Now that chatbot mania has taken over, many are jumping on the bandwagon and attempting to replace their human agents with chatbots. In theory, that makes sense – a chatbot costs less than a human over time, and most customer service organizations […].

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Connect Your In-Store Experience to Your Online Marketing Strategy

Optimizely

Your most loyal and valuable customers shop across multiple channels, both online and offline. Consumers who buy products both online and in-store have a 30% higher lifetime value than those who shop using only one channel. In fact, customers don’t see “channels” in the same way as marketers do. They want a superior shopping experience wherever they are, whatever device they are using, and at the time that is convenient for them.

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Strategic Easter Email Campaigns Can Put a Spring in Your Marketing Step

BigCommerce

Easter falls a bit later this year — on April 21st — which means you have extra time to pull…

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Email Marketing Mistakes Every Business Should Avoid

Groove

Email marketing has stood the test of time because it helps brands engage with their customers. However, doing it wrong can hurt your business and damage relationships you've worked hard to maintain. Email marketing mistakes can take two forms: process issues and email issues. In this post, we'll cover both and provide tips to ensure your email marketing stays out of the spam folder.

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Future-Proofing Enterprise Commerce: Why Extensibility Wins with Shopify

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.

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Shopify Alternatives – Cheaper Solutions That Are As Good If Not Better

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In the war of ecommerce platforms, Shopify has emerged to become one of the most popular shopping carts in the world. But the problem with popularity is that people tend to blindly recommend Shopify without understanding its limitations. First of all, Shopify isn’t a one size fits all solution and you should do your own due diligence on the Shopify alternatives before making a decision.

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One Simple Hack That’ll Boost Your Ecommerce Sales

Kissmetrics

There’s a little growth hack that every ecommerce site should be using. It’s the easiest hack… it doesn’t require money, you don’t need a following, and it works instantly. But you know what? No one is using it. Can you guess what it is? Well, I’ll give you hint… just look at the image above. It’s not related to SEO, paid ads, or anything else you are used to reading about here on the blog.

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Apple ITP 2.1: What It Is, What It Means, and Why It Matters

Forrester eCommerce

Apple first introduced Intelligent Tracking Protection (ITP) in 2017, but the latest update (2.1) creates a new set of challenges for advertisers, publishers, and tech vendors that make money from online behavioral advertising (OBA), attribution, web analytics, testing, and personalization. With new reports that Google may be following suit, we decided it was time to […].

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What is SMS Marketing and How Can It Power Your Ecommerce Brand?

Optimizely

We’re all glued to our phones – at lunch with friends, waiting in line, while watching Netflix, or even while crossing the road. Our mobile phone addiction may be a bit intense, but the upside for ecommerce marketers is the opportunity to harness the power of SMS marketing. When you look at the numbers, it’s clear why SMS marketing is such a huge opportunity: The global average open rate is 94%. 95% of texts will be read within 3 minutes of being sent.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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Payment Gateways: Keeping Your Ecommerce Transactions Safe

BigCommerce

Payment gateways online have never been so convenient. They’ve also never been such an important target for hackers and scammers.

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Abandoned Cart Subject Lines: 13 Examples to Steal

Groove

Why are Abandoned Cart Subject Lines Important? More than 40% of cart abandonment emails are opened. Of these, about half are clicked on, and of those clicked on, half of the users who clicked made a purchase. This ultimately translates to tremendous potential for businesses to capture lost revenue. Post purchase email automation is made of multiple moving parts, engaging subject lines are the first way to draw customers in.

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Need Money Now? Here’s How To Make 1000 Dollars Fast From Home With Free Tools

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Whenever I get asked for advice on how to start an online business, inevitably the following questions arise. Steve, how can I make money fast? I need money now. Steve, how quickly can I expect to make real money with my business? Steve, what’s the best business model to make money now? Now your definition of “fast” may be different, but the general consensus among my readers is that making money within 1-3 months is pretty darn quick.

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YouTube Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Video Channel and Your Blog Traffic in 2019

Ecommerce Platforms

I am sure you are already familiarized with YouTube and its benefits. Maybe, you already know a couple of vloggers that managed to become popular on this platform. You know that the channel is accessible and that it attracts a lot of viewers, especially the younger audiences. Did you know that it can also be a doorway to YouTube marketing success? Did you know that you can use YouTube as your primary marketing channel for boosting your blog, your personal brand and grow your reputation?

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) Brand Growth Will Boost Social Ad Spending

Forrester eCommerce

In recent years, a wave of so-called digitally native direct-to-consumer (DTC) startups have burst onto the scene and have grown in popularity. Consumers are increasingly purchasing products and services such as mattresses, shoes, razors, and groceries from the over 400 DTC firms now in operation. Forrester forecasts that online spend by DTC enthusiasts will grow […].

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The Data Scientist Inside the Marketing Assistant

Optimizely

KPI dashboards are flashing in the office; flash reports are flush with beautiful data viz; and you’ve even got a job req open for your very own data scientist (I bet it has been open for a while, too). You’ve successfully progressed to become a data-driven marketer. At the same time, your customers are providing a veritable treasure trove of interesting data.

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WordPress Security: Important Considerations and Recommended for Ecommerce Websites

BigCommerce

WordPress is the CMS (content management system) with the largest amount of installations in the world.

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eCommerce User Generated Content: How to Get Started

Groove

What is User Generated Content? User-generated content (UGC) refers to written or multimedia content related to your brand that's created by someone unofficially affiliated with your business. User-generated content, such as product reviews, social media integration, FAQ forums and discussion boards, directly connects your brand with customers. This authentic content is personalized, socially-integrated, insightful and transparent.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!