BigCommerce

JULY 25, 2017

I talk to 3-5 ecommerce owners or business operators each week. And our conversations vary widely. It always starts with the same question –– one I learned back in my journalism days to solicit long answers that slowly reveal the direction of the entire conversation: How did the business get started and how get it get to where it is today? It’s all about how to set up the story, and to do that, any good interviewer needs to first know how the person they are talking to tells their own story.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 13, 2017

The Whole Foods acquisition by Amazon weeks ago was only the latest milepost in the latter's inexorable march to the top of retail. The company sold $136 billion worth of products in 2016 - more than any other online retailer (and just over a third of what Wal-Mart did). And we find that Amazon is big and gaining on Google for product-related searches (be they early or late in the purchase journey).

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Kissmetrics

JULY 7, 2017

In the past, marketing to consumers based on things like how many pages they visited on a site were rudimentary at best. They could tell you, in broad strokes, what a customer might be interested in — but they weren’t very specific. It was a lot like trying to guess what kind of picture a puzzle might make when you only have a couple of the pieces.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JULY 18, 2017

After running my online store course for the past several years, I’ve discovered that helping students pick the right products to sell online is one of the most challenging aspects of running my class. Here’s the catch-22 with niche selection. If you pick the wrong niche or the wrong set of products, you could be shooting yourself in the foot before you even begin.

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Bryan Eisenberg

JULY 3, 2017

We all know the freedom that comes from being an entrepreneur. This holiday week a couple of friends of mine got together to offer you the chance to soak up the holiday sun, sip some lemonade and enjoy the gift of free and very low costs books to improve your business. Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do It will be available this week as a Free Kindle download.

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Optimizely

JULY 11, 2017

Flash sales are great for driving purchases in specific product categories or introducing new merchandise. But because flash sales are meant to be over within a few hours (or “in a flash!”), marketers need to make sure that they’re promoting the sale in a way that not only creates urgency and excitement, but that’s timely and relevant. Unfortunately, the vast majority of marketers still use email to promote flash sales, even when they only last an hour or so.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 18, 2017

An interview I did with E-commerce Brasil published online today in Portuguese. I've been getting requests for it in English so I thought I'd post it here. Happy reading! 1. "The State of Retail eCommerce in Brazil" series gave us an intereting look at eCommerce in Brazil during a difficult economic situation in the country. What are your insights about Brazilian retailers in this study?

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Kissmetrics

JULY 11, 2017

There are three general ways to grow revenue in any ecommerce business: Increase the total number of customers. Increase the average number of times each customer buys from you. Increase the average order value (AOV) from each customer. As ecommerce marketers, knowing what to prioritize can be the difference between a standard year of growth and a phenomenal one.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JULY 10, 2017

On the surface, selling on Amazon is a straightforward process. You ship your goods to Amazon’s warehouse. People buy your products Amazon handles all shipping and fulfillment Amazon pays you money based on what you sold. Sounds simple right? But as with any online business, there’s a lot more going on under the hood that most people won’t tell you about.

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SellBrite

JULY 7, 2017

Here’s a scenario you might be familiar with: a quote you received from a supplier is generating virtual dust in your inbox. You haven’t addressed it because you still need to review your list of current inventory so you can determine what you’re going to offer in the new quarter. You haven’t made time to look into your inventory list because you know you’re dealing with overstock, and you’re not sure how to avoid it again the next time you go to source new products.

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Optimizely

JULY 4, 2017

Marketers know by now that nurturing a shopper into a true loyal customer is about more than getting them to their first purchase. It’s getting a shopper to their second purchase that’s the key to putting them on the path to a long-term relationship, and it’s not until a shopper has made 3 or more purchases that most companies classify a customer as loyal.

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BigCommerce

JULY 13, 2017

For online brands looking to expand into new markets, eBay is often overlooked in favor of Amazon or selling on Facebook. And that’s leaving massive amounts of revenue on the table for those businesses who do look to eBay for expansion. After all, eBay has a total 167 million shoppers, whom of which spent $84 billion in 2016 alone. That’s not measly amount of cash –– not even for multi-million dollar online stores.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 27, 2017

Digital retail theater is becoming reality for consumers as retailers rush to find ways of attracting and retaining store customers. What is digital retail theater? It’s the combination of original retail theater – entertainment, novelty, and engagement – with digital technologies and services to create the next level of in-store experience.

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Kissmetrics

JULY 19, 2017

Are you annoying your customers? Probably so. Inundating your audience with multiple messages at inconvenient times isn’t helpful. Therefore, it’s important to know when and how to engage with consumers. “Marketing is your way of connecting with your customers as well as a way to convey your business’ personality and values – it’s an essential channel…Even companies with the best of intentions can often manage to annoy their target market,” writes Jennifer Warr , former engagement an

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JULY 24, 2017

I have a love hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, Facebook allows me to keep in touch with and keep track of what my friends are up to. But on the other hand, I often leave Facebook with a healthy dose of jealousy and feelings of inadequacy. For example… One of my Stanford classmates just sold his company for over 500 million dollars.

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RTP blog

JULY 31, 2017

By Paul Mandeville, QuickPivot In its recent forecast about cognitive technology, International Data Corporation (IDC) says spending will reach $46 billion by 2020, a seven-fold increase over 2016’s levels. Artificial intelligence is pushing into everyday business reality, and customer experience management is a chief driver of the growth. Chatbots, it logically follows, are the way of the future.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 16, 2017

WordPress is an exceptional option for ecommerce professionals looking for more control over their online stores. It does require a little bit of extra work (finding your own hosting, transferring domains, setting up WordPress,) but you gain full control over your online shop, you get to easily add and adjust CSS and HTML, and the options for expanding your site are endless with the help of plugins.

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BigCommerce

JULY 21, 2017

If your site isn’t responsive and optimized for mobile, chances are around 75% of people will bounce without making a purchase. Want people to create an account before buying? Say goodbye to 35% of mobile customers — and that’s not even the biggest reason they leave. The world of mobile ecommerce can be a confusing minefield for merchants, but it doesn’t have to be.

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JULY 13, 2017

The Whole Foods acquisition by Amazon weeks ago was only the latest milepost in the latter's inexorable march to the top of retail. The company sold $136 billion worth of products in 2016 - more than any other online retailer (and just over a third of what Wal-Mart did). And we find that Amazon is big and gaining on Google for product-related searches (be they early or late in the purchase journey).

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Kissmetrics

JULY 10, 2017

You’re drowning in data. You’ve got enough KPIs to track and report on already. Why would you possibly need another one? What good would come of adding yet another hour to the end of you’re already long work day in order to dig it up? The truth, in this case, is that you can’t afford not to. Lifetime Value isn’t just another vanity metric. It’s THE metric.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JULY 4, 2017

Not too long ago, I was working 40 hrs/week as an electrical engineer, running an online store with my wife, writing posts for my blog, putting out a weekly podcast, teaching an ecommerce course and holding an annual conference all at the same time. In fact, it was only recently that I quit my full time job as a microprocessor designer even though I loved being an engineer.

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RTP blog

JULY 28, 2017

Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerID Every day, more and more brands are coming to the realization that their web site and e-Commerce experience is an integral part of how they’ll survive and grow in today’s changing retail landscape. However, what many fail to realize is that a poorly designed web site can also be their downfall. According to the Baymard Institute’s 2016 study , 27% of consumers said that they abandoned their shopping cart due to a complicated checkout process, while Adobe found that

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Optimizely

JULY 7, 2017

Creating cart abandonment urgency is one of the best ways to get customers to revisit abandoned merchandise and complete a purchase. But when it comes to creating urgency around an abandoned cart, the majority of today’s marketers aren’t able to do so effectively, and therefore fall into two camps: 1. Those that don’t bother to send any type of cart abandonment incentive, but instead send a run-of-the-mill “Oops!

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BigCommerce

JULY 18, 2017

By and large, ecommerce marketers are well aware that sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest can be used to generate leads. But what about community sites like Reddit and Quora? Despite their ubiquity, ecommerce marketers across the industry don’t realize that Reddit and Quora can be absolute gold mines for finding leads and prospects.

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GetElastic

JULY 20, 2017

This post is based on a keynote by Brad Rencher , Executive Vice President and General Manager of Adobe at the Summit 2017 conference. Companies that consistently provide positive customer experiences enjoy higher sales and customer loyalty. A Forrester study comparing revenue growth at several companies in their customer experience index found that leaders outperformed laggards by as much as 24%.

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Kissmetrics

JULY 12, 2017

It might come as a surprise to you, but not everyone is completely sold on conversion rate optimization. Let’s say you want to double your CRO budget. Shinier tools. More data. Expert analysts. These things will improve your CRO efforts. Aaaaaand…they cost money. So you have to convince your boss to shell out more money on something that she doesn’t know much about.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

JULY 12, 2017

Today I’m excited to have Sue B Zimmerman on the show. Now Sue and I met through a mutual friend and I actually recently watched her speak at Ryan Deiss’ Traffic and Conversion Summit. She is known as the Instagram Expert and travels across the world sharing her Instagram expertise. Today we are going to explore ways on how to increase your Instagram following and how to use Instagram to sell your products online.

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RTP blog

JULY 26, 2017

Target is canceling its Cartwheel Perks rewards program after only a year of testing in five markets. While the Cartwheel digital couponing app itself won’t be scrapped, it will eventually be rolled into the main Target app. After shoppers accrued a certain number of points through the Perks program, they could choose from a number of special rewards, including discounts on their next purchase that ranged in value from $10 to $20 on items such as sunglasses, laundry detergent and athletic

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A Better Lemonade Stand

JULY 24, 2017

This post will take you through a step-by-step process for developing your own clothing line apparel brand. The post How to Start a Clothing Line: Your Complete Guide to Design, Sampling, Production & Packaging appeared first on A Better Lemonade Stand.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 18, 2017

When I think about opensource ecommerce, WooCommerce and Magento come to mind. That said, quite a few other opensource solutions exist, and they don't always get their due. Take nopCommerce for example. It's a free, intuitive, clean option with less confusing elements as Magento. This nopCommerce review takes a look at the intricacies of the whole program, including the standout features and whatever unique attributes it has for ecommerce professionals.

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