Sat.Nov 16, 2019 - Fri.Nov 22, 2019

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5 tips to improve web UX for maximum conversions

GetElastic

Usability. Efficiency. Accessibility. All these terms converge to give life to UX design. Good UX fully utilizes web elements and offers a clear and intuitive interface, hence encouraging the conversion rates. Most of the time, UX revolves around enhancing the experience consumers have when interacting with your product. It’s about making sure they find value in what you’re offering.

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Mythbusters Ecommerce Edition: Debunking the Misconceptions of Running an Ecommerce Site

BigCommerce

Running a successful ecommerce website isn’t easy, but it’s made harder by a few myths — some of which are deeply…

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The 5 Worst eCommerce A/B Testing Mistakes to Watch out for 

Inflow Insights

Do you want to use A/B testing to increase the conversion rate on your eCommerce site? Before you start running one of those tests, it’s a good idea to make sure that you set it up correctly. A rigorously-run test can increase conversions, but if the parameters are flawed then the decisions you make based on the test could be too. In this post, we’ll outline the worst eCommerce A/B testing errors that we see online stores make.

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Supporting the Rise of Consumer Data Privacy Regulations: The Current and Future State of Ecommerce Security

BigCommerce

Trends come and go in ecommerce. Customer expectations expand as quickly as online stores strive to meet them.

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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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BaaS 101: What eCommerce Companies Need to Know About Business as a Service

ESW

Cloud infrastructure has fundamentally changed the way IT services are provided. Soon, it may change the way that key business services are offered, too. Business as a Service (BaaS), an application of the Everything as a Service (XaaS) model, provides real-life services like marketing and accounting in much the same way cloud storage is delivered to businesses now — through an instant, on-demand service whereby you only pay for what you use.

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4 Ways Gamification Makes Loyalty a Mobile-First Game Changer

Smile.io

If you’re not already playing games with your customers, it’s time to press start. Millions of brands are increasing their customer engagement and optimizing their customer experience with gamification. This strategy encourages brands to add some layers of game mechanics to their customer experience that will help to repeatedly create excitement. “[Gamification is] the process of taking something that already exists - a website, an enterprise application, an online community - and integrating ga

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Don’t Overspend on Shipping! Here’s How to Negotiate Your Shipping Contracts

ChannelAdvisor

Has this ever happened to you? . It’s time to renew a shipping contract. You’ve been buried under a mountain of mission-critical tasks — everything from juggling inventory to handling returns — which means your time is limited. So rather than reading and reviewing the fine print, you simply ask where to sign. It’s worked in the past, so there’s really no need to revisit what’s in there.

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Black Friday: more than a bargain

Retail Technology Review

By David Griffiths, Senior Product Marketing & Strategy Manager, Adjuno. It’s that time of year again. Retailers should now be in full swing with their Black Friday and Cyber Monday preparations as they look to build on the success of last year’s shopping phenomenon. In fact, Black Friday brought in $6.2 billion in online sales last year, a growth of 23.6%, with over 165 million people shopping over the weekend.

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How to Create Personalized Marketing in the Wake of CCPA

SheerID

The post How to Create Personalized Marketing in the Wake of CCPA appeared first on SheerID.

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B2B Marketing And Sales: Combat Digital Sameness With Video

Forrester eCommerce

Video has incredible power for B2B marketing and sales to deliver lots of information in a small, engaging package. Join me and my colleague Cheri Keith at TechX for our session, “Switched On: Four Must-Have Video Technologies,” to find out how to supercharge your campaigns. The session will: Help you understand the various technologies and […].

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Is Your Business AI-Ready? Find Out with Orium’s Maturity Model

Generative AI is poised to redefine B2B, but scaling AI success in this space isn’t without obstacles. From fragmented data sources and complex buyer journeys to operational inefficiencies, the road to AI-powered growth can be challenging. To achieve a competitive edge, understanding your organization’s AI-readiness is essential. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model provides a quick, actionable way to assess your starting point.

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Snapchat eCommerce: How To Sell Products on Snapchat

Groove

By 2021, mobile eCommerce will account for 54% of total online sales. Companies like Snapchat are cashing in on this opportunity by offering eCommerce companies the tools they need to succeed. To help merchants like you, we’ve created this blog to cover: Different Snapchat ad formats. Buying habits of users. An exemplary success story. Metrics. Influencer marketing and tips.

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I Need Your Help With Ubersuggest

Kissmetrics

It’s been more than a year since I launched the “new” Ubersuggest. And over the last 12 months, I have made a lot of progress. Just as a quick recap: Ubersuggest went from a basic keyword research tool to now containing backlink data, rank tracking, content ideas, site audit reports, and many more features. If you haven’t played with Ubersuggest in the past few months, give it a try.

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A Wrap-Up Of Singles Day 2019

RTP blog

By Franklin Chu , Azoya USA. Today’s e-Commerce market is oversaturated and many players are losing steam and losing money. Yet Chinese e-Commerce giant Alibaba recorded a whopping $38.4 billion in GMV this year, a 26% jump from last year’s Singles Day. While growth is slowing, it remains strong and impressive for a company as large as Alibaba.

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Enterprise Security Vendors Need An Infusion Of Open Source Culture

Forrester eCommerce

This week, I attended IBM’s fifth annual Security Summit in New York City, an exclusive event for a who’s who of IBM’s security customers. This is my third year attending, and I always look forward to going for a few reasons: 1) This is a small, targeted half-day security conference — perfect for a forced […].

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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eCommerce SEO Checklist: 10 Tips to Increase Traffic

Groove

Paid search engine marketing helps drive traffic to your eCommerce website. However, complementing SEM efforts with search engine optimization (SEO) can take your website’s reach to the next level. Before you launch a new site or update an existing one, it’s critical to optimize your content and website structure. To help with your eCommerce SEO efforts, we’ve created a concise checklist.

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Instagram Ads for Ecommerce: A Guide to Getting Started

BigCommerce

So you’re running a plethora of ad campaigns across Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more, and you’re wondering: Should I…

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RTP Editors Weigh In On Shoptalk’s All-Female Speaker Lineup

RTP blog

Last week, Shoptalk made a groundbreaking announcement, revealing that its fifth-annual event will host an all-female speaker lineup in 2020. The move will be a first for a major retail event, with the goal of pushing back against the underrepresentation of women in leadership and executive roles within the industry and beyond: The Conference Board recently reported that the number of female CEOs in the S&P 500 dropped by 20% in 2018, from a high of 27 the previous year to just 22.

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Tie CX To $ In Your Measurement System

Forrester eCommerce

In a previous post I wrote about why $ is the only CX metric that really matters. So, how do you make it the centerpiece of your CX measurement program? The basic principle is about as simple and compelling as it gets. Let’s start with something that everyone in business already accepts: Some customers are […].

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Omnichannel E-Commerce: Drive More Revenue at Less Cost

Today’s e-commerce landscape is vast and it’s moving fast and is fiercely competitive. To thrive you need to offer the right products to the right customers on the best channels. Learn how to successfully harness the power of omnichannel selling to reach more online buyers, diversify and grow revenue, and reduce cost – while delivering a seamless "shop to ship" customer experience across all channels.

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Fitting In – 5 Lessons Learned When I Stopped Giving A Sh!t

My Wife Quit Her Job

If you’ve ever met me in real life, you probably know that I have a tendency to blurt out whatever is on my mind. Sometimes what comes out of my mouth is inappropriate. Sometimes it’s embarrassing. And sometimes, it’s what everyone else is thinking but unwilling to say out loud. But it’s who I am and I don’t care:). What’s funny though is that I was a completely different person as a kid.

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How To Setup WooCommerce Store: A Complete Guide

MakeWebBetter

Non-store retail sales last month accounted for 11.813 percent of the total, compared with 11.807 percent for general merchandise. ? CNBC Reports The online market is outracing the physical stores. Although the rumors spread across claims that many Brick & Mortar stores have shifted slightly to online retail sales as well through the small WooCommerce […].

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Retailers Seeking Private Equity Investment Need Reputational Risk Roadmap

RTP blog

By Nir Kossovsky, Steel City Re The retail sector is a prime target for private equity firms, as investors provide capital and expertise to both early stage retailers with promising expansion potential and established brands seeking support for new strategies and hoping a new capital structure will enable greater agility and innovation. However, in the wake of disappointing IPOs by Uber and other well-known brands and Chapter 11 filings by several prominent private equity-backed retailers, inves

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Who Else Has $26 Billion To Spare?

Forrester eCommerce

Charles Schwab is in advanced talks to buy TD Ameritrade for $26 billion, creating a brokerage with more than $5 trillion in combined assets. So far, Wall Street likes the proposed deal, as TD Ameritrade shares are up 15% (on pace for its best day in more than 11 years!) and Schwab shares are up […].

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NEWS: SML RFID Delivers 98% Inventory Accuracy to Gina Tricot

I’m getting in touch with the news that fashion retailer, Gina Trictot, has achieved 98% inventory accuracy thanks to its partnership with SML RFID. Please see the full press release below, including exclusive quotes.

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282: Michelle Schroeder Gardner On How To Make 7 Figures With Affiliate Marketing

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today, I’m thrilled to have my friend Michelle Schroeder Gardner on the show. Michelle started out with over $40K in debt and hustled her way to becoming a millionaire by starting her blog MakingSenseOfCents.com at the age of 22. Today, she earns over 100K per month from blogging through affiliate marketing and teaches a popular affiliate marketing course.

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April Dunford Video: Maybe you’re not in the business you thought you were in

Omniconvert

In this week’s episode of Growth Interviews, we invite you to join our podcast conversation with April Dunford, marketing strategy consultant, a passionate market positioning expert and digital start-ups mentor. Welcome to Growth Interviews! Welcome to Growth Interviews, the fun, stimulating and engaging series of conversations driven by digital business growth.

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Why lack of retail innovation is tied to stagnant growth

GetElastic

In 333 BC, Alexander the Great was marching boldly through what would come to be known as the Turkish region of Asia. He came upon a city called Gordium, named for the ancient king Gordius, the father of the more well-known Midas. Alexander was shown Gordius’ chariot, which was tied to a pole by means of a very elaborate patchwork of knots that formed a single mega knot.

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Hot DAM! Top Vendors In Our New Wave

Forrester eCommerce

I’ve been there just like you. As a content creator before Forrester I produced 3,000 videos and managed my assets like you probably do–or did. Content was across multiple hard drives, FTP servers, personal cloud storage, and wherever else it might land. “Workflow” was done through email and spreadsheets and determining content ROI was tough. […].

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Is Your Brand AI-Ready? Find Out with Orium’s Maturity Model

Generative AI is reshaping retail, but achieving true AI success isn’t simple. Many brands face hurdles—underdeveloped data strategies, limited AI-ready infrastructure, or lack of seamless integration across systems. As you explore how AI can boost efficiency and transform customer experiences, understanding your business’s readiness is key. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model offers a clear starting point.

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Square Terminal Review 2019: Your Complete Guide

Ecommerce Platforms

Square is probably one of the most popular and well-respected companies on the market when it comes to payment processing systems and tools. Designed to help merchants from all backgrounds build their businesses in today's digital and mobile world, Square offers everything from online selling accounts to in-person point of sale machines. Announced back in Autumn 2018, the Square Terminal is the first countertop credit card machine available from the brand.

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Nike Left Amazon. Should Your Brand Leave Too?

Wiser

Have you heard the news that Nike will no longer sell merchandise on the Amazon.com marketplace? It quickly became a major, trending news story—Nike will turn its attention to its direct-to-consumer channel and look to recoup those Amazon sales on its own website. What’s the deal with that? Depending on who you ask, this is either a smart move for Nike or a bad one.

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Common click fraud tactics and how to prevent them

GetElastic

We know that click fraud is a costly threat source facing advertisers. The question we’re left to ask, though, is “why?”. What is the motivation behind these fraudsters’ actions? How do they translate clicks into cash? And, most importantly, what can we do to insulate the market against risk in the face of ever-increasing numbers of attacks? How & Why Online Advertising Works.

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Yet More DevOps Trends (2020)

Forrester eCommerce

So, we issued our 2020 DevOps predictions. We were limited in number and format and there were a lot of great ideas. Here are some of the additional trends Forrester is tracking in DevOps for 2020: The end of plan/build/run and stage gates. We’ve governed and managed IT for decades on the plan/build/run operating model, but […].

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt