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How to Make Your Ecommerce Copywriting Sales-Ready

BigCommerce

There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there when it comes to ecommerce copywriting.

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The Fastest (and Cheapest) Way to Beat Your Competition

Kissmetrics

If you want to outrank your competition, what do you do? First off, you need to keep track of everything they are doing. From their rankings to the content they are writing to even the links they are building and the keywords they are targeting, understanding what they are up to is key. And after you figure out their strategy, you need to write more content, build more links, and optimize your site.

SEO 363
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Why used clothing can survive the global health crisis

RetailDive

While 2020 hasn't seen the same volume of partnerships among resale platforms and retailers, analysts expect the market to continue to rise.

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Managing The Risks Of The New Remote Workforce

Forrester eCommerce

During the current COVID-19 crisis working from home is a business necessity and no longer just a nice to have. In a normal year, only 5% of information workers primarily work from home, but since March 2020 47% of respondents say their organization has transitioned at least half of their workforce to remote work.[1] It […].

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting an Online Clothing Store

BigCommerce

So you want to start an online clothing store. Great!

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Store Reopenings: Why Retailers Must Go Above And Beyond To Bring Shoppers Back

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers have slowly begun to accept brick-and-mortar’s return: 22% have increased their willingness to set foot into a grocery store or pharmacy since March, according to data from Resonate. Only 24% planned to increase their online grocery orders in June, while 12% are starting to decrease their online grocery usage. However, the resurgence in COVID-19 cases may be causing some second thoughts: in May, 90.4% of shoppers would have returned to stores for general merchandise, hardware, clothing,

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New Research: Reframing The Buy vs. Build Choice

Forrester eCommerce

We’ve launched a new research stream seeking to create “buy vs. build” decision framework for the digital era. Analysts at Forrester are observing very different behavior among clients who need new business solutions. In short, we’re seeing: 1) more clients choosing the “build” option than in past years and 2) new ways of combining buying and […].

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Leveraging PR for Your Ecommerce Website: It’s Easier Than You Think

BigCommerce

When discussing your business goals and marketing strategies, you’re probably already used to terms like “target audience” and “content.

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Contactless Delivery Becomes A Necessity For BOPIS Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a habit. With most of the country having been in quarantine and ordering necessities online since mid-March (well over 21 days), e-Commerce habits forged now are likely to stick in the future. That assumption seems to be confirmed by research published by Cotton Incorporated via their Consumer Response Surveys.

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How to Keep Customers Coming Back to Your eCommerce Website

lateshipment

The average conversion rate of eCommerce websites is 2.86%. Yes, that’s a shockingly low amount of people buying at the first try. Even if you get a lot of new visitors – it might not cut it to make enough sales. So instead of focusing on getting as many people as possible to come to your site, let’s look at luring visitors back in who you are more likely to seal the deal with.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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How American Express Boosted Survey Response Rates Up To 3x

Forrester eCommerce

Do you wonder how to increase survey response rates? I recently had a great conversation with Luis Angel-Lalanne, vice president of customer listening at American Express. Luis and his team made incredible progress, resulting in 2.5–3x higher response rates! In some functions in certain countries, response rates even increased by 8x. Luis generously agreed to […].

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3 Marketing Leadership Tips To Improve Company Culture

Groove

If an interviewee asked you about your company's culture or what it's like to work here day in and day out, what would you say? Your response may reveal a lot about the leadership roles within your organization. In order to improve company culture, leaders must focus on becoming better for the future. So, we're sharing these 3 marketing leadership tips to help increase productivity, drive employee determination and guide your business's overall marketing strategy. 3 Marketing Leadership Tips. 1.

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JCPenney Terminates 1,000 Corporate And International Employees

Retail TouchPoints

To right-size its executive ranks with 152 permanent store closings, JCPenney is eliminating approximately 1,000 workers in corporate and field management and international positions. The benefits package for exiting employees includes severance for eligible associates, outplacement support, compensation for unused paid time off and an extension of employee discounts.

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The Must-Have Elements Of A Product Detail Page

Optimizely

Your product detail page has become the single most important part of your Shopify Plus store. Why? If you consider that Google wants to optimize user-experience and guide them to the most relevant page as quickly as possible, then you should immediately understand the value of optimizing these pages. Additionally, by looking at the design of these pages through a joint lens of customer psychology and data-science, savvy marketers can drive serious revenue through smart design. .

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Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Unlock agility, boost performance, and gain control over your Salesforce frontend with the latest masterclass from Composable.com : Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud Featuring experts from Algolia, Ember, Netlify, and Stripe, this masterclass focuses on practical strategies for optimizing your Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefronts using modern composable commerce integrations.

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Digital-first customer service solutions deliver highly automated service

Forrester eCommerce

There is no single customer service solution that is ideal for all sizes of organizations; all industries; or all business model. For example, many companies selling and supporting higher-value, considered purchases have complex customer service processes that require collaboration between the account and customer service organization. Each customer interaction is also an opportunity to nurture […].

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Black Friday Promotion: 5 Ideas For eCommerce Success

Groove

As we prepare for the holiday season to look a bit different this year ? with the majority of shopping done online ? there's one thing that may make or break your sales: holiday planning. We encourage all of our clients and eCommerce businesses across the board to create a promotional plan in advance. Black Friday Promotion Ideas. In addition to the strategies we shared to help prepare for last year's holiday, we're sharing 5 more Black Friday promotion tips to help drive eCommerce sales this ye

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In The COVID-19 Era, AI Is Retail’s Best Shield Against Fraudsters

Retail TouchPoints

When retail historians compile the definitive chronicle of this era, they will recall something remarkable: as merchants across the nation responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by shifting more operations online, two years’ worth of e-Commerce growth got crammed into two weeks. Unfortunately, the rate of e-Commerce fraud also grew at a rapid pace. How to explain that paradox?

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How To Completely Migrate BigCommerce to Shopify Using Cart2Cart Automation

Ecommerce Platforms

Now that you’re trying to migrate BigCommerce to Shopify, I’ve got a buffet of both bad and good news. Which one would you want first? I say we begin with the bad. And here it goes- apparently, there’s no direct copy-and-paste method of migrating your online store from BigCommerce to Shopify. And neither can you move it by changing the server or database details.

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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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Evolving Business And Technology Priorities In Asia Pacific Post-COVID-19 (On-Demand Webinar)

Forrester eCommerce

The Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® Priorities And Journey COVID-19 Recontact Survey, 2020, fielded in May, confirms what we already knew from our clients: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on Asia Pacific firms’ business and technology priorities. This new data also allows us to compare the results of the survey during COVID-19 to those we […].

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We’re Never Ready

Steve Dennis

Oh sure, maybe we’re ready for the easy stuff. Ready to leave for work, make dinner, hop in a Lyft, do the laundry, pay the credit card bill. But the work that matters, that enlivens the spirit, that changes us, our tribes, and the world around us? That’s a whole different deal. The journey to remarkable is much the same. Taking the plunge can be scary.

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Why Agility And Multi-Touch Attribution Are Key To Personalized Marketing Campaigns

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers understand what they need for next-level personalization, but they are still struggling with speed of action and depth of data. A survey by CMO Council and Catalina found that 72% of marketers said the time gap from insight to action is too long, and nearly 60% point to inconsistencies with the level of depth and granularity of customer insights — while another 36% admit they simply don’t have the data they need to know shoppers.

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313: How To Tell Your Brand Story And Sell More With Michael Jamin

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today I have my friend Michael Jamin on the show. Michael specializes in creating brand stories for companies and he used the power of storytelling to grow his ecommerce store, Twirly Girl, into a multi-million dollar girl’s clothing brand. In this episode, you’ll learn how to create an amazing story for your brand to generate sales. What You’ll Learn.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Burberry’s Strong Sense Of Ethics And Legacy Of Digital Investments Sets It Up For Future Success

Forrester eCommerce

Burberry is the latest in a long line of retailers to announce staff cuts, store closures and a re-think of some of its core assumptions about how customers interact with the brand and how work gets done. As a forward-looking retailer with a proven track record of digital, supply chain and operational innovation, Burberry is […].

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Top 10 Ecommerce Personalization Hacks to Survive in Late-2020s

MakeWebBetter

“For you” is one of the favorite things you love to hear, whether you visit any coffee shop, or buying flowers for someone special. We all have that hunger for “attention”. And we feel good when someone acknowledges it. So your customers. In today’s world, your audience wants to be treated like individuals, not like […]. The post Top 10 Ecommerce Personalization Hacks to Survive in Late-2020s appeared first on MakeWebBetter.

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Using Marketing To Reaffirm Purpose And Value

Retail TouchPoints

Add To Calendar. In April and May, the Siegel+Gale team interviewed a panel of CMOs to assess how their priorities and tactics changed in light of COVID-19. The situation has evolved significantly since then, so senior content strategist Alicia Esposito is catching up with Brian Rafferty, Global Director, Business Analytics & Insights, to see what has changed and what marketers need to know.

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The Google Smart Shopping Dilemma: Control Vs Automation

Store Growers

I’ve been a vocal critic of Smart Shopping campaigns. I used to consider this fully automated Shopping campaign part of the big bag of dirty tricks Google uses to squeeze more money out of unknowing advertisers. So for the last couple of years, I’ve steered clear of Google Smart Shopping campaigns and advised others to do the same. But recently I’ve started to warm up to Smart Shopping.

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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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Walmart Doubles Down On “Save Money. Live Better.” As It Wants To Help You Shop For Your Next Health Insurance Plan

Forrester eCommerce

Walmart quietly launched Walmart Insurance Services LLC. The new business entity moves Walmart beyond just offering education on insurance to selling health insurance policies. “Yes, you read that right, Walmart now has an insurance agency,” reads multiple new job listings on Walmart’s site. This follows a presentation by Walmart President of Health and Wellness Sean […].

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Nisa claims success for new mobile ordering app

TalkingRetail

Symbol group Nisa is claiming success for its new mobile app after more than 1,000 of its retailers signed up in the first two weeks after launch. The app, which is free to download from the Apple Store and Google Play, has been downloaded and registered on almost 2,000 devices, Nisa says, as retailers make.

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Walmart, Best Buy, Starbucks Join Retailers Mandating Face Coverings In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

Three major retailers are taking steps that acknowledge the ongoing danger of spreading coronavirus in communities across the country. Walmart , Best Buy and Starbucks are mandating face coverings for both employees and customers. Walmart’s rule, which also applies to Sam’s Club , goes into effect July 20; Best Buy and Starbucks will require masks beginning July 15.

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Top 10 3PL companies in the world 2020

TradeGecko

Regardless of what your business might be, chances are excellent that your business model has nothing to do with warehousing, shipping or logistics.

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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.