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Optimize Mobile Merchandising

Optimize Mobile Merchandising

There are more than 90 million smartphone users and 24 million tablet users in the United States. Even if you have already "optimiz... 0 Comments | Read More »

Email Segmenting for Mobile Users

Email Segmenting for Mobile Users

Given that one in ten email recipients are reading emails on a mobile device, marketers need to find a way to segment email lists so... 0 Comments | Read More »

Get Personal with Email Campaigns

Get Personal with Email Campaigns

Personalization is a tool within the email marketer's toolbox that creates relevancy. In its basic form, personalization is really u... 0 Comments | Read More »

Let Your Customers Help You with SEO

Let Your Customers Help You with SEO

A marketing team can only share so much content on its own, and that content tends to sound like, well, marketing. But empowering co... 0 Comments | Read More »

Expedite Shopping with Quick Views

Expedite Shopping with Quick Views

One of the main goals of an ecommerce site is to decrease the time it takes consumers to add products to their cart. By utilizing a ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Referring Consumers to Your Competition

Referring Consumers to Your Competition

Referring consumers to direct competitors for items you do not carry applies to ecommerce merchants who value customer service. It ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Subscriptions Bring Stable Income

Subscriptions Bring Stable Income

Online retailers should seek to sell subscription services when and where it makes sense. The subscription model means that merchan... 0 Comments | Read More »

Video is an Attractive Medium

Video is an Attractive Medium

Video — both promoting products and offering entertainment — makes good content, potentially attracting new customers. It gives shop... 0 Comments | Read More »

Get Realistic About Open Rates

Get Realistic About Open Rates

You may have seen a decline in email open rates. Remember, an "open" only registers with an image load. With more people viewing on ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Design Simply

Design Simply

Heavy graphics are not functional for consumers who want to just fill their shopping carts and check out. A website that conveys in... 0 Comments | Read More »

Differentiate Your Email Identification

Differentiate Your Email Identification

Never repeat what is in the From line again in the subject line. The recipient knows the email is from you; there's no need to repea... 0 Comments | Read More »

Focus on Your ‘From:’ Line

Focus on Your ‘From:’ Line

Many ecommerce merchants agonize over the subject lines as being the most important element. However, when viewing on a mobile devic... 0 Comments | Read More »

Reactivation Emails Bring Repeat Sales

Reactivation Emails Bring Repeat Sales

The majority of new customers will not return to your site. A reactivation campaign can pick up from where your transaction confirma... 0 Comments | Read More »

Making Sites Smartphone Friendly

Making Sites Smartphone Friendly

The simplest way to take advantage of mobile-search crawlers is to detect smartphone browsers on every page and serve them a smartph... 0 Comments | Read More »

Use Mistakes as Opportunities

Use Mistakes as Opportunities

What happens when the inevitable mistake email goes out to the masses? An 'oops' email declares to consumers that you’ve made a mist... 0 Comments | Read More »

Lure Viewers With Infographics

Lure Viewers With Infographics

An etailer needs a creative angle to develop interesting, valuable, sharable content that remains relevant to its core product set. ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Social Targets Female Shoppers

Social Targets Female Shoppers

If you are targeting females, offer an online chat feature, discussion forums, high-quality visuals, customer reviews, and video. Al... 0 Comments | Read More »

Improve Your Bottom Line with Competitive Analysis

Improve Your Bottom Line with Competitive Analysis

With competitive analysis, you can obtain information that you can use to improve your business's position relative to your competit... 0 Comments | Read More »

Be Prepared For a DDoS Attack

Be Prepared For a DDoS Attack

DDoS attacks against online retailers are often intended to cost the victim profits that might have otherwise been realized. Retail... 0 Comments | Read More »

Join Industry Related Social Groups

Join Industry Related Social Groups

Groups can serve as a place to build your network, participate in a community of like-minded individuals and share information about... 0 Comments | Read More »

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