Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized reviews
Ecommerce

Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized reviews

9y Al Roberts

Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized ...

Last month, Amazon announced an update to its community guidelines that was intended to end incentivized reviews for all products other than books. Re...

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Keep these five points in mind to nail the customer journey
Customer behaviour

Keep these five points in mind to nail the customer journey

9y Jonathan Attwood

Keep these five points in mind to nail the custome...

Sometimes underestimated, the form that appears at the end of the customer's online journey can offer remarkable insight on customer behaviour. Get it...

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Four supplemental marketing strategies for holiday ecommerce growth
Ecommerce

Four supplemental marketing strategies for holiday ecommerce growth

9y Evan Magliocca

Four supplemental marketing strategies for holiday...

The most wonderful time of the year usually means heartburn for retailers trying to squeeze every dollar from the holidays. Read More...

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Five email marketing tips to increase Black Friday ecommerce traffic
B2C Email Marketing

Five email marketing tips to increase Black Friday ecommerce traffic

9y Tereza Litsa

Five email marketing tips to increase Black Friday...

Black Friday can be a great commercial opportunity for brands and email marketing can be an integral part of your marketing strategy. What's the best ...

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Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sales
Data insights

Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sales

9y Al Roberts

Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sal...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner, but the world's biggest online shopping event, Singles' Day, occurred last Friday, November...

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Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future of B2B sales?
Ecommerce

Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future of B2B sales?

9y Al Roberts

Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future ...

When Amazon Echo launched in 2014, some questioned its utility. Fast forward to 2016 and awareness of Echo, which can now be used to order physical an...

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All you need to start your new online venture: 10 tools & 10 useful resources
Attribution

All you need to start your new online venture: 10 tools & 10 useful res...

9y Ann Smarty

All you need to start your new online venture: 10 ...

Are you starting a new online business? It’s always overwhelming! Here’s your ultimate resource list to help. Maybe you have had an idea f...

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How to minimise the interaction cost of your web forms
Ecommerce

How to minimise the interaction cost of your web forms

9y Graham Charlton

How to minimise the interaction cost of your web f...

Completing a form online takes time and effort. This effort can be minimised by structuring the form well, and giving it a flow which will make it eas...

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Infographic: average cart abandonment rates for Q3 2016
Ecommerce

Infographic: average cart abandonment rates for Q3 2016

9y Graham Charlton

Infographic: average cart abandonment rates for Q3...

The average cart abandonment rate, measured across 500 retailers, is 74.4% according to a new report.  The highest abandonment rates were found in tra...

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Are you asking for too much information on web forms?
Ecommerce

Are you asking for too much information on web forms?

9y Graham Charlton

Are you asking for too much information on web for...

Long web forms can deter customers, and one way to reduce the workload is to remove unnecessary fields and questions. Your customers will understand ...

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Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers and Chinese consumers
Ecommerce

Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers and Chinese consumers

9y Guest Writer

Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers...

Our research shows that 80% of Mainland Chinese tourists to Hong Kong have already made their purchasing decisions before travel to the city – largely...

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How to make longer web forms easier for users
Ecommerce

How to make longer web forms easier for users

9y Graham Charlton

How to make longer web forms easier for users

Some web forms have to be longer than normal. While an ecommerce site can limit the user entry to an email, delivery address and payment details, some...

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Why are high-consideration customers becoming more decisive?
Ecommerce

Why are high-consideration customers becoming more decisive?

9y Rebecca Sentance

Why are high-consideration customers becoming more...

If you’re a brand selling high-consideration, ‘big ticket’ items like appliances, cars or luxury goods, the customer journey is vitally important. Rea...

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The emergence of the voice UI and intelligent assistants
Disruptive MarTech

The emergence of the voice UI and intelligent assistants

9y Michael Della Penna

The emergence of the voice UI and intelligent assi...

Earlier this year, a report from Consumer Intelligence Research partners (CIRP) pegged the sales of Amazon’s Echo at more than three million units. Ec...

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Nine great examples of web form design
Design

Nine great examples of web form design

9y Graham Charlton

Nine great examples of web form design

Filling in forms online can be a pain, but good design can make a lot of difference to the user experience.  To coincide with our new Marketer’s Guide...

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Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery business
Ecommerce

Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery business

9y Al Roberts

Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery bus...

Amazon is the king of online commerce, but in an effort to become a real player in the grocery business, the company is reportedly preparing to build ...

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18 delightful examples of Micro UX
Ecommerce

18 delightful examples of Micro UX

9y Christopher Ratcliff

18 delightful examples of Micro UX

Micro-UX refers to the tiny interactions with a website or app that are designed to delight the user, by making their digital interactions easier, mor...

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Use of virtual reality reaches tipping point: stats
AR & VR

Use of virtual reality reaches tipping point: stats

9y Linus Gregoriadis

Use of virtual reality reaches tipping point: stat...

The use of virtual reality headsets is reaching a tipping point with increased opportunities for brands to exploit their growing popularity, according...

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Facebook targets eBay, Craigslist with Marketplace but falls way short
Ecommerce

Facebook targets eBay, Craigslist with Marketplace but falls way short

9y Al Roberts

Facebook targets eBay, Craigslist with Marketplace...

According to Facebook, more than 450 million of its members visit groups on its social network where individuals buy and sell goods, and now Facebook ...

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Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of
Ecommerce

Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of

9y Al Roberts

Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of

Yesterday, Amazon announced an update to its community guidelines that will put an end to incentivized reviews for products other than books. Accordin...

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The six biggest consumer frustrations with ecommerce site search
Ecommerce

The six biggest consumer frustrations with ecommerce site search

9y Graham Charlton

The six biggest consumer frustrations with ecommer...

Site search matters, yet many ecommerce sites are actually deterring customers through poor experiences. Indeed, a fifth of UK shoppers are not satisf...

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The rise of the consumer activist
Ecommerce

The rise of the consumer activist

9y Rebekah Mackay Miller

The rise of the consumer activist

Consumer trust in brands is at an all time low. Research from Young & Rubicam and Edelman has identified a major decline in trust over the last 20...

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Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers
Ecommerce

Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers

9y Al Roberts

Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers

Amazon prides itself on being the most “customer-centric” company in the world, but according to investigative journalism non-profit ProPu...

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55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: stats
Data insights

55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: stats

9y Graham Charlton

55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: st...

A new study underlines the massive influence that Amazon exerts over the ecommerce market, with the site being the first port of call for the majority...

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Mobile is the key to holiday success
Ecommerce

Mobile is the key to holiday success

9y Evan Magliocca

Mobile is the key to holiday success

Retail success for the 2016 holiday season will be founded in mature, mobile-marketing programs and advanced mobile technologies. The most inescapable...

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Hello? Is it me you’re looking for? The problem with site search
Ecommerce

Hello? Is it me you’re looking for? The problem with site search

9y Matthieu Chouard

Hello? Is it me you’re looking for? The problem wi...

Online consumers with intent to purchase only find what they’re looking for in 50% of ecommerce searches. That needs to change. eBay has one. As do Se...

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How to test a website before you launch: a 28 point checklist
Ecommerce

How to test a website before you launch: a 28 point checklist

9y Christopher Ratcliff

How to test a website before you launch: a 28 poin...

Three years ago, Mark Knowles wrote a thorough checklist for testing a website prior to its live launch. It was a very helpful guide, so we thought we...

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