Optimizely

APRIL 3, 2018

This article originally appeared in MediaPost. What matters more to your B2C business — a new customer buying your product or the new marketing channel that brought in the new customer? It may seem like a tough question at first glance, but it isn’t really. The marketing channel is only important because it brought in that new customer. Your customer always will be your number one concern, and you should focus on his or her needs first and foremost.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 24, 2018

Meeting your business objectives isn’t easy – no matter how many Inc., Entrepreneur, Fast Company or Medium posts go viral within the executive community explaining why this or that strategy produced hockey stick growth. The truth of the matter is this: What makes your business successful is your dedication to customer experience, your market strategies, your operational efficiencies and the team of people you build.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 24, 2018

Software eats the world, right? We’ve been saying that for how long now? (1997 in my case, I think.) And we’re still transforming? Yep. That’s taking so long is just an indication of just how hard it is for companies to change how they operate.

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Groove

APRIL 19, 2018

“No one will follow you if you don’t know where you are going,” – Jack Trout. The Importance of a Branding Strategy. Jack Trout was a revolutionary. You’ve probably never heard of him, but you've definitely heard his ideas. Trout was an advertising executive for General Electric who eventually started his own agency and developed the groundbreaking theory of product positioning and branding strategy.

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Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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APRIL 10, 2018

** Click here to check out Sherlock – our recently released product on Product Hunt now **. User engagement is the lifeblood of every SaaS business. Whether you run a light, freemium prosumer app; or a heavy, enterprise B2B app – the success of your business is dependent on the engagement level of your user base. This is because the business model of SaaS is based on retention.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 9, 2018

If you are currently selling on Ebay, Etsy or Amazon and you want to start your own ecommerce store, you are probably overwhelmed by the vast number of options at your disposal. Should I pay for an all in one shopping cart solution? Which cart is the best? Should I run my store on WordPress with an ecommerce plugin? Which plugin is the best? Should I use a free open source cart and host my own website?

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BigCommerce

APRIL 20, 2018

Have you been watching? Google and Amazon are in a showdown. Just check out how their ad listings currently look: Google Shopping search versus Amazon Shopping search (via Search Engine Land). But Google isn’t stopping with a similar design. They are placing themselves firmly in the corner of businesses. In March 2018, Google announced their Shopping Actions launch –– a tool aimed at helping retailers compete against Amazon.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2017, 92% of global B2B marketing decision makers said that improving the ROI of marketing or effectiveness of marketing would be among their top marketing initiatives over the 12 months that followed.

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Groove

APRIL 17, 2018

Search engines and humans read the web differently. That's why structured data was developed to help search engines understand the context of your content. Using a standardized format, structured data organizes information in a way that search engines can easily navigate using simple algorithms. As a result, search engines like Google can use structured data to display special search results including product names, bulleted lists and customer reviews.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 13, 2018

Out of all of the different facets of digital marketing, social media tends to change with the most immediate and drastic results. There is always a new platform emerging for marketers to look into and master to stay ahead of the trends. And with algorithms on big platforms like Facebook always evolving , you have to stay on your toes as you figure out how to engage on them.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Most people who start their own ecommerce stores are often hesitant to import their goods from overseas. And their fear is understandable. After all when you’re dealing with a vendor that is over ten thousand miles away, every little bit of miscommunication is magnified by 10X. And if you factor in the language and cultural barriers, it can be quite intimidating to pay a large sum of cash to someone in a completely different country.

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Optimizely

APRIL 12, 2018

. We’re excited to share that we raised $30 million in a Series B investment led by Insight Venture Partners. Based in New York, Insight has backed companies like Shopify, ExactTarget, Twitter, Gainsight, Zenefits, and more — so we’re quite literally in good company. Our previous investors Matrix Partners , Underscore VC , and Leaders Fund also participated in the round, which brings our total funding to $50 million.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 6, 2018

If you’ve been contacted by your bank or financial institution lately only to discover that your credit card information has been compromised, then you’ve felt the growing frustration many consumers face today. Indeed, the situation with respect to credit card fraud is only getting worse. Card data stolen from 5 million Saks and Lord & Taylor’s customers in 2018. 56 million card numbers from Home Depot in 2014. 40 million card numbers from Target in 2013.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 26, 2018

Outage management is a defining moment for utilities and thus provides a great way to reimagine the relationship between utilities and their customers. Absent an outage, most consumers don’t give a whole lot of thought to their utility company – flip a switch and the expected happens. The outage – especially prolonged outages – changes […].

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and guest speaker Sucharita Kodali

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Groove

APRIL 5, 2018

Marketing platforms like Criteo and Rakuten help eCommerce brands build personalized shopping experiences. These tools collect order information from eCommerce sites to retarget audiences across multiple devices and platforms to drive conversions. However after working with several of our clients, we realized Criteo and Rakuten integrations for BigCommerce are not always what they should be.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 2, 2018

Your content is poppin’. Polished and proofed, you’ve put this piece of content through the wringer to get it ready. Now all you have to do is let people know where it is and wait for those likes, retweets, and accolades to start rolling in. So you keep waiting. And waiting. Nothing happens. You might have built it, but the users aren’t coming to find it, contrary to the old adage.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 1, 2018

Every year, selling on Amazon continues to get more competitive and I don’t see it getting easier anytime soon. Whenever there’s an opportunity to make money that is simple to understand, the masses always jump in and flood the market. At some point, you have to know what you are doing in order to be successful and we’re pretty close to that point now.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 28, 2018

Looking for some solid data on eCommerce, CRO, social media, and automation? Here you go. Conversion Rate Optimization. Here are some stats on CRO to help guide your A/B testing efforts. 17% of companies that use multivariate testing, rated it the most effective optimization method. (Econsultancy, 2012). 61% of companies run 5 or fewer landing page tests per month.

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In this comprehensive guide, we delve into four essential ecommerce strategies for manufacturers. Each strategy is backed by a clear vision to ensure your efforts are aligned. Whether you’re a seasoned industry player or a budding digitalization champion, these strategies offer actionable insights to drive success. What will you find in the guide: Overview of how current events and external pressures impact business priorities.

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APRIL 3, 2018

By the time you read this, everything we’ve learned about mobile SEO could be wrong. This is because the existing paradigm is based on a desktop-first world, and Google is about to catapult us into a mobile-first world with a major update on how they crawl, render and rank the web. Even the “Mobilegeddon” update of 2015, which promoted “mobile friendly” sites in the search results, did not approach the importance of what’s about to happen.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 11, 2018

We’ve just released a major new report, The CIO’s Guide To Automation, AI, And Robotics. We find that, to stay ahead, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and other executives integrating leading-edge technologies into their companies’ operations and business models must turn their attention to automation technologies, including intelligent machines, robotic process automation (RPA) bots, artificial intelligence, and physical […].

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Groove

APRIL 13, 2018

With constant algorithm updates and conflicting advice from SEOs, creating a content strategy can leave brands with more questions than answers. Although a lot has changed, it’s important to understand that the future of SEO driven by the way humans search, and not search engines. The shift from formal keywords to conversational search inquiries is revolutionizing how search engines index content.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 4, 2018

Remember Orkut? Or Friendster? How about MySpace and Classmates? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, because social media platforms come and go faster than most of us can keep up. For every success like Snapchat, there are plenty of others that failed to gain any serious momentum, even if they were fun and innovative ideas. Are you familiar with Vero? You know Facebook, of course, and Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp.

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The linear flow of make > use > dispose is unsustainable. Not only is it at odds with the realities of modern society, but it also fails to meet evolving demands from consumers and regulators. Linear is out. Circular is in. Going circular is not an overnight switch. It requires forward planning and data-driven decision-making. In this ebook, you’ll see how the right technology can help brands and manufacturers secure the product data governance they need to power this circular transition.

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Bootstrapping Ecommerce

APRIL 3, 2018

Small business SEO can take your website to a whole new level. The most important thing is that you create & implement a strategy that works and never fail to make it better than that of your competitors. In this article, we give you the steps on exactly how to do that. The post Small Business SEO: How to Implement SEO for Small Businesses appeared first on Bootstrapping Ecommerce.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 5, 2018

Influencer Marketing Strategy – An Introduction. Word of mouth has always been one of the best ways to get people to buy or at least consider buying from a particular business. While it is hard to get everyday people to talk about a particular product, getting a group of say 100 people to mention a product to the 500 or so combined people they interact with frequently is rather easy — it's traditional word of mouth.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 18, 2018

The most successful ecommerce and retail businesses are metrics obsessed. SpearmintLOVE got 62.48% of their Facebook Fanbase talking about them – and used the power of data (and re-targeting) to do it. The Stray Whisker was able to avoid a bad agency promising them a 2.3% conversion rate: “We already have a 4.6%…”. Rollie Shoes launched internationally based on their sales data, and saw 200% growth.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 3, 2018

Like a football team captain at a junior high dance, Amazon just sauntered up to a big group of people and started dropping hints about its sweet moves on the dance floor. Okay, that’s not exactly what’s happening here, but it sure felt like that to many bank executives who heard the […].

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Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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Groove

APRIL 27, 2018

Search visitors are some of the most motivated buyers on your site. In many cases, they’re searching because they know exactly what they want and how much they’re willing to pay for it. For this reason, many companies are making search a core component of their eCommerce strategies. However, many basic eCommerce search engines offered by shopping cart platforms fall short of consumer expectations. eCommerce Site Search Solutions.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 19, 2018

Every now and then, the overlords of the Internet decide to change things up in the digital marketing world. And with how fast things change, it can sometimes be easy to miss a noteworthy tidbit of news. One such tidbit recently came to light, and it’s definitely worth your attention. Namely, Facebook has started taking steps to change the Organic Reach of pages on their platform.

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GetElastic

APRIL 5, 2018

Online activities generate data that can be collected, stored, and shared. Shopping online, interacting with social media, installing mobile apps – all these actions leave a trail of data. Depending on the consumer’s location, these practices have remained largely unregulated – until now. Starting May 25th, all businesses that engage with European citizens must adhere to new data privacy practices in Europe.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 7, 2018

While planning the crowdfunding for my latest project Not A Factory I was faced with a dilemma when I went looking for a good crowdfunding platform. I wanted to I focussed mostly on the European market (I am from the Netherlands myself) so it needed to be in English, but also support multiple payment options. Because what most people don't know is that paying with creditcard isn't very popular at all in the Netherlands and Germany.

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