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7 Post-Purchase Actions You Need to Take to Build Customer Loyalty

SellBrite

The numbers say it all: it costs five times more to bring in a new customer than it does to maintain a current one and the odds of making a sale to a current customer are 60-70 percent compared to only a 5-20 percent chance of selling to a new lead. Invite to your loyalty program. Have you tried any of them? Share in comments!

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Every Marketer Must Become a Cutting Edge Technologist

Optimizely

When you think of your role as a B2C marketer, does “technologist” immediately come to mind as a description? The total # of solutions in 2018 exceeds the total # of solutions from 2011-2016. With the right tools we can do things like: Understand the lifecycle journey while having a 360 degree view of our customers.

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The 19 Most Innovative Ecommerce Brands of 2017

BigCommerce

Customer Loyalty. Customer Lifetime Value. Michael Leff , vice president of technology at StoreYourBoard, the 2016 Innovation Award winner. For the brand’s ability to “think like a customer” and enable tools that addressed specific pain points in the search experience. AOV up 2x the rate in 2016. Time Saved.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Generally, there are six main models of ecommerce that businesses can be categorized into: B2C. Business-to-Consumer (B2C). B2C ecommerce ecompasses transcations made between a business and a consumer. It went on to turn into a major B2B, C2C, and B2C platform that’s still widely used today. Types of Ecommerce.

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Why Brands Should Consider Selling Direct to Consumer

ESW

trillion in 2016, making up nearly nine percent of total retail sales that year. By bypassing retailers, brands are able to foster long-term relationships directly with their customers. With an online presence and international shipping, brands can sell to customers all over the globe. Global retail eCommerce topped $1.9

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

With photos unrivaled across the web and an already loyal following thanks to the blog, John’s job when he came onto the Spearmint LOVE team in early 2016 was to grow loyalty –– and Facebook Ads was how he planned to do it. The old site was losing customer loyalty –– beyond not letting everyone checkout. See what happens.

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How To Accelerate The Consumer Purchase Decision Process

Smile.io

The Importance of a Consistent Tone of Voice Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in Aug 2016 and was updatedfor accuracy and comprehensiveness on Feb 7, 2019. Consider sending loyal customers larger discount codes via email, sharing smaller coupon codes on social media or using gamification on your site to engage more customers.