SEM, SEO, digital marketing, digital marketing trends 2016

Elite SEM Launches Division To Help Marketers Reach Active Shoppers

| MCM Staff

Operating from Philadelphia, Elite SEM’s Shopping & Feed Division manages a number of different services including Google Shopping and Bing Shopping, Data Feed Management, and Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) for clients that feature anywhere from a few thousand to tens of millions of products in online stores.

What Does the Apple Watch Mean for Retail Marketers?

| Mollie Spilman

A device like the Apple Watch has the potential to unlock the entire consumer path to purchase, allowing retailers to attribute in-store purchases to digital advertisements. Here’s why this advancement alone is enough to revolutionize how retailers acquire and retain customers, and why the biggest benefits likely still remain to be seen.

Marketers’ Groundhog Day is Finally Over

| Jason Fordham

In commemoration of Groundhog Day, here’s an offer all those marketers who – like Bill Murray – feel stuck in the same situation over and over and over and hope or wish for some clarity on how to get it right. We need to get the right message to the right person at the right time has been played over and again like a bad movie (not to insinuate Groundhog Day is anything less than a classic).

Affiliate Marketing Gets a $3.3 Billion Wake-Up Call

| Robert Glazer

When the parent company of an affiliate network also buys one of the largest affiliates in the space, it raises a lot of red flags and also leads to an important question: Is an affiliate program and its data the property of the retailer, the affiliate and/or the network, and who can it be shared with?

Answering that question requires creating more transparency in the affiliate industry. For many retailers that means transitioning from Generation 1 to Generation 2 affiliate programs and ensuring that, first and foremost, their best interests are being represented.

Is There a Blind Spot in Your Holiday Retail Analytics Strategy?

| Ralph Crabtree

As multichannel retailers develop strategies for the upcoming holiday rush, they must address a critical blind spot by improving visibility into consumer behavior in physical stores. Fortunately, new technology solutions can help organizations close the “insight gap” between online and in-store consumer behavior.

5 Ways Hashtags Build Marketing Muscle

| Paul Bingham

Retail brands that integrate hashtags into the marketing mix see major benefits. Those that continue to ignore the increasing power and reach of social media are in danger of losing customers to those that do. Here’s 5 ways to leverage hashtags and work social channels to your advantage.

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4 Tips to Beat Amazon’s Price Advantage

| Kristin Muhlner

It’s hard for many brick and mortar stores to compete with Amazon’s convenience and price advantage, but they need to learn that the secret to beating Amazon is surprisingly simple. With these four simple strategies, retailers can beat Amazon and keep customers returning to their stores.