6 Things to Keep in Mind When Replatforming

| Mark Simpson

If you’re considering a replatform, it’s likely because your ecommerce site is highly complex and dynamic, with rich content, targeted merchandising, interactive customer support and advanced search capabilities. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be tricky. Here’s a checklist of six things to help ensure a smoother process.

6 Ways to Maximize Your Mobile Promotions

| Jim Tierney

When brands launch a new SMS (Short Message Service) program, they typically implement an extensive 90-day promotional period to maximize exposure. After that period, promotions rely on a regular schedule that produces occasional spikes in awareness.

Here are six ways to maximize your new SMS program.

How to Increase Email Response Rates

| MCM staff

Even though email marketing still the top driver for ecommerce, email messages can easily get lost amid the inbox clutter. So we asked 12 b-to-b and b-to-c email marketing experts the following question: What are you doing to increase email response rates? Here are their answers.

Customer Retention: 7 Ways to Keep Your Customers

| Geoff Wolf

As we all know, it is imperative to stop consumers and get their attention before we can influence their behavior patterns. The good news is that for customer retention, you have a real advantage with your customers

Online Marketing New Year’s Resolutions for 2012

| Jim Davidson

In 2011, merchants explored ways to establish a cross-channel brand presence and user experience and examined how best to best collect data, acquire customers and communicate effectively in this quickly changing landscape. With the peak holiday season wrapping up, let