SupplyGeeks.com Plans to Compete Against Office Supply Giants

| Erin Lynch

While companies like OfficeMax, Staples and Office Depot seem to hold a monopoly over the world of office supplies, SupplyGeeks.com, a new ecommerce site, is planning on standing out by filling its service center with nothing but

Survey: Socially-conscious Consumers Consult Social Media

| Erin Lynch

Merchants and retailers should look no further than to a recent Nielsen survey of 28,000 internet users when trying to figure out how they should spread the word about their brand. According to the Global Corporate Citizenship Survey, 63% of the global, socially conscious respondents are under the age of 40 and consult with the social media of their choice when deciding on what items to purchase.

Comerford Will Replace Departing Kanter at Moosejaw

| Tim Parry

Outdoors sporting goods and apparel merchant Moosejaw Mountaineering wasted no time in replacing president and CEO Harvey Kanter, who accepted the same role with ecommerce jewelry seller Blue Nile on Monday.

How Creative Catalog Copy Drives Online Engagement

| Matthew Fey

The proliferation of blogs and social media culture links you to a wealth of potential customers and selling opportunities. But it will take more than just plucking an assortment of product copy off the catalog page and dropping it into these digital arenas to engage consumers. Here’s how to use catalog copy to drive readers to your blog and Facebook and Twitter accounts.

3 Tips to Capitalize on Digital Marketing Changes

| MCM staff

Keeping up with change in digital marketing is never easy, but the emergence of social advertising as a widely accepted marketing tactic, the power of tablets and their users, and the increasing sophistication of search marketers has accelerated change even further. With some powerful trends taking shape over the last year, opportunity abounds for marketers who proactively embrace change to lead the pack. Multichannel merchants should put the following three tips at the top of their priority list.

Cooking.com Builds a Relationship With Email

| Tim Parry

A big reason for Cooking.com’s is having success with email marketing, director of email marketing Matt Bunn said, is because it’s beginning to treat the tactic as it would its social media channels. That is, Cooking.com wanted to be conversational with its customers, not just throw a deal a day their way.

5 Social Media Strategies to Boost Your SEO

| Diane Buzzeo

While ecommerce enterprises spend hours manipulating meta-tags and embedded HTML keywords, the most cost-effective SEO resource goes unnoticed: social media. Contrary to common belief, SEO is not limited to behind-the-scenes maintenance. Here are five, non-coding-experience-required tips for using social media to your SEO advantage.

Why Merchants Need to Take a Look at Pinterest

| Blair Lyon

According to Shareaholic, Pinterest drives more referral traffic than Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube combined. Given the power of Pinterest to drive website traffic, it is critical for brands to consider a strategy for using Pinterest. Here are some tips to get started.