Holiday Planning: Easy as a Day at the Beach

| Jim Davidson

It can be a struggle for ecommerce marketers to simply start your holiday planning, especially when you are likely more focused on trying to squeeze in one more trip to the beach. The fact is, you need to start your holiday planning now.

How Blinds.com Engages Customers Successfully with Video

| MCM Staff

Providing high-impact and visually engaging assistance for common questions and concerns shows your customers that you’re committed to resolving their issues. In this Google Hangout video, Multichannel Merchant Managing Editor Tim Parry discusses video engagement with Robert Reed, Video Producer for Blinds.com, and Kenna Hilburn, Liveclicker’s Senior Video Commerce Strategist.

SEM, SEO, digital marketing, digital marketing trends 2016

SEM Tops Online Retail Customer Acquisition Tactics

| MCM Staff

Search engine marketing is lauded by 85% of retailers as one of the most effective customer acquisition tactics, according to the 2014 Shop.org/Forrester Research Inc. State of Retailing Online study. Here’s a look at what others

How Social Media Evolved as a Sales Channel

| Michele Salerno

The evolution of social media as a sales channel has become the norm, and retailers need to stay in front of their customers by continuously engaging at their level. Here’s how your social media efforts can build brand awareness, facilitate a sense of community and engage shoppers, and result in higher retention and increased sales.

Mobile App Marketing Grows Up

| Bob Moul

The mobile app market has finally matured, and the result is that successful companies are making the transition from tactical to strategic app marketing. Is it time to be proactive with your mobile ecommerce app development?

Canada, Canadian, Stalco, cross-border selling, cross-border ecommerce, Shipping/Delivery, shipping, international shipping, Canadian consumers, Canadian market, retail, retailer, import regulations, import duties, import taxes, Operations and Fulfillment

Whoa, Canada! Are Canadian Small Businesses CASL-Ready

| MCM Staff

Canada’s long-anticipated Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into effect July 1, ushering in a new era for online marketing. But a study by Constant Contact reveals that the majority of Canadian small businesses do not fully understand the law and how to be compliant and have taken limited action to adhere to the new regulations.

Email Subject Lines and the The Law of Declining Significance

| Herschell Gordon Lewis

When creating an effective sales message, choose one key element your targets are most likely to regard as significant and subordinate the rest. Want that in more proletarian language? Laundry lists are weak selling weapons. Here’s more from Herschell Gordon Lewis on making email subject lines resonate with your customers.