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.

5 Tips for an Effective Pinterest Strategy

| Stephen Bulger

Does your company sell chain saws? There are probably better places for your brand to be (at least for now). But with the right strategy, maybe one geared toward wives of men who are into power tools, you could be successful. So if you determine that Pinterest is a match for your business, here are five tips for using it effectively.

A 4 Step Approach to an Improved SEO Ranking

| Daryl Logullo

Depending on your business model, a conversion might be an opt-in, a form completion, a lead inquiry, a customer sale or something else. And whether you optimize for 200 keywords or 20,000, the end result in driving traffic organically from Google is to get people engaged early and have them convert. Here’s how to know if that’s the right approach to improve your SEO ranking.

Continuing the Customer Conversation In-Store and Online

| Jim Davidson

With consumers practically attached to mobile devices and beginning to accept marketing messages on Facebook and Twitter, marketing efforts are less about driving to a specific channel and more about having a promotional presence in all of them and keeping the person engaged throughout the customer lifecycle. The reasons for disengaging from a purchase decision are nearly infinite, and the means to disengage are just a few taps away on a smartphone. Here’s how you can continue the customer experience between the store and the ecommerce site.

Behavioral Marketing Program Increases Conversion Rates for Footwear etc.

| Angel Morales

With technology ever-changing and new products flooding the market on a daily basis, retailers need to step up their game and their sales strategies in order to stay ahead. Like most merchants, Footwear etc., a California-headquartered retailer that sells a large selection of shoe brands online and through nine stores, was struggling to turn browsers into buyers.