6 Best Practices for Ecommerce Site Search

| James Van Arsdale III

If you’re building your brand successfully, site traffic should be rising. It’s been estimated that up to 30% of ecommerce site visitors utilize site search. Here’s how to ensure your customers can search for and find exactly what they want.

Driving Sales Forward

| Maria Pergolino

Every year, from November through January, the sales and marketing world lights up with new reports: upcoming trends, yearly recaps, and more, all of them eager to point out what’s working and what’s next. If they end up a little off the mark, that’s the nature of the business – by the time the next year comes around, everyone’s allowed to start fresh.

Using NPS to Increase Customer Happiness

| Angie Stocklin

An acronym for “Net Promoter Score,” NPS gives us a direct window into the happiness and loyalty of our customers. But fool you not, this metric is trickier than it seems. Let’s first start by talking about what NPS is and how we calculate it.

Winning Customer Care

The Transition from Customer Service to Strategic Sales

| Randy Nasson

When it comes to connecting with customers online, a number of multichannel and ecommerce retailers are still stuck in the “customer support” mindset; one that views contact with a customer as a necessary evil rather than an opportunity. Transforming an empty online store into a center for anticipating and addressing customer needs proactively and intelligently requires careful thought, planning and, in many cases, investment.

Winning Customer Care

Turning CRM Ideas Into Action

| Scott McLaren

You’ve got ideas about how to make your customer relationships as beneficial as possible. Your CRM ideas are simple, they speak to your customer base, and they validate your customers’ choice to use your business. If only you could make them a reality.