Collaborating with Customers Can Mean Big Business

| Jeannie Walters

Some retailers have tapped into this new era of omnichannel marketing by collaborating very directly with customers. Using mobile technology combined with in-store experience, they are able to tap into the collective genius of customers. Here are five examples you need to check out.

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.

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?

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.

World Cup Brings Rise in Soccer, and Fùtebol, Searches

| MCM Staff

Soccer-related searches in the month of June increased by 280% compared to May, according to a study of consumer search behavior performed by SLI Systems. What’s more, searches from Brazilian consumers showed a similarly dramatic increase.

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Why SEO is your Frenemy

| Zeke Hamdani

As frequently as SEO experts seem to cook up the latest tactics, search engines like Google change the algorithms by which they rank search results. Online retailers should pay most attention to the key principles that have withstood the test of time.