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Alex and Ani Increases Facebook Ads ROI by 80%
Eco-friendly jewelry retailer Alex and Ani saw an increase in ROI by 80% for Facebook ads when it joined forces with eBay Enterprises and advanced technology platform Kenshoo Social.
Eco-friendly jewelry retailer Alex and Ani saw an increase in ROI by 80% for Facebook ads when it joined forces with eBay Enterprises and advanced technology platform Kenshoo Social.
A new infographic by Kenshoo detailing findings from an analysis of Facebook ads in Q4 2013, found that advertiser sales revenue driven by Facebook ads increased 59.09% quarter-over-quarter and impressions increased 50.79% quarter-over-quarter.
Facebook ad performance spiked for retailers. Nearly 1/3 of revenue and conversions from Nov. 1 through Dec. 2 occurred between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to this infographic by Kenshoo.
Shareablee found that 1 in 5 pieces of social content amplified by shoppers came from Walmart. Walmart also received more than double the engaged actions across Facebook and Twitter, and these factors combined reveal a high degree of pass-along value in their social content mix.
The Home Depot received backlash when it released what many are considering to be a racist tweet sent out by the company on Twitter which showed two African American drummers flanking a man wearing a gorilla mask.
Designer Kenneth Cole, who created a social media firestorm this week after posting a tweet that some argued mocked the plight in Syria, released a video on Instagram responding to the backlash but issuing no apology.
Want to get social with the Multichannel Merchant editorial staff? Here’s how you can reach Tim Parry, Erin Lynch, Daniela Forte and Ellen Shannon through various social media channels.
Contrary to popular belief, social media in the business-to-business community is not dead. In fact, to many B2Bers, social media is an excellent tool used for gaining brand awareness, customer acquisition, lead generation, customer loyalty/retention, and thought leadership.
I recently found out about Amazon Collections and thought it was another great concept for Amazon to take part in. I personally spend a lot of my free time on the Amazon site looking for products, comparing prices with other major retailers or simply looking through the book section for new releases and New York Times Best Sellers.
What could be better for a brand than consumers buzzing about how badly they want their products — and bragging about how awesome it is as soon as they have it in their hands? Luckily for merchants, Pinterest and Instagram pack that one-two product punch.