Gearing up to migrate your eCommerce site? Migrating a site to an updated design, theme or platform can positively impact your organic rankings and traffic — but if done poorly, it can have the opposite effect. Usually, the negative impact is substantial and organic traffic takes a big hit. Whether you’re redesigning your site or switching to a new CMS, the…
At first glance, product descriptions might not seem like all that big a deal — just bang together some words about what your product does, list a few specs, and presto, the customers will come flocking… right? If only it were that easy. To stand out in the bold and busy world of eCommerce, your product descriptions need to do a…
Google Shopping Ads (GSAs), formerly known as Product Listing Ads, are an effective way to drive sales for your business by making your products visible to Google users. Unlike Google Adwords, which place text ads at the top of search results, GSAs use product visuals to hook customers actively looking for products like yours. Businesses are quickly catching on to…
Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend is one of the best times of the year for your eCommerce business to make some serious money—and even more so this year than last year. In 2016, the total online sales from Thanksgiving Day through the Sunday after Thanksgiving was $9.36 billion, while Cyber Monday brought in $3.45 billion. Together, Thanksgiving weekend and…
Black Friday and Cyber Monday isn’t a sales event reserved for the big-box retailers. Everyone gets a shot at the massive pile of money spent in online stores during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which rose to over $5 billion last year. Amazon will get its share, and so will Wal-Mart and Target. But there’s still plenty of money left…
The biggest shopping event of the year isn’t far away, and online retailers are working fervently to put the finishing touches on their Black Friday/Cyber Monday campaigns. Your competitors are working just as hard — if not harder — than you are, which makes your marketing preparations that much more important. A lot of merchants make one critical mistake during…
Today’s post, the second in our series of “lists of tools” posts, is going to talk about the best of the best social media marketing tools. Social media marketing is heating up, especially when combined with SEO and content marketing strategies, therefore, we thought it would be good to put together this killer list. In this post we are going…
As a business, are you likely feeling the holiday pressure now since online sales are projected to increase between 3.6 and 4 percent this year. As part of your marketing strategy this holiday season, have you considered using influencers? If you aren’t, then we’d recommend you take a closer look at using them in order to be totally prepared for…
eBooks, buying guides and blog posts are solid, dependable ways to generate revenue. Content has always been a great revenue generator for eCommerce businesses. That hasn’t changed much over the years; what does change, though, is how that content is packaged and presented to potential customers. We’ve moved from simple keyword-filled posts to thoughtful, inspiring content, and videos, podcasts…
The holiday season is right around the corner. As an eCommerce business, you’ve likely been thinking about the holiday shopping season since early summer. According to the National Retail Federation, the holidays can represent up to 30% of retailers’ annual sales. If you are looking to up your game in 2017, check out these 21 tips for successful eCommerce holiday…
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