By Robert Allen 24 Nov 2016 38 Indispensable E-commerce stats to inform your 2017 multichannel sales strategy A Smorgasbord of cutting-edge e-commerce stats to benchmark your business against ‘It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics’ – George Bernard Shaw. I don’t think these statistics can lay any claim on being moving. …..
By Expert commentator 24 Nov 2016 The 2017 App Stores Changes: How to make the most of the latest trends Search Ads are just the beginning of a big year for Apple. The public-facing changes made to the App Store in Fall 2016 have been nothing short of monumental, but for Apple the shift marks only the beginning of a …..
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By Robert Jones 22 Nov 2016 Long term social media engagement leads to increased sales Chart of the Day: We explore recent research which shows that long term social media marketing engagement leads to increased sales and loyalty. In a study by SocialMediaExaminer, marketers believe that when compared to short term work, long term efforts …..
By Expert commentator 22 Nov 2016 How to reverse engineer SEO ranking from competitors A detailed guide to scaling SERP rankings using competitor analysis Every time search engine optimisation comes up in discussions with colleagues or clients, the first thing I do is place a mental bet on how quickly the chat is going …..
By Robert Allen 21 Nov 2016 Ecommerce will dominate UK Christmas Shopping this year Chart of the Day: Ecommerce becomes the preferred method for Christmas Shopping among UK consumers for the first time ever. Ecommerce has notched up double-digit sales growth every year for over a decade now. In certain markets, like white goods or electricals …..
By Gavin Llewellyn 21 Nov 2016 What factors make for an effective YouTube ad campaign? A brand-building case study focusing on format length, branding and testing best practices YouTube is becoming an increasingly important tool for digital marketers, both from an owned and paid media perspective. Over the last five years the platform has continued …..
By Expert commentator 21 Nov 2016 What shoppers really want from retailers The top 5 benefits consumers expect from fashion and apparel brands Know your audience: That’s the lesson retailers are acknowledging as the key to adapt their business to the reality of today’s rapidly-evolving market. Faced with unprecedented upheaval retail brands …..
By Patrick Kelly 18 Nov 2016 Instagram gives marketers even more features to play with Chart of the Day: Top 20 Instagram Mobile App Advertisers in the USA This week saw Instagram release a bunch of new features to their increasingly popular Instagram Stories. They announced what they called ‘the biggest update to Stories since launch …..
By Expert commentator 18 Nov 2016 Conversion Rate Optimisation for Mobile How to focus your efforts to improve mobile conversion performance by using the full range of mobile user research techniques and tools For the past few years in the digital industry every year has talked about as ‘the year of …..