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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

March 2006

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

March 28, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"51% of Internet Users Purchase from Opt-in E-mails"

Users who make purchases from opt-in commercial e-mails are also likely to make purchases from online ads...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 29, 2006

From eMarketer:

"E-Mail Marketing:  Best Practice Not Practiced?"

39% of sites take three days or longer to reply - or do not respond at all...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 24, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Marketers Go Fishing for Female Web Surfers"

Many marketers use traditional mass media to drive Web traffic...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 16, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"10 Tips for Running an Effective PPC Search Campaign"

Relevancy is the most important element of PPC search engine marketing...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 13, 2006

From DM News:

"Optimizing Creative for Context"

By making some minimal changes to an ad's creative, the marketer can expand the reach of the same product to new audiences by displaying the ad outside the traditional and obvious category...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 10, 2006

From DM News:

"Small E-Mail Lists Perform Better"

Open and click-through rates are much higher for small e-mail lists compared with large ones, stressing the need for list segmentation...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 8, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Is Your Cost-per-Click Advertising Actually Profitable?"

Segment and identify customers acquired through each online channel...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 2, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Merchants Find Creative Ways to Drive Conversion Rates"

Driving online conversion rates isn't too different from what retailers having been doing for a long time:  finding the right sales proposition that will make consumers buy your products...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

About Customer

Service

 

March 24, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Five Barriers to Customer Entry"

Most sites will only let you customize your view of the site if you register.  Why?

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 22, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Why Canada's Close By and Far Away"

When going to international markets, don't leave it to the consumers to reconcile price and currency conversion and figure out shipping and handling costs...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 22, 2006

From TechWeb News:

"Want To Lose Business?  Ignore Customer Email"

Besides the damage to customer loyalty and retention, failing to respond quickly to email requests is also driving up costs, since ignored customers will often pick up the phone and call a customer service representative...

http://www.techweb.com

 

March 20, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"10 Reasons People Don't Buy From You"

Prospects feel more comfortable once they know whom they're buying from...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 20, 2006

From DM News:

"Retailers Can Boost E-Mail Lists, Even During Opt-Out" 

Providing a "preference center," which offers other e-mail lists and asks for customer feedback, gives consumers a chance to rethink opting out...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 15, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Up-and-Coming E-Marketing Channels"

Understand the issues that face your customers.  This isn't the same as understanding the reason why they should buy your product...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 10, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Gaining Trust Online"

Combining trustworthiness, relevancy, and brand isn't simple.  Your company must appear authoritative and trustworthy.  It also must appear personal and relevant.  It must speak a language your audience understands, without intimidating them.  It must also have the tone of a knowledgeable source...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 7, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"Online Shoppers Like Rich Internet Application"

Work closely with target audiences to understand their needs, goals and expectations and then design rich Internet experiences to meet those goals...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 3, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Persuasion Scenarios"

What site do you think will have a better overall conversion rate, the one that accounts for all its complex buying scenarios or the one trying to stuff prospects into a simple conversion funnel or two?

http://www.clickz.com

About Webstore

Management

 

March 31, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Keyword Testing and Expansion Done Right"

There are unconventional ways to generate keywords...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 30, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"More Than a Press Release:  Extending Your Online PR Efforts"

PR isn't just about the press release; it's about connecting with customers...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 27, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Consumers Not Thrilled With Local Info Sources"

Of all of sources for local shopping information, newspapers satisfied the most respondents, Internet search engines came in second...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 23, 2006

From MediaBuyerPlanner:

"Three of Five Consumers Respond Best to Contextual Targeting"

Those with annual household incomes above $75,000 are roughly twice as likely to respond to demographic, geographic and behavioral online targeting...

http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com

 

March 23, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Online Brand Metrics Revealed"

Exit surveys have shown as much as 60-70 percent of in-store purchases now originate online...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 21, 2006

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Retailers that Don't Encrypt Customer Data Risk Database Breach" 

Retailers shouldn't be storing confidential data - such as credit card account numbers - related to a purchase once the sale is completed...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 17, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Why in Web Analytics Does No One Ask, Why?"

In a world of thousands of marketing allocation and messaging choices, businesses require a methodology for modeling customer behavior...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 15, 2006

From iMarketing News:

"E-Mails Sent on Friday Get Highest Open Rates"

Sundays have the highest average click-through rate but low open rates...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 14, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Leveraging On-Site Search Data"

Review different search terms and group them in common categories.  What types of things are people searching for?  Look for common patterns or large percentages of people searching for the same thing or the same types of things...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 10, 2006

From E-Commerce Times:

"Majority of Web Sites Lack Search Savvy"

Web search and site search, even though they seem similar are really very different things...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 9, 2006

From MarketingProfs.com:

"SEO Copywriting:  Does Search Friendly Mean Human Readable?"

The middle ground is based on some simple SEO best practices, applied through the skills and talents of a good copywriter...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 8, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Searchers Still Like to Buy Offline"

Study finds if you do search marketing and don't carefully measure and analyze important metrics such as ROI, cost per acquisition and offline conversion rates, you may be misallocating resources and missing significant opportunities... http://www.iprospect.com

 

March 6, 2006

From CNET:

"Your Personal Shopper With the Initials RSS"

Retailers with a dynamic product mix and customers who are passionate about new products are particularly well suited to RSS feeds...

http://news.com.com

 

March 1, 2006

From DM News:

"Holiday Web Shoppers Disappointed by Lack of Unique Items" 

Merchandise is at the core of every multichannel business, and merchants have to do a better job at finding new merchandise for the consumer...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 1, 2006

From Strategy+Business:

"The Hidden Costs of Clicks"

Understanding the cost-to-serve dynamics is more important than ever as online retailing continues its growth spurt...

http://www.strategy-business.com

 

March 1, 2006

From ClickZ.com:

"Site Maps and SEO"

A well-constructed site map is fundamental to visibility on the Web...

http://www.clickz.com

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