Ecommerce trends have an undeniable growing influence on shoppers and retail sales. In fact, figures for the most up-to-date eCommerce trends show that eCommerce influences as much as 56% of in-store purchases, while eCommerce itself represents almost 10% of U.S. retail sales. These stats illuminate a promising future for eCommerce, showing a positive upwards trend with an average annual increase of 15%. The bottom line is that eCommerce is not only here to stay but also a driving factor of retail growth. It plays a crucial role in how your customers interact with your brand now and in the future. As an online retailer,
19 Black Friday Ecommerce Tips & Hacks to Skyrocket Your Sales
As Black Friday 2023 approaches, online businesses must hone their strategies to capitalize on this substantial shopping event. The essence lies in embracing the latest eCommerce hacks and understanding evolving consumer behaviors. Historical data underscores the stakes: Black Friday 2020 saw $188.2 billion in spending, and despite economic challenges, Black Friday 2021 garnered $14.04 billion in online sales. The upward trajectory continued in 2022, with a 2.3% increase in online sales amounting to $9.2 billion. The preference for online shopping is growing, with 2021 data showing 38.1% opted for online shopping over in-store, a trend poised to rise. Mobile transactions,
Black Friday eCommerce Wiki for retail professionals
Black Friday, the retail industry’s annual shopping extravaganza, is a crucial period for eCommerce success. For C-level executives, understanding the key terms, strategies, and metrics associated with Black Friday is essential for navigating this high-stakes period. This comprehensive wiki guide serves as a primer, demystifying the Black Friday landscape and equipping executives with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions and maximize their eCommerce performance during this critical time. A Abandoned Cart: An online shopping cart with items left unpurchased. Black Friday strategies often include targeted emails to recover these sales. A/B Testing: Comparing two versions of a webpage or
10 eCommerce Guides You Should Read (immediately)
Whether you are an eCommerce newbie who is looking to start your online store or an experienced eCommerce owner looking scale up business results, chances are, 24 hours a day is not enough to accomplish all that’s required to grow a business. Not to mention the time required to sift through hundreds of eCommerce guides and resources to help you get started. That’s why we have curated the definite must-read eCommerce guides from professional experts for our readers’ convenience. Our goal is to provide you with information from a variety of perspectives — such as eCommerce owners, operators, and marketers — to be sure that you get the most effective marketing automation tools, tips, and guidelines to support
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[Infographic] Email Marketing: Realize the ROI & Improve Bottom Line
Email marketing has come a long way since AOL laid the foundations for what Is now one of the most ubiquitous forms of communication back in 1999. Although email hasn’t changed too much since it’s initial conception, it continues to evolve. Today, global email users amount to virtually half the entire planets population. Although this may not be fully accurate considering users have duplicate accounts, this figure is expected to grow steadily. (Statista, 2018). It is a common misconception that email is dying out and being replaced by social media. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Email isn’t going
6 Free Email Marketing Tools for High Performing Newsletters
Email marketing continues to be one of the key communication and marketing channels between brands, business, and customers, and creating an optimized email marketing campaign has never been easier due to all of the free email marketing tools available. How many businesses are using email marketing to reach their customers? A recent survey conductled by The Manifest consisting of digital marketers working for U.S. companies — 73 percent working for B2C companies, and 27 percent for B2B companies — showed that 32% of businesses are sending out emails on a daily basis, while 41% are doing so weekly. With that volume, you
4 New Features to Upgrade Your Email Marketing
This summer, we didn’t take it easy by chilling on the beach. We took the feedback you gave us on our email channel and turned them into exciting features in ContactPigeon. In the first fall product update, I am really excited to introduce not one, not two, but FOUR unique features to upgrade your email marketing game. Don’t worry, the Pigeons got a lot of rest too during the summer so you can expect many more great things to come! From email tools that improve your open rates to overall sales conversions, here are 4 awesomely new features available in your ContactPigeon
The Best of the Best Product Pages [2024 updated]
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Marketer Spotlight: Meet Spitishop’s Themis Bezioulas
Our Marketer Spotlight series kicked off in July successfully. In this series, we provide a look into a marketer’s day to day life and learn about the path taken and lessons learned to excel in this demanding profession. This month, we are excited to have Themis Bezioulas as a guest for our Marketer Spotlight. In the Marketer Spotlight: Themis Bezioulas Themis is the main driver behind the digital marketing success at Spitishop, where he built his career from the ground up as the Digital Marketing Administrator. Themis is known for building and sustaining effective digital marketing strategies, but also his keen interest in
Introducing Automated Push Notification for Cart Reminders and 2 Step Verification
As summer swings into full gear, many of you may be counting the days till vacation starts. However running a successful business demands full time (24/7) commitment, and stepping away from the office for an extended time can be intimidating. Our newest Automated Push Notification with Cart Reminder comes at just the right time. You can set the campaign on autopilot before heading out of office, and the eCommerce sales will continue to rolling in! This month, we are excited to introduce the Automated Push Notification with Cart Reminder along with another highly requested feature, 2 Step Verification. What is Automated Push
90+ Summer Marketing Ideas to Heat Up Your Sales [2024]
As retailers, marketers, and eCommerce professionals, you’re likely swamped with tasks such as managing Consent mode v2 and backing up data in Google Analytics Universal. However, with summer historically being a slower sales period, staying productive and effective is crucial. The good news is that shoppers are eager to start their summer shopping, with 56% beginning as early as May or June. Furthermore, 51% of shoppers indicate that a sale can significantly motivate purchases. Recognizing these latest trends, the purpose of this article is to provide over 90 innovative summer marketing ideas, complete with actionable prompts and a handy checklist,
Marketer Spotlight: Meet Celestino’s Thanasis Paraskevopoulos
Digital marketing is an exciting yet challenging field that calls for techs, creatives, analysts and business minds alike. In this new “Marketer Spotlight” series, we offer a peek into a marketer’s day to day life. We interview professionals within eCommerce marketing to learn more about the path they’ve taken, their inspirations, challenges and goals, and their tips to success in this demanding profession. We are proud to kick off the series with Thanasis Paraskevopoulos, currently marketing director at Celestino, a long established Greek fashion house. In the Marketer Spotlight: Thanasis Paraskevopoulos Don’t be deceived by his youthful look. Thanasis is a renowned veteran
The Ultimate eCommerce Marketing Automation Guide for 2024
A primary attraction of running an eCommerce business is the ability to control many aspects of your business operations from just about anywhere via the internet. But merely existing as an online business isn’t enough anymore. To thrive, you need to continuously adopt best practices to refine your business model. One of the most profitable arrows in your eCommerce quiver is the automation of your marketing processes. This article attempts to gather the best practices across the globe into this step by step eCommerce marketing automation guide for your reading convenience. Marketing Automation: Why Should I Bother? The e-Commerce boom is revolutionizing
Introducing Landing Page Builder… and Endless Possibilities
Here at the Pigeon coop, our mission is to deliver tools you need to build and grow your business (FYI – check out the Push Notifications launched earlier). Whether if you’re running social media giveaways, new store launch, paid ADs or other forms of online promotions, having a dedicated web page with a single, clear path to success is essential to hitting your goals. To make this process even easier, we are excited to introduce yet another feature — Landing Page Builder! What is Landing Page Builder? The Landing Page Builder allows you to quickly design and configure landing pages
16 Super (Daddy) Cool Father’s Day Email Subject Lines for eCommerce
Father’s Day email subject lines, plus campaign ideas to skyrocket your eShop sales Father’s Day is just around the corner. For reasons unknown, Father’s Day is often a neglected holiday when compared to the hype that Mother’s Day receives. For eCommerce marketer, ignoring the impact of the holiday on your businesses may prove to be a costly mistake. According to National Retail Federation surveys, 33% of the consumer plans to purchase Father’s Day gifts online. At the same time, Father’s Day spending is expected to reach an all-time high in the USA at $20B in 2022, nearly doubling from the
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If you’re in any kind of online business today, you should know about the importance of nurture campaigns in eCommerce and the best practices on how to design successful nurturing sequences. Why? The reason is simple. In the landscape where competition is just one search or clicks away, rarely do a business score a sale on the first outreach or visit session. Or the second. But with a consistent lead nurturing strategy, you can turn the corner for your marketing efforts. A DemandGen report showed that 4%-10% higher response rate when measured against solitary email campaigns. Ecommerce owners and marketers, even those
Best Checkout Pages in eCommerce [2024 Edition]
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200+ Mother’s Day Subject Lines for Retailers: Best ideas per niche [2024]
2024 Updated! We added even more inspiring Mother’s Day email subject lines for you to pick from. Enjoy! Mother’s Day is a holiday celebrated across the world. It also happens to be the 3rd largest retail holiday in the US since more than 2/3 of consumers celebrate it: the latest data showed that last year, the total spending around this holiday surpassed $28 Billion! For eCommerce retailers, this is one occasion not to be missed, and every brand ought to craft its Mother’s Day strategy by testing and implementing retail best practices to maximize results. If you are still refining
May 4th Marketing Ideas to Rocket eCommerce Conversions
For the millions of Star War fans across the world, May 4th is a special day. The fanbase has elected this day as Star Wars Day for the pun on the franchise’s now legendary catchphrase “May the Fourth be with you”. As our tribute to this day, we channeled some Jedi wisdom to come up with four May 4th marketing ideas to give your eCommerce results a boost. May 4th Marketing Ideas for Your eCommerce Store All of the ideas can be implemented any time, but you can opt to maximize the effect by implementing it with a touch of Star