Your customers are talking about your brand and your products everywhere and every day. Social commerce is the strategy that facilitates and turns participation and user-generated content about your products or services into results that directly impact the P&L and integrate with other marketing programs. Join us for a deep dive into the newest strategies and case studies for using the customer voice to transform your business and positively impact your bottom line.
Feb 4, 2013 - A new Google Shopping program, Google Shopping for Suppliers, was recently launched in beta to help "users searching for B2B products to quickly find what they’re looking for, evaluate options and connect with suppliers to make their purchases." Comments
Feb 4, 2013 -
The latest iteration of Expedia's "Find Yours" campaign lets people turn their travel photos into multimedia videos complete with music and Google Earth flyovers.
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Jan 15, 2013 -
Groupon says its credit card processing service, Groupon Payments, is now available for Android phones as part of version 2.2 of the Groupon Merchants app. The payments service was released for iPhone in the fall of 2012.
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Jan 15, 2013 -
We need to leverage all technology has to offer to merchandise products where it matters most, wherever that may be.
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Jan 14, 2013 -
Google have launched a new digital coupon called Zavers. The coupon enables retailers and manufacturers to reward customers with coupons relevant to their purchases. The aim is to help retailers increase shopping cart size and offer redemption rates.
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Jan 10, 2013 -
Social commerce website, LivingSocial, has appointed Barry Judge as chief marketing officer. Based in Washington DC, Judge will oversee all aspects of marketing for the company, including online and offline advertising, brand management, social media, and communications.
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Jan 8, 2013 -
It's time to get serious about moving media dollars and applying end-to-end marketing strategies to social and mobile.
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Jan 4, 2013 -
Select a few key areas to either do better in or to start to be active in for your social media marketing program this year.
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Dec 30, 2012 -
Brand incorporates social ads into traditional marketing mix model for campaign in Germany.
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Dec 21, 2012 -
A new study by social curation firm Mass Relevance has found that 59 percent of consumers are more likely to trust brands that integrate with social media.
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Dec 18, 2012 -
Facebook hopes to make some pin money with its expanding Gifts offering, while Pinterest launched business accounts. To participate in Facebook Gifts, retailers need a national or even global footprint, as well as massive logistics capabilities. On the other hand, any lil ol' blogger can sign up for a Pinterest business account.Will social commerce take off this holiday season? And what site will deliver?
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Dec 18, 2012 -
The new social metrics include social connections like Facebook likes, Facebook engagement rates, social chatter, and Twitter retweet rates.
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Dec 11, 2012 -
Brands with large social audiences have quickly learned how to best craft strategies and programs to drive engagement for specific products.
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Dec 5, 2012 -
At midnight, BuzzFeed went live with a homepage takeover for Old Navy that lets visitors who crave their holiday cheer digital cheerfully obscure a web page with iconic images.
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Nov 28, 2012 -
With its first birthday approaching in December, product discovery service Cravebox is building connections with brands to provide themed product boxes along with a slew of data-collecting and social initiatives to both engage consumers and gather information about them.
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Nov 27, 2012 -
And the social networks are clearly in the game.
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Nov 26, 2012 -
The greatest ever Black Friday online retail sales of $1.042 billion followed a healthy Thanksgiving Day, with $633 million in sales. comScore, IBM, Performics and Experian share the latest holiday season 2012 stats, insights, and predictions.
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Nov 20, 2012 -
Eight ways you can use your current customers to generate awareness with their friends.
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Nov 19, 2012 -
While Facebook is pushing its own newly-launched ecommerce effort, Facebook Gifts, retailers connected to Facebook are also seeking a piece of the holiday shopping action ahead of Black Friday.
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Nov 16, 2012 -
At an event shrouded in secrecy, Facebook unveiled 14 new retail partners for Facebook Gifts and said that the online shopping app is now available to all Facebook users in the U.S. and Canada.
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Nov 13, 2012 -
How brands are using the evolutionary line of social media to social marketing to social merchandising to influence their customers.
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