Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Now, this post is a more holistic approach to HOW we learn as individuals, and how that effects what lessons we learn from our previous marketing/sales experiences. In my blog posts I am fond of using the terms ‘learning from XY and Z’ and I am sure marketing pep talks are all about learning from [...]

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Well if the BBC is to be believed then we surely are. The high street is failing! Well? It has been for ages since the nouveau on-line boom, but most major high street retailers now take advantage of the on-line world.
Through the looking glass of a small trader, things seem a little slower, but this [...]

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Cyber Monday (the 26th of November this year) is the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday on-line shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. It is also close the the last pay day in time to shop for Christmas for most of us in the UK too. Over 700 million dollars was [...]

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Follow on from:
Gearing up for Xmas 2007 - What to do in October…
Week 1:
You have done your research, you campaign has had 7-10 days. Pin point your successes and failures.
Ask yourself a few questions:
1. What campaigns are working?
2. Why are the successful campaigns working?
3. What campaigns are not working?
4. Why are they not working and [...]

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Most retailers depend heavily on Christmas sales. So how can you do better this year than last?
- Set up a separate advertising campaign and make sure your merchandise fits
- Create specific seasonal landing pages for your products to improve optimisation at this earlier stage. Remember you have 4 seconds to convert your customer so make [...]

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