eMarketer: Online shoppers want recommendations and act on them but complain about relevance

Online shoppers notice product recommendations more and more and have almost come to expect them which is great news. However, it seems that marketers are not actually doing a good job when it comes to relevance of the recommendations. Especially interesting is the fact that most don't seem to use internal and external searches as additional targeting parameters.


Different forms of targeting can significantly improve your media return on investment but it needs a solid strategy and technology platform. 

Check out our earlier blog post on direct marketing in the digital age and the power of effective targeting strategies if you want to find out more about the subject or email Chris at cbartens@datalicious.com

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eMarketer: What Twitter marketing tactics are working?

Good to see some stats on this but no surprise. Social media is all about being up close and personal so it's all about providing special things that are not available to everyone and talking to individuals (I should shut up, we haven't done either yet actually).

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http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007449

ATG: Click-to-Call vs. Click-to-Chat by Industry and Situation

Interesting stats from ATG on click-to-call vs. click-to-chat performance by industry and scenario. Clearly, human interaction is still key in many situations no matter how streamlined your online shopping processes are.

Please contact Chris on cbartens@datalicious.com if you're struggling to track the effectiveness of your call center and chat programs or would like to know more about how to attribute phone sales back to online campaigns. It's not rocket science and doesn't have to cost the world.

Download the full ATG eMarketer white paper "Optimizing the eCommerce Experience" here
http://www.atg.com/optimizing_e-commerce/

   
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eMarketer: online shoppers want human help

Human support for online shoppers can be delivered quite cost effectively if you set some clear parameters around what visitors to offer the support to, i.e. use web analytics and site/campaign behavior to decide who are the high value prospects and show them additional support options or even proactively start an online chat with them. Email Chris at cbartens@datalicious.com if you'd like to know more.