How do you successfully boost traffic to your website and encourage visitors to browse and hopefully buy your products and services while online? First of all, potential customers have to be able to find your site – and that’s where good use of SEO practices start. Mary Jones explains what SEO – Search Engine Optimisation – actually is and how to leverage it properly to watch your business grow.
Company ethos is holding back an effective digital strategy, new research from Acquia has shown. Half of the heads of digital polled claim they lack support from team members and those in other departments and 37% say even their own boards are adding to this digital marketing barrier. So how can they move on from the ‘old way of doing things’ to drive their businesses more effectively? Certainly, they need to jump on modern trends like personalisation and multi-channel marketing by learning about their website visitors – and they should keep content up to date so they can generate more engagement and thus more revenue. Sylvia Jensen has more detailed advice:
The longstanding assumption among retailers has been that women will buy, no matter what the price. But Pini Yakuel, challenging traditional segmentation personas, says latest research delving into demographic data proves that it’s actually the girls who win the best deals, the optimal value for money. However, he says far more attention is required to ensure that savvy shopper remains loyal to a brand. So indeed, no matter what the price, it’s all about the crucial customer experience.
MINT 2018 brought together marketing practitioners and experts from around the world to discuss the latest big issues of our industry – including the looming GDPR, innovation and disruption and the data economy. Here’s a snapshot of what they had to say.
MINT – GDPR: expert panellists were discussing the impact of the new data protection regulation during MINT, the major marketing summit event in central London. Philippa Donn was there to report back on their advice.
London Fashion Week is staged twice a year – February and September – and, whether you follow fashion slavishly or not, affects what appears subsequently on the high street. But Shalina Ganatra looks at the event from a different perspective – the view of a marketer, and here discusses the online strategy luxury brands should now adopt to develop their personal shopping offering. She says retailers must get the basics right when gathering customer data to create a better and faster tailored shopping experience.
From Prezzo to Jamie’s Italian – recently, many casual dining chains have fallen victim to tough trading conditions. These challenging times are also seeing the rise of open banking, which is good news for consumers who are now able to view their spending habits more easily and thus monitor their financial situation more carefully, cutting back on non-essentials – such as casual dining. This will have a knock-on affect on brands. Jamie Matthews brings a head-up for marketers on this issue, saying the open banking impact is impossible to ignore and may become far-reaching for brands. But here’s how they can react with positivity.
If you are wondering whether your business would benefit from an app, or if the one you already have is of value, take a look at the results of a survey into how they are viewed by consumers. This informative mobile apps infographic sheds light on usage, expenditure and more.
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May, but many organisations still need to seek consent, ensuring individuals have actively opted in to the collection, processing and retention of their information. Sarah Taylor examines a study from SmartFocus which shows how the need for GDPR consenting affects organisations globally – and she discusses the optimum time to avoid GDPR unsubscribes.
Far from being dead in the water, new research shows that on-pack promotions can still captivate consumers. But the trick is to blend the wow factor with smart strategy – get the right promotion that goes beyond simply slashing prices, says Chris Baldwin. Here, he examines the evidence.