Learn how to play the branding game, says Kubi Springer – empower your team with a strong strategy and the skills to implement it. Here are her key branding lessons to help you maximise your ROI and make your brand as exciting as a World Cup victory.
Are you analysing where e-commerce transactions are taking place and what devices your customers use most? Patrick O’Doherty has been examining information about conversions and device use and here reveals some trends and takeaways.
Mobile has grown to become a truly powerful point of purchase for consumers on the go, but it is vital that businesses are maximising mobile commerce opportunities by tailoring their content to suit those consumers. Olga Adamkiewicz looks at some of the best practices for maximising sales via this handheld device; one of the biggest mediums of purchase.
How many times have you sat behind someone at a major event whose mobile phone is aloft, masking your view, streaming the content to an absent audience? Live events – such as conferences, fashion shows and concerts – should ideally be a mix of physical and digital experiences, says Hannah Farrell – hugely aware of the value of social media for events promotion. But how would brands and events organisers balance the wider and welcome sharing of their content with a sympathetic social media switch-off for real-world events’ ticket-holders? It’s not a quandary, if applied in the right way…
Chinese New Year falls on Friday February 16 this year and we leave the rooster and move into the year of the dog. But alongside this traditional celebration, the Chinese calendar is now filling up with new events that are designed to entice consumers into shopping and spending. Elspeth Cheung identifies the best digital & events marketing strategies for festivals new and old.
Victoria Greene says voice assistants and chatbots are much more than just the latest gadgets, they are changing the way we consume – and that’s an issue those who are currently evaluating their e-commerce strategy need to be aware of especially. Here, she takes a look at the latest trends affecting those who are selling online and offers her own strategies for success in the year ahead.
If you visit a website on your mobile phone and it doesn’t render correctly, it’s iritating – right? And it happens more than you think, as responsive web design on mobiles isn’t easy – even in today’s tech-driven world. So what should brands do to ensure the user experience isn’t spoilt by poor website performance? Eran Kinsbruner details a four-step strategy.
Global spending on native ads is predicted to hit $85.5bn a year within the next two years; it’s a format that is deemed to offer a more appealing and engaging user experience and is thus rapidly growing in popularity among marketers and brands – likely to overtake banner ads as the field leader in display advertising. Here’s a glimpse into tomorrow’s digital ad world and what the more creative, relevant and editorially compelling native advertising 2020 could add up to.
Many consumers use their smartphones to shop, so it makes sense for marketers to know where all that traffic is going and where to concentrate their mobile marketing efforts. Measure mobile traffic usage in real time, says Karthik Reddy, monitor the constantly changing statistics of companies that do business through mobile data – such as the amount of Google searches worldwide on mobile devices; the amount of WhatsApp messages sent; the amount of products purchased on mobile devices from Amazon marketplace sellers. Check out the ever-changing infographic, here:
Marketers need to ensure they reduce the hassle that often surrounds payment methods, to improve the user experience, says Shane Leahy – particularly now, as consumers often use two screens simultaneously; gamers, for example, who want to be able to download content via mobile payment while mid-game on their tablets.