2018 end of year ECommerce review
January 16th, 2019
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Dominic Feb 11, 2019
Email automation is a great tool in retail and it still surprises me how many businesses I come across that do not not utilise the power of their CRM platforms and continue to send out blanket email campaigns and offers to their full database. By not digging down into the data and understanding their customer more »
Read MoreDominic Jan 16, 2019
End of year reviews are essential in any business and moreso when working in what I like to call “brand recovery” environments i.e. where the focus of the year’s trading is to overhaul and reverse a decline in performance. A recent client of mine was in just such a position – with YOY decline due more »
Read MoreDominic Jan 07, 2019
I recently came across some work I did for a previous client (Notcutts) which I thought I would post to show how I managed to grow their database by 40% by implementing a multichannel data capture campaign. Notcutts are a well established chain of national garden centres with turnover around £60 million. Their office is more »
Read MoreDominic Dec 27, 2018
When working with retailers, I consider the full Omni Channel setup and particularly if they are appearing in local search – ie how easily does one companies results appear at a local level if, for example they have local stores? In my experience, this is one area small to medium sized retailers either do not more »
Read MoreDominic Aug 31, 2018
Brand traffic to your website is a good measure of whether or not your marketing activity is engaging with consumers and customers are engaging with your brand. However what you need to clarify is what exactly is meant by brand and non brand? Brand traffic – brand traffic is anyone typing into Google your brand more »
Read MoreDominic Oct 03, 2016
One of the things I really enjoy is coming into businesses and identifying just what they are and are not doing to drive forward their E-commerce operation. Every retailer is different and has different dynamic in terms of what they need – not to mention understanding their market, channels they use and technology they utilize. more »
Read More16 Jan 2019 Dominic Comments Off on 2018 end of year ECommerce review
End of year reviews are essential in any business and moreso when working in what I like to call “brand recovery” environments i.e. where the focus of the year’s trading is to overhaul and reverse a decline in performance. A recent client of mine was in just such a position – with YOY decline due more »
More7 Jan 2019 Dominic Comments Off on Email Database increase by 40% in 6 months!
I recently came across some work I did for a previous client (Notcutts) which I thought I would post to show how I managed to grow their database by 40% by implementing a multichannel data capture campaign. Notcutts are a well established chain of national garden centres with turnover around £60 million. Their office is more »
More27 Dec 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Local SEO presence improved by 500%
When working with retailers, I consider the full Omni Channel setup and particularly if they are appearing in local search – ie how easily does one companies results appear at a local level if, for example they have local stores? In my experience, this is one area small to medium sized retailers either do not more »
More19 Dec 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Delivering double digit growth with 18% less website traffic
Retail in 2018 as we all know has been challenging for many companies. Lack of demand, poor footfall and reduced appetite for the high street has affected UK retailers – with mnay having to invest more and more to get those new customers and repeat demand. However what happens when you work in a sector more »
More12 Dec 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Bounce rate reduction of 32% with a website redesign
Bounce rate is a metric most companies keep an eye on and try to reduce as best they can – basically it is the percentage amount of sessions which are hitting your website and leaving (ie bouncing). Reducing bounce rate is one of the goals of every website as it means more traffic are engaging more »
More29 Nov 2018 Dominic Comments Off on 5 key Digital Transformation Challenges
This year has been a tough one for retail as we all know with high street challenge on footfall, revenue growth, challenging business models and poor growth. All in all, it’s an Annus Horribilus for retail on the high street. This got me thinking about change in business and in particular business (and staff) aptitude more »
More28 Sep 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Selling your Digital Marketing Strategy to senior management
One of the most challenging aspects of implementing any new digital strategy within an organisation is selling your vision into senior management. YOU know what needs to be done however how do you simplify and concentrate on just a few quick wins? You have already considered all the other main requirements for your new digital strategy such more »
More31 Aug 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Non Brand traffic increase of 150%
Brand traffic to your website is a good measure of whether or not your marketing activity is engaging with consumers and customers are engaging with your brand. However what you need to clarify is what exactly is meant by brand and non brand? Brand traffic – brand traffic is anyone typing into Google your brand more »
More19 Jul 2018 Dominic Comments Off on Driving an extra 7% new customers with Mention Me
If you are looking to get more referrals from your existing customer base then one company I can recommend is Mention Me. I have worked with them a few times over the last few years and they focus on just that – implementing a solution in their backend which can be added to your site more »
More14 Nov 2017 Dominic Comments Off on Customer retention vs customer acquisition
Should your business focus on customer acquisition or customer retention? In reality you should be focusing on both as with no new customers coming through you run the risk of having a declining customer database in time. I have worked with retailers who were VERY focused on customer acquisition and getting as many as possible more »
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