Category Archives: Marketing Strategies

An Introduction to E-Commerce Metrics

An Introduction to E-Commerce Metrics

Data is useful. It provides us with valuable insights, sheds light on otherwise obscured information, and helps us make strong, informed decisions. But it can also be confusing. That’s especially true when you’re faced with an onslaught of numbers and don’t know how to filter out the clutter to get to the key bits of…

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E-Commerce Trends for 2018

E-Commerce Trends for 2018

According to Forbes “current retail trends show that 51% of Americans prefer online shopping, with ecommerce growing 23% year-over-year.” And as technology gets further entrenched in every aspect of consumers’ lives, including the way they make purchasing decisions and shop, online businesses need to identify rapidly evolving e-commerce trends and adapt their strategies to remain…

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What is Social Commerce?

What is Social Commerce?

Offsite social commerce provides online shoppers with the ability to purchase a company’s product or service directly on social media networks. In other words, if you’ve liked an e-commerce business’ page on Facebook or follow their Twitter account, rather than having to visit the company website to purchase one of their products, you can do…

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E-Commerce Strategies To Increase Holiday Sales

E-Commerce Strategies To Increase Holiday Sales

While the festive season is a highly lucrative period for both brick-and-mortar and online businesses, for the first time, “online spending is expected to exceed in-store,” which means that e-commerce businesses can expect fierce competition in attracting shoppers to their site and ensuring that visitors don’t leave without completing their purchases. If you want to…

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3 E-Commerce Tactics to Increase Average Order Value (AOV)

Increase AOV Average Order Value

While e-commerce entrepreneurs invest a considerable amount of time and money to increase traffic to their sites and boost conversions, they often overlook average order value (AOV). What Is Average Order Value? Average order value measures the average dollar amount each customer spends per transaction. To calculate your e-commerce website’s AOV, divide total revenue by…

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