Content Marketing

In today’s omnichannel world with hyperconnected consumers, leveraging customer-generated content has proven to be a powerful way to accelerate sales. Data shows most people rely upon reviews to validate their purchase decisions. In fact, the vast majority of FitForCommerce retail clients have found that ratings and reviews have positively influenced overall sales. It’s no wonder…

When it comes to marketing, having the ability to adapt to evolving technologies and test new strategies is critical to campaign success. As we begin a new year, conducting an audit of the tactics employed is a good way for marketers to determine which campaign areas to modify and how to guide future marketing initiatives.…

In episode 72 of Total Retail Talks, recorded at last week's National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City, Amanda Hesser, co-founder and CEO of Food52, discusses the convergence of content and commerce and how it will affect retailers in 2017.

To have a chance in the battle against Amazon.com and other megastores, retailers are arming their e-commerce sites with the most powerful online tools — and creative content is proving to be a valuable weapon of choice. Your online presence needs to be about much more than the products you sell. A website or mobile site…

Visual content (e.g., photos and videos) has become an expected part of the path to purchase for consumers. Visual information can play a big role in building trust and influencing customer behavior. Here are five tips for brands and retailers looking to better attract and convert shoppers by leveraging user-generated visual content:

Retailers know that time and resources aren’t infinite in this shifting digital world, especially in marketing departments. Shoe Carnival, a “brand focused” footwear retailer that sells the likes of Nike, Adidas and Anne Klein, uses content like product images, lookbooks and video to give consumers a better understanding of its products. “Consumers historically like to…

Learn 6 actionable steps, using insights from industry experts, to help you better plan, execute and measure retail marketing projects.

In episode 52 of Total Retail Talks, Mark Friedman, president of e-commerce at Steve Madden, discusses how the shoe brand is leveraging its mobile app to grow consumer engagement and conversions.

Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Marketing Land and Search Engine Land, recently tweeted a picture of an old Web Trends CD. Web Trends is the precursor to Google Analytics, and Danny marveled at the old software and its outdated physical disc delivery method. Danny’s nostalgia serves as a good reminder of how far we’ve come in digital marketing in terms of the scope and breadth of data now available to the modern marketer. From web to social to search and beyond, the data and its uses are limited only by the imagination.

As consumers continue to seek convenience and instant gratification via mobile devices, retailers are challenged with thinking about new ways to generate customer interest and loyalty. To develop insights in these areas, Synchrony Financial recently tracked existing and emerging trends impacting both the retail and mobile payments space and published them in a new report. The report…