The average data-driven business is growing more than 30% year-over-year, according to Forrester. By 2021, the same companies will take $1.8 trillion annually from companies that aren’t using data insights. In the modern marketing era, there is no place for “winging it”. If you want to thrive among fierce competition, you must keep tabs on …
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At first glance, an official return policy might seem like one of those tedious administrative items that is easier to ignore than implement. In reality though, a retail business’s return policy intersects with everything from the business’s reputation to employee satisfaction, and even the rates the business pays on credit card transactions. For these reasons …
Technological advances lead to further, contingent advancements. Sometimes those new technologies stick around for decades, while others fade away within their first decade of mainstream use. The Personal Digital Assistant and the beeper, for example, were both weigh stations on the path toward smartphone adoption. Speaking of which: remember back in the early days of …
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Content marketing spans everything from gaining brand awareness to offering opportunities to connect with prospects, from guiding leads to the point of purchase to post-purchase engagement and brand advocacy. Tracking the actual impact of individual content pieces, however, isn’t nearly as cut-and-dry as the benefits they produce. Because content can serve so many purposes within …
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There are many reasons why sending digital rewards are a great opportunity for businesses. One of these is a shifting need for digital communication, as millennials enter adulthood and begin to outspend boomers as they grow families of their own. Millennials have become notorious for disrupting any industry they can get their hands on, and …
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The holidays are right around the corner, which means it’s prime-time for shopping, both in-store and online. So, when you see more traffic coming your way, what’s the instinctive response? If you’re like most retailers, the number one answer is to reduce friction in the customer experience. However, it may not really be that simple. …
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