I have sat in forums surrounded by independent and regional retailers and listened to their disdain for Amazon—even though they probably frequent the site for their own family. Recently, my office manager was kicked off of Amazon. Yes, you read that right. How can you live without using Amazon? Guess what, she survived. There is life without Amazon. This blog explores 4 ways … [Read more...]
Retargeting (stalker) advertising: Does it work?
The white leather tennis shoes that stalked me. I wanted to write this blog based on the experience of shopping for some white leather tennis shoes. Of course, when I did a search for the item, advertising from Amazon came up first. I give them enough of my business so I started looking at prices. I noticed that Macy's was having a sale. I found a pair of Sperry white leather … [Read more...]
4 Obstacles to Succeeding Online and In-Store
I have been researching what obstacles brands face when trying to succeed online and in-store through my contacts on LinkedIn. It has been very enlightening and has confirmed some of what I already suspected and opened my eyes to other barriers. Most of the conversations started out with my contact saying either, "how long do you have to talk" or "you sure have opened a can of … [Read more...]
How Can Your Brand Stand Out On E-Commerce Sites? SYNQY.
Brands are getting lost in-store while online e-commerce sites are even worse for the brands. An online shopper can pull up product comparisons or go to the brand page, but when scrolling through pages of product listings and product detail pages how can the brand stand out? SYNQY technology can make your CE product stand apart from the competition. Typical Product Detail … [Read more...]