The good old advertising sign has outlived its usefulness. As reported recently in paidContent.org, the use of conventional online advertising media such as banners and pop-ups is expected to decline significantly in coming years. You, too, should explore new ways of acquiring and retaining customers. In addition to newsletters, search engine optimisation and promotions, social […]
Better Product Images = Fewer Customer Complaints
/0 Comments/in Marketing, Products, Shop Design /by Kira SchmidtMost complaints about products purchased online are due to the fact that a product’s on-screen portrayal does not conform to reality: colours look different, materials feel different, sizes do not fit. Product descriptions with measurements are not enough to point a shop visitor’s imagination in the right direction. A lot of different zoomable images and […]
Social Media Optimisation: Social Bookmarks
/0 Comments/in Marketing /by Kira SchmidtSharing knowledge, rating knowledge, making knowledge available yourself – this is the social Internet. Your online shop’s offering is also knowledge which needs to get into the heads of your customers. In our last article on social media optimisation, we already called your attention to corporate weblogs. In this article, we’ll examine social bookmarks.
Distribution of Newsletters
/0 Comments/in Marketing /by Kira SchmidtNewsletters are an excellent opportunity to notify your customers about new developments, create incentives and to make clear: “There is always something happening here”! Inform recipients of new products and services; send coupon codes; announce special offers – there are lots of reasons to utilize your newsletter as your shop’s or your website’s mouthpiece.
Social Media Optimisation – Corporate Blogs
/0 Comments/in Marketing /by Kira SchmidtThe good old advertising sign has outlived its usefulness. As reported recently in paidContent.org, the use of conventional online advertising media such as banners and pop-ups is expected to decline significantly in coming years. You, too, should explore new ways of acquiring and retaining customers. In addition to newsletters, search engine optimisation and promotions, social […]
Trust in E-Commerce: Customer Service
/0 Comments/in Marketing /by Kira SchmidtScepticism is one of the deciding factors as to why customers give the cold shoulder to online merchants. It’s not only missing contact information, non-functioning pages or difficulty when paying that also give reason for doubt. In the first part of this series, we take a closer look at the importance of good customer service.
Editorial Pages in The Online Shop
/0 Comments/in Online shop & ecommerce, Shop Design /by Kira SchmidtIn addition to pages for categories and products, you can also create editorial pages and integrate these into your online shop navigation. You can use these pages to integrate customer feedback, references, information about yourcompany or even job offers as you would using a classical website.
Following New Customers One Pixel at a Time
/0 Comments/in Legal issues, Online shop & ecommerce /by Volker SchwarzOnline marketing has long since offered an interesting alternative to classical advertising media. And for good reason. Internet campaigns are not only flexible and cost-effective, their effect can be measured in concrete figures. The Hamburg software maker etracker offers efficient solutions for the performance review of all online efforts: through etracker's web controlling.
Gift Option in Shopping Basket
/0 Comments/in Payment & Delivery /by Sarah BöhmGranted, if you sell only refrigerators, then wrapping paper and cards for gifts might not play a major role in your commercial success. But customers are always grateful when they can enter a gift recipients address as delivery address, and then select nice wrapping paper and customise a card to top it all off.
Import / Export: Managing Store Data Offline
/0 Comments/in Online shop & ecommerce /by Sarah BöhmPrices change and stock data have to be maintained – if the product range is relatively large, processing data in the store management feature may take some time to complete. This is quicker and more clearly arranged offline, for example, with MS Excel.
Through Optimisation/ Page Cache in The Fast Lane
/0 Comments/in Online shop & ecommerce /by Sarah BöhmYou’ve got your shop set up, the design works, products have also been created but the shop could still load just a little bit faster? The pages of the shop view (storefront) are arranged "dynamically" in the shop setup phase and the call of a page thus takes longer because all the elements to be […]
Your Online Shop/ Website and Google: 10 Tips
/0 Comments/in Online shop & ecommerce, Search engines (SEO) /by Sarah BöhmThere is no doubt about it: The degree to which people encounter your online shop and website via search engines – particularly Google – plays a decisive role in the success of your e-commerce activities.
Win and Retain Your Customers – with Coupons
/0 Comments/in Marketing /by Sarah BöhmVisitors to your shop also work on the carrot and stick principle. If the carrot is large enough, they go into action. Of course, they are more attracted by price savings than by carrots. Cost savings increase customer interest, making them more likely to come back and look at your shop, it also increases the […]