Last week, we discussed improving email programs to ensure retailers are ready for the busy holiday season. Today, let's dive deeper and explore strategies for maximizing eCommerce conversions during this critical time of year. To achieve goals, retailers must be strategic, customer-centric, and proactive. Below are some key strategies to consider as we aim to maximize holiday eCommerce conversions: 1. Incorporate shipping deadlines on the homepage and essential product pages. 2. Emphasize scarcity and urgency. 3. Maximize internal site search. 4. Testing and optimizing website speed is crucial, especially during high-traffic periods. There is more to this article at: https://cohereone.com/maximizing-holiday-ecommerce-conversions/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=278597570&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8s0V14TFsoW4bcfc7U2uB4fPcwxQPi7cDd6Prt3rI8oafZwwguolaVQ60O0C1zTInsqUhjYJGsKVd-RxFchTiPANisvwC816r4THwwwXIGMEv7e2k&utm_content=278597570&utm_source=hs_email

Marketers are always looking for ways to influence how consumers perceive their brands to build more than simply transactional relationships. They know that effective brand positioning helps separate them from the competition and not just capture but keep a larger share of both consumers’ minds and wallets, driving long-term customer loyalty. Here are six of the most common brand positioning strategies that companies use. Depending on the product category, some will be more effective than others and all come with some potential drawbacks. Get the details at: https://www.jschmid.com/blog/customer-loyalty-2-brand-positioning/

What’s that sound you hear? It’s marketers gritting their teeth as they’re being asked to give up their precious advertising dollars to help insulate their brands from the looming recession. Or you may have heard the marketers or agencies say “Let’s only focus on hardworking media,” which typically means lower-funnel, digital-only, highly targeted, easily measurable, promotional campaigns designed to boost short-term sales and eliminate “waste.” They’re all part of the marketer’s recession playbook. But should they be? In reality, we should all consider a different path forward: Now is an opportune timeto shore up brand awareness and loyalty by increasing media investments with brand-building, mass-reaching, highly creative advertising campaigns.