Free Gift Offers Free gift offers are another great way to increase average order value. At checkout, you can also use some logic to your shopping cart to display a count toward getting the gift, something like, "Spend just $15 more and get a free...
If we assume the total value of online gift purchases somewhere between those two numbers, and the reported ratio of online to offline sales holds true (between 3 and 7 percent of total), it’s clear that the total gift economy in the United States...
It's the holiday season once again, and many people around the world are in the throes of a culturally mandated gift giving frenzy. This is really important when it comes to holiday gift giving. Just like in real life, creators of virtual goods in...
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For many card retailers, gift shops and supermarkets, this is such an important time of year that they should consider building a microsite. The tone you use can be the difference between affluent and economy customers, young and old customers...
Until the economy begins adding jobs at a meaningful rate, the lack of spending power among consumers will continue to be a drag on purchasing, with many consumers indicating their intention to cut back on gift buying this holiday season.
The closer it gets to the big day, the easier it is to just buy gift cards and call it a day. The Google retail blog reports that searches for gift cards are on the rise. The good news for marketers is that if you have gift cards available - it's a...
That's more than double last year's number, when only 10% crossed names off their gift-giving lists. The top 3 reasons for spending less this year should come as no surprise: increase in prices of necessities (48%) lack of confidence in the economy...
Because Google's algorithm depends on linking, this kind of link has become quite a precious gift. You probably should link to the page with the nofollow tag if you're getting money, a gift, or to test a product or service.
Whuffie is part of a gift economy. This week at SES Toronto, Tara Hunt shared some insights from her new book, The Whuffie Factor. In Hunt's definition, "whuffie" is social capital, composed of reputation, trust, connections, influence, and other...
Today, I give my gift to Facebook: four ways to make some big money this year. California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history -- a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses, and an exploding .
Today, I give my gift to Facebook: four ways to make some big money this year. In a tough economy, you might think that winter vacations are on the chopping block, but 76% of consumers still plan to get away this winter.
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If You Want To Know When Google Updates Toolbar PR Follow Matt Cutts on Twitter Posted by Frank Watson Jan 1, 2009 Call it a late Christmas gift or a New Year's present, but Matt Cutts confirmed the recent Google toolbar PR on Twitter the other...
If you're in need of a last minute gift, might I suggest gift cards? You won't be alone, contrary to reports that gift cards are on their way out. At least, that's according to new data on gift card searches released by Hitwise.
If you are looking for corporate Christmas gift ideas (or Hanukkah gift ideas), let me recommend 10 business books, search engine marketing books and search engine optimization books (that you may also want to give yourself as a present).
But I was still surprised today when Lycos provided a list of Christmas gift ideas two days before Thanksgiving Day. Okay, I understand that we're all trying to "give a jolt" to the economy. Aren't we all supposed to wait until Black Friday?
Themselves.of women are asking friends and family to forgo buying them a gift this year due to the economy. They asked survey participants who would be cut from the gift list that normally would be on.of those who normally give gifts to their...
