Google Wallet will still be active to make purchases on Google properties as well as merchant apps and websites, as usual. Google Checkout will be retired in six months, Google has announced. The service, which has been used by many web merchants...
For example, a wedding board or a back-to-school board that groups related items would hold a consumer's interest as she considers making purchases. At the end of last year, Pinterest introduced business accounts in response to the growing amount...
Plant the Seed for Future Purchases Displaying these products plants the seeds of interest for future purchases as it shows your customer that they should return soon. Whether someone purchases a new gadget, or requests additional information about...
Sixty percent of smartphone users across the categories examined in the study – banking/finance, gas/convenience, insurance and retail in the U.S.completed purchases related to their mobile activity. Mobile is movin’ on up as a preferred device for...
Over the past year the firm has made a variety of purchases of smaller start-ups. Yahoo has launched an iPhone app using Summly's technology less than a month after buying the firm. Yahoo bought Summly for $30 million in late March.
If you can increase the amount of purchases, donations, signups, subscriptions, downloads, etc.all of the different processes) on your site then you're going to get a much higher return on investment at the upper part of the marketing funnel...
Quick stats about local mobile use:
percent of mobile search is local.percent of local searches result in purchases.percent of smartphone shoppers use a GPS/mapping app to find a retail location. If you're a small local business, having a Google...
With link purchases, you need to manage risk and be smart. Now, the importance of on-topic links and contextual relevancy is really nothing new. But it's statements like "relevance is the new PR" (emphasis on "new"), aggressive Penguin refreshes...
More foot traffic: Offer Extensions give advertisers the capacity to turn online interest into in-store traffic, which may be more likely to lead to multiple purchases or return visits. With the recent announcement of Enhanced Campaigns, Google has...
The level of probability for conversions, purchases, and other marketing objectives tends to increase when advertisers reach users who share similarities with their customer profile and target them with different ads or unique offers, she said.
A new Google Shopping program, Google Shopping for Suppliers, was recently launched in beta to help "users searching for B2B products to quickly find what they’re looking for, evaluate options and connect with suppliers to make their purchases.
YouTube users would be able to purchase access to the channels by paying fees ranging from $1 to $5 each month, as well as one-time pay-per-view video purchases, according to the report YouTube is reportedly working with enterprises and TV studios...
For example, smartphone users widely search while on the go for more immediate purchases while tablet users tend to use their devices primarily at home for looking up price comparisons and product/service reviews.
Mobile Payments for physical world purchases, via iOS based mobile hardware. Facebook's Graph Search is just one example of the many impactful things we can expect in fast moving tech and media marketplaces.
With the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and the prior shooting at a movie theater in Colorado, the government is now taking another look at gun control for the nation and President Obama has recently proposed...
Using Google Analytics, it’s easy to visualize where your conversions (subscriptions, purchases) are coming from. As marketers, we draw on both our experience and learning to do the best work possible.
The coupon enables retailers and manufacturers to reward customers with coupons relevant to their purchases. Google have launched a new digital coupon service called Zavers. The aim is to help retailers boost loyalty and increase shopping cart size...
How many purchases or conversions can be directly measured today, in 6 months and 12 months, from that activity? 2013 is the year digital fully embraces a content-led future. Following years of technology obsession the realization has dawned on us...
While some searches lead to online purchases within minutes (usually for inexpensive commodities that people are familiar with), many searches do not. Search marketing is often more like courtship than a shotgun wedding.
Whether performance will be measured by purchases, email opt-ins, demo requests, shares, downloads, or time spent on the website, Google Analytics Social Reports allow for KPIs to be reflected as Goals.