Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. What is Social Commerce? Social commerce (short-hand: s-commerce) is e-commerce that relies on user recommendations and peer-to-peer interactions to advertise and sell products. It taps into the excitement […]
Thanks for coming back for Part III of our Referral Marketing talks. In Part I we looked at what referral marketing is and why it is important. In Part II we went through content and incentive ideas to get your customers talking. Now we’re going to look at how to run your program with technology […]
Getting the word out through referral marketing is a must, as we saw in Part I of our Referral Marketing discussion. But what is the best way to get customers talking? Choose two things wisely: 1) the incentives for referring a product and 2) the way you grab the attention of the person receiving a […]
Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. What is Referral Marketing? Friends don’t let friends buy junk. Referral marketing looks to that trust—it asks your customers to spread the word about your company and products. […]
In Part I of our Affiliate Marketing discussion, we went over the basics—what affiliate marketing is and what affiliate publishers can do for advertisers. But there are so many options, and so now we need to take a look at what type of affiliate advertising will best meet your goals. Finding the Right Forum Affiliate […]
Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. What is Affiliate Marketing? Affiliate marketing uses a third-party website (or other platform) to give buyers information about products and/or links to actually buy the product. Think a […]
Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. Banner ads, wallpaper ads (visuals that take over the whole webpage), pop-ups—you know, and maybe hate, all of these things. These are display advertisements and in this post […]
Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. What is Pay Per Click Marketing? It’s probably what you think it is: Pay Per Click (PPC) Marketing is advertising paid based on the number of times an […]
In the first part of our email-marketing discussion we outlined how to create personalized and interactive emails to engage consumers. But how do you achieve personalized subject headings for each reader or send emails in response to an individual consumer’s behavior? You need tech that automates these functions and gathers and analyzes data on customer demographics […]
Welcome to Thanx Media’s “Elements of E-Commerce” blog series. Follow along as we wade through the nuts and bolts of e-commerce technologies that you need to know. Today we’re diving into modern email marketing. Emails are some of the strongest marketing tools available—email is 40 times as effective at engaging customers compared to social media. […]
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