Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Abandoned cart performance stats

Just over a month ago, we began rolling out some abandoned cart email trigger campaigns for clients. Somewhere between 60-80% of visitors to ecommerce websites end up abandoning their shopping carts and leaving your website. No matter how polished your website is, visitors will abandon carts for a number of reasons. Perhaps they got deterred after seeing the shipping rates, or planned to visit your site later to complete their purchase. Regardless of the reason, a simple follow-up email campaign is sometimes all you need to get them back into the funnel.


abandoned cart statistics


On average, we’re seeing around 10% for all customers using this strategy. That means they’re seeing a 10% conversion rate on the abandoned cart emails, which is measured by users who click the email and finish their order. This sort of re-engagement strategy is a no-brainer and with some tweaking and testing of offers, we expect these numbers to climb.


If you want to capture lost sales and are interested in learning how to implement an abandoned cart trigger campaign, contact Michael Meisner for more information.


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Monday, June 3, 2013

Content marketing strategy for wineries



Last week, I gave a presentation to 100+ attendees at Sonoma State University. The topic surrounded content strategy for wineries and explored the evolution of search engine optimization into what I describe as “customer experience optimization”. As SEO has evolved, its practitioners have realized that ranking in search engines is not enough. Going further, they have adapted to Google’s updates by taking time to craft content that can sustain traffic from a variety of sources – not just search engines. This drive for “evergreen” content marks a shift in the overall industry, and gives way to the notion of “inbound marketing”.


In this presentation, I tried to show how wineries can better translate the experience which customers have in their tasting room to the one they have online. The examples included show how brands can increase their overall exposure and awareness by creating compelling content at every stage of the customer journey.


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