If you like seeing how ideas develop at Frictionless Commerce, you'll like our YouTube channel. It's where we explore totally new (and sometimes crazy) ideas on converting first time buyers. Our ideas are rooted in consumer psychology. Watch a few videos and if you like what you see, subscribe so you never miss a video. Take me to the channel.
If you like seeing how ideas develop at Frictionless Commerce, you'll like our YouTube channel. It's where we explore totally new (and sometimes crazy) ideas on converting first time buyers. Our ideas are rooted in consumer psychology. Watch a few videos and if you like what you see, subscribe so you never miss a video. Take me to the channel.
If you like seeing how ideas develop at Frictionless Commerce, you'll like our YouTube channel. It's where we explore totally new (and sometimes crazy) ideas on converting first time buyers. Our ideas are rooted in consumer psychology. Watch a few videos and if you like what you see, subscribe so you never miss a video. Take me to the channel.
Online browsers are so distracted they often don’t full realize an action until it’s been done. Even if it’s something they would have seen value in. This is a problem for us marketers because the worst situation is meeting an interested buyer who is unable to take action. On browsers there is a BACK button …
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There are too many ecommerce marketing tactics to keep up with. If you don’t have the time to chase down every shiny object (as you shouldn’t) just focus on these 3 ideas.
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We have an unhealthy obsession with site conversion rates. When they’re up we feel good. When they’re down we want to shoot someone. As a former conversion addict I can tell you conversions aren’t the right only metric. Just like carat weight of an engagement ring isn’t the only measure of love. When you focus …
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96% of marketing emails are obviously templates (or is it 100%?). I know why companies don’t send personalized messages; it’s too damn expensive. If you think sending personalized emails is too expensive you’re asking the wrong question. The right question is: How can we communicate with our mailing list of X thousand in a profitable …
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Are you easily distracted? No? Go check your browser history over the last 2 hours. I thought I was super disciplined, methodical, and task oriented. Turns out, my browsing history betrays this self-image. Checked your browser history over the last 2 hours? Are you a little shocked?? If this is how distracted we are (and …
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This post is about how jobs to be done (JTBD) thinking can be used to maximize conversion rates.
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Everyone is saying Amazon will gobble up independent retailers. But Amazon isn’t perfect. There are too many vendors listing the same product on its platform, which creates a poor buyer experience. Here is my story: Here is the Amazon listing page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=fever+tree+naturally+light+tonic+water&sprefix=fever+tree+%2Caps%2C198&crid=1EXDTAORECG8S
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Video explanation: Written explanation for the video above: If you want to improve your conversion rates, you’re going to have to understand the mind of the shopper. And if you want to understand the mind of a shopper, you need to understand how the shopper’s brain works. And in order to understand the shopper’s brain, …
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If you don’t like watching videos here is the written version of the article. The things I do for my readers 🙂 Marketing has become incredibly powerful. Whenever you go to a website (whether it’s CNN or Walmart.com), often times anonymous aspects of our data are sold in the marketplace. The goal of this is …
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I know Amazon is a scary animal. But Amazon isn’t the end all of retail. Here is my personal story: Here is the product page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009B0WREM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You tell me if you see any mention of this being a Japanese language model.
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If you like seeing how ideas develop at Frictionless Commerce, you'll like our YouTube channel. It's where we explore totally new (and sometimes crazy) ideas on converting first time buyers. Our ideas are rooted in consumer psychology. Watch a few videos and if you like what you see, subscribe so you never miss a video. Take me to the channel.
Neuromarketing is powerful, which is why us marketers need to be on the right side of ethics.
It's one thing to create a strategy to slow down distracted users. It's quite another to use tactics to manipulate.
Seen the Netflix documentary Fyre Festival? That's an example of unethical marketing.
Let's use marketing for good.