There’s no denying that the way we shop is changing drastically and a fun motion infographic from Resource Interactive is exploring these changes.
Watch: Motion Infographic Explores The Future Of Shopping
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Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. Mapping Black Friday on Twitter [Infographic]
The information answers questions like what items people were most excited about purchasing, where they plan to make most their purchases and whether they were shopping for themselves or someone else.
3 Reasons Email Marketing Is The Most Effective at Reaching College Kids
If you listen to today’s social media pundits, it would be easy to believe that email marketing is neither effective nor relevant in today’s digital environment. The logic goes that email has lost its luster to ‘sexier’ marketing channels like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, especially when the target audience is tech-savvy college students. Contrary to popular belief, email is the best engager of college kids as Boris Revskin, CEO of CampusLive, explains after the jump.
Walmart Nabs OneRiot to Bolster Walmartlabs
It will be interesting to see how Walmart develops its social shopping network with the team for OneRiot now aboard. The largest retailer in the country is known for its great savings for shoppers. But of late, it is developing a strong online presence with recent acquisitions of online advertising companies.
Social Shopping App Lets You Ask Your Smartest Friends for Gift Advice
Users can also choose to follow gift recommendations by select curators, in the same way that one follows Twitter users to get curated news and information.
Daily Deal Site Shares Its Wealth with Non-Profits and Schools
This unique twist of combining daily deals with philanthropy has led Sharing Spree to 500% subscriber base growth since January, and even better, the site has now donated $167,000 to non-profits and schools.
Brands Betting on Social Media for the Holidays
Executives surveyed for the report stated that social media was viewed as ‘most important’ (65%) for the upcoming shopping seasons along with email ranked second (46%) and content marketing third (45%).
LivingSocial Buys Ticket Monster Expanding Further into the Asian Market
When LivingSocial’s purchase of Ticket Monster is sanctioned, the social shopping platform will be operating in 23 countries. LivingSocial is in part owned by Amazon and already has a foothold in Asia. In June the company purchased Ensogo and DealKeren, creating a strong presence in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Facebook Users Link, Like, Love with American Express
The process starts with users selecting deals they like from their Link, Like, Love. The selection is linked to their card. They just use their card at the time they are ready to redeem the offer and receive their discount. The discount is indicted on their monthly statement. If the card member is really excited about the deal, she can share it with her friends.
BuyWithMe Acquires Edhance for Merchant Cash Back Deals
“This acquisition fundamentally changes the daily deal industry and is a true win for our merchants and consumers alike,” commented Jim Crowley, CEO of BuyWithMe. “The daily deal model is an incredible demand generation tool for merchants, but until today the industry has failed to provide merchants a means to create, manage and measure not just deal results but ongoing customer loyalty, reward and engagement programs post the initial promotion.”
