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Crafted Media - the state of ecommerce

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The document provides an overview of the state of ecommerce and discusses key trends. It notes that integration across social media, logistics, and mobile is important. While search and paid ads remain important, social influence during product research is now also key. The document recommends optimizing images and content, incentivizing customer reviews, and enabling social sharing of products. It also stresses the importance of mobile websites that simplify the user experience across devices. Harnessing social recommendations and interactions can help drive online sales and brand awareness.

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Crafted MediaBriefing: the state of ecommerce
HelloCrafted Media32 Ipswich-based staff specialising in
E-commerce
Design
Development
Search engine marketing
Social media
Copywriting
Mobile sites & apps Our ecommerce clients turned over c£6m in 2010.
ShoppingShops are not the same – from boutique to superstore.Integration (social and logistic) is the order of the day.
With social commerce, there are software providers - fcommerce packages. With true ecommerce it is about true integration:from high margin and high volume product sales, to label printing and pick & pack, to trackable data that can be analysed and used to develop a better customer experience.Just ecommerce isn't a strategy.
Customers change a little, technology changes a lot.The statsRecent research from Forbes demonstrates exactly how valuable Facebook Fans are to a brand:They are 41% more likely to recommend a company.
28% more likely to continue using them in the future. 
Fans are worth on average $136.38 to a business and spend $71.84 more per year.
Search + Social Media increases CTR by 94 percent. (GroupM and comScore)The way we wereIt’s all about search, paid and natural.And conversion.And maybe a follow-up email.Done.‘traditional’ media=++
The way we should be nowNow social influence during the search and research phase is more important than ever...=++
The way we need to be
Ecommerce basicsOptimise your images – image search traffic is significantIntegrate Facebook at product level: a ‘most Liked’ category on your site?Google Base – 5-15% of retailers’ turnoverRobust content strategyBlogs – for life post-Panda
Video – YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine!Email still worksReviews – not only incentivising them, but featuring in the search listings via Google checkoutEnable the user
MobileMobile shouldn’t remove the opportunity to consultatively sell.There is less real estate to visually sell, so it is more important to focus on how your customers might view your business, products and services.Mobile shouldhighlight your products,
emphasise your service
enable the user
to reserve & collect
to find store locationsMobile is a new channel, not a replacement.
So sellSocial commerceMobile commerce
Allfancydress.com
m.allfancydress.comCombine your site’s analytics with industry trends to identify target platforms
Device considerations: the range of screen sizes and orientations meant that the design had to be very fluid: ranging from 320 pixels wide for an upright iPhone 3, to 960 pixels wide for an iPhone 4 on its side. Note: the iPhone 4 has twice the resolution as an iPhone 3 (640x960 compared to 320x480), although the physical screen size is the same! Shares the same code base as the main site, so feeds off of the same data and images, avoiding data re-entry for the client.Allfancydress.com
There are also a handful of HTML5 features, (where supported) to allow easier entry of telephone numbers and email addresses using new form tags.Allfancydress.com
Significant % of overall sales within days of launch.
Usability / user experience is more important than ever.

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Crafted Media - the state of ecommerce

  • 1. Crafted MediaBriefing: the state of ecommerce
  • 2. HelloCrafted Media32 Ipswich-based staff specialising in
  • 9. Mobile sites & apps Our ecommerce clients turned over c£6m in 2010.
  • 10. ShoppingShops are not the same – from boutique to superstore.Integration (social and logistic) is the order of the day.
  • 11. With social commerce, there are software providers - fcommerce packages. With true ecommerce it is about true integration:from high margin and high volume product sales, to label printing and pick & pack, to trackable data that can be analysed and used to develop a better customer experience.Just ecommerce isn't a strategy.
  • 12. Customers change a little, technology changes a lot.The statsRecent research from Forbes demonstrates exactly how valuable Facebook Fans are to a brand:They are 41% more likely to recommend a company.
  • 13. 28% more likely to continue using them in the future. 
  • 14. Fans are worth on average $136.38 to a business and spend $71.84 more per year.
  • 15. Search + Social Media increases CTR by 94 percent. (GroupM and comScore)The way we wereIt’s all about search, paid and natural.And conversion.And maybe a follow-up email.Done.‘traditional’ media=++
  • 16. The way we should be nowNow social influence during the search and research phase is more important than ever...=++
  • 17. The way we need to be
  • 18. Ecommerce basicsOptimise your images – image search traffic is significantIntegrate Facebook at product level: a ‘most Liked’ category on your site?Google Base – 5-15% of retailers’ turnoverRobust content strategyBlogs – for life post-Panda
  • 19. Video – YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine!Email still worksReviews – not only incentivising them, but featuring in the search listings via Google checkoutEnable the user
  • 20. MobileMobile shouldn’t remove the opportunity to consultatively sell.There is less real estate to visually sell, so it is more important to focus on how your customers might view your business, products and services.Mobile shouldhighlight your products,
  • 23. to reserve & collect
  • 24. to find store locationsMobile is a new channel, not a replacement.
  • 27. m.allfancydress.comCombine your site’s analytics with industry trends to identify target platforms
  • 28. Device considerations: the range of screen sizes and orientations meant that the design had to be very fluid: ranging from 320 pixels wide for an upright iPhone 3, to 960 pixels wide for an iPhone 4 on its side. Note: the iPhone 4 has twice the resolution as an iPhone 3 (640x960 compared to 320x480), although the physical screen size is the same! Shares the same code base as the main site, so feeds off of the same data and images, avoiding data re-entry for the client.Allfancydress.com
  • 29. There are also a handful of HTML5 features, (where supported) to allow easier entry of telephone numbers and email addresses using new form tags.Allfancydress.com
  • 30. Significant % of overall sales within days of launch.
  • 31. Usability / user experience is more important than ever.
  • 32. Simplify don’t compromise > functionality, design, forms.Allfancydress.com
  • 33. Social changeSocial commerce – e-commerce through social networksSocial change: social shopping and social influence are an integral part of our lives. (Note: I didn’t mention ‘online’ or ‘digital’ there)Customer behaviour has not changed (much), but when we ask a question, or seek an opinion or recommendation, it is amplified.
  • 35. The power of advocacyNow harness it and monetise it.
  • 36. Social recommendationFanning the flames for social and search benefitencourage / incentivise reviews
  • 37. voucher codes for (tracked) recommendations
  • 38. provide links to the ordered product pages to share socially
  • 39. ‘people who also bought’ shareable links (unsubtle hints for gifts)
  • 40. Google checkout as a payment option to enabled featured reviews in your search listings (beware of confusing your customers)Social commerceThe socialisation of your brand drives businessNearly 40% of consumers  ’like’ companies on Facebook to publicly display their brand affiliation to friends. [Source: ExactTarget, via Social Media Examiner, October 2010]
  • 41. 40% click ‘like’ button for, or ‘liked’ a company, brand or association on Facebook to receive discounts and promotions. [Source: ExactTarget, September 2010]Social commerceFacebook Connect – log-in & checkout using FB detailsFacebook wall-stores. Not just sharing the story, sharing your shop!Full Facebook stores - great for a few products. Conversion stats?Facebook Deals – a campaign strategy to emphasise location / relevance / convenience
  • 42. Facebook commerceA convenience store?Payment in Facebook: PayPal & CreditsThe phasing out of FBML, the phasing in of iframes – where does the transaction occur?People are happy with the ‘security’ of Facebook.The purchase process is quite slow and clunky.Remember these are your customers. Control the customer experience.
  • 43. Facebook commerceForbes states that Facebook’sreferral traffic to Amazon grew 328% year on year in Oct. 2010, while Google’s traffic dropped 2%.Facebook traffic to eBay grew 81% while Google traffic dropped 3%.8th Bridge forecasts retail sales on Facebook in 2011 will be IRO $100 million. They also state that people are ‘18 times more likely to buy directly in their News Feed than when clicking off to a separate website’.Facebook disagrees. Why?Learn, test, refine. Facebook is a campaign tool, a marketing strategy with benefits.
  • 44. Truly social commerce‘Free personal shopping network service complete with live chat, enabling consumers to seek product advice and recommendations from knowledgeable advisors in real-time.’
  • 50. Remember to not get excited about the shiny thing. Simply focus on where your customers are and how to sell to them

Editor's Notes

  1. I’m searching for XXXX, I’m buying XXXX, I’ve bought XXXX aren’t I cool by association!!
  2. Emotive / lifestyle vs commercial.
  3. Emotive / lifestyle vs commercial.
  4. In-store QR codes, computer in your car