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E-commerce Best Practice Compendium

This report is based on our in-depth articles on e-commerce best practice, and forms a valuable guide to improving the e-commerce user experience for visitors, and maximising conversion rates for online retailers.

It contains hundreds of tips and examples from e-commerce sites on improving search and navigation, making product pages more effective, and reducing checkout abandonment rates. 

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JUMP Magazine - Fall 2012

JUMP is Econsultancy's magazine in support of the multichannel event, JUMP, which takes place on January 30, 2013 in New York. In this issue of JUMP Magazine, we look at attribution, social metrics and new ways to bridge multi-channel, integrated marketing campigns. Big data is the theme, but there are also articles on the innovative multichannel campaigns, social media engagement, customer experience and and multichannel retailing.

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Increased ROI - A Statistical Examination of Ad Optimization

Digital marketing has it over traditional advertising in lots of ways, but perhaps no advantage stands out more than the sheer amount of data marketers can glean from their campaigns. Information in hand, they can test concepts, placements, and deliveries within a campaign in multiple ways, and when the results come back, they can optimize the ad with the simple reallocation of a specific creative element.

But is display ad optimization worth the time and trouble? Increased ROI - A Statistical Examination of Ad Optimization suggests there is, at least beyond a certain volume level...

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Digital Tribes III: Organization

Digital Tribes III is the last of three reports from Econsultancy’s Digital Vision grant-winner Allison Aldridge Saur. Marketing firms thrill at creating online communities but perhaps flounder at guiding their structure. In this report, Sauer borrows from Native American tribal practices to suggest ways marketers can organize online communities once they’ve formed.

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Digital Tribes

The Digital Tribes series of reports is the first product of the Digital Vision project, an effort to help new thought leaders get their insight out into the digital marketing world. The reports look at how Native American tribal characteristics reveal substantive practices that build stronger, more fulfilling and highly committed online communities.

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How the Internet Can Save the High Street

Econsultancy's How the Internet Can Save the High Street report contains more than 60 recommendations for retailers who want to succeed in a digital age, covering topics including in-store wi-fi, 'reserve and collect', in-store kiosks and 'pop-up shops'. The report includes insights from experts and examples of companies which have embraced digital and reaped the rewards. 

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Online Communities Part Three: Growing the Community

Online Communities Part Three: Growing the Community is the third report in a series of four by DJ Waldow that focus on digital community building. This report uncovers how email marketing – the “digital glue” of new media – can be used to grow your community.

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The Presentation Style of Web Analytics Data and Decision-Making

This report written by Econsultancy MSc Digital Marketing Communications graduate Mark McGee is based on the findings from his dissertation titled 'The Presentation Style of Web Analytics Data and Decision-Making'. The report tests the hypothesis that an infoposter (infographic) would have a detrimental effect on decision-making ability and quality. The findings of the research implied that there was no discernible difference in the ability of digital marketing professionals to make a decision using either raw data in a tabular format or as an infoposter.

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SEO in the Middle East and North Africa Best Practice Guide

The SEO in the Middle East and North Africa Best Practice Guide explores in detail country-specific marketing strategies and localisation issues in the MENA region. 

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Online Video Best Practice Guide

The Online Video Best Practice Guide, updated in July 2012, is aimed at marketers and content owners who are using video as a tool for marketing and sales. The 49-page guide covers all you need to know about what's happening in online video, including best practice tips, platforms and techniques. The report is full of real, practical examples and case studies to help you with online video strategy and tactics.