Key digital trends for 2013 [infographic]

Our latest Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing: Digital Trends for 2013, produced in association with Adobe, looks at what marketers see as the most important trends in the next 12 months.

This infographic sums up some of the key findings from the survey of around 700 business respondents…

By Graham Charlton January 17th 2013 10:37

Article Ecommerce

Eight different ways of using product videos in ecommerce

In order to improve conversion rates and limit the number of returns, ecommerce sites need to provide customers with as much information as possible about the products on offer.

While this can be achieved through the use of copywriting, images and user reviews, videos are potentially the most effective way of demonstrating a product to the customer.

I recently blogged six examples of retailers that used product videos to improve conversion rates, and we’ve also looked at best practice tips for product pages.

But the use of video isn’t limited to just displaying products. There are a number of different ways that ecommerce sites can use video to inform and educate their customers.

So here are eight different ways that video can be used in ecommerce…

Article Conversion Rate Optimisation

46% of Christmas Day search traffic was on tablets and mobiles

Christmas might seem like a distant memory now, but as we’ve seen from the recent troubles at Comet, HMV and Blockbuster, having a good Christmas can be the difference between success and failure for a retailer.

But what’s coming to light from our search data is how Christmas Day itself is becoming critically important for online retailers.

We have seen a steady growth in e-retail on Christmas Day and Boxing Day over the last five years or so, and now with the proliferation of tablets and other smart devices we’re seeing the growth increase even further.

Article Design

Five awesome open-source front-end frameworks

Thanks in large part to the popularity of the open-source model, companies of all shapes and sizes have access to technologies that would have cost six and seven figures to develop in-house a half a decade ago.

From high-performance data stores to countless software libraries, there are plenty of open-source technologies that make building a sophisticated web-based service far less costly and time-consuming than it would have been.

Article PPC

PPC trends: ‘keywordless’ paid search and the move to automation

In recent years there has been a marked shift towards Google’s AI taking the reins from PPC marketers, leaving marketers with less manual control. How has this trend changed the game for paid search, and what does it mean for the role of a search marketer?

Article People and Skills

A day in the life of… James Keating, CMO at fintech scale-up Pleo

James Keating is CMO at Pleo, which offers smart company cards and automated expense reports. I caught up with James to find out more about his role. We also discuss Pleo’s focus on brand storytelling, what it’s like working at the fintech scale-up space, and what’s next for the company. Econsultancy: Tell me about your […]

Article PPC

PPC trends: the ‘cookiepocalypse’ and its impact on paid search strategy

With Google laying the groundwork to phase out third-party cookies starting from mid-2024, we asked the experts about the impact on PPC and how search marketers can adapt.

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