Deepak Wadhwani

Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE) 2016 took place in the world-class city of Chicago, from June 7 to June, 10, 2016. IRCE on the 1st day had covered a broad range of topics in the sessions including mobile ecommerce and marketing automation. From new retail marketing trends to SEO techniques, IRCE covered the huge range of ecommerce essentials. IRCE 2016 featured:  200+ speakers More than 10,000 attendees Attendees from over 100 countries participated 130+ conference sessions 600 companies including the top 500 ecommerce retailers in the world The sessions discussed  big challenges in the investments for ecommerce marketing and

What is Virtual Reality? An innovative computer interface that lets humans to become engrossed in computer created simulated environments. This engagement can be made via special devices such as headset, glasses, a joystick, a sealed off space, or just your screen. What is Augmented Reality? Augmented reality i.e. geo-localization, Google maps have been one of the beginning points of that involvement, that is now moving in the direction of augmented virtual reality. Marketing tactics in small and medium sized companies, ever more often consist of virtual reality in their commercial concepts, budgets and point of sale (POS) material. It has been revealed that multi-dimensional, multi-purpose surroundings are very operational. They

Online-to-Offline commerce is a business strategy that attracts possible customers from online channels to brick-and-mortar stores.  Online-to-Offline commerce (O2O) identifies customers on the internet such as in the emails, internet advertising and so on. Then the O2O commerce utilizes diverse tools and approaches to entice the customer to a brick-and-mortar store from the internet.  This type of strategy includes techniques used in internet marketing with those used in physical stores. Retailers can integrate by many ways from those based on providing experience (interpreted as ‘gimmicky’) to the practical (interpreted as ‘potential standard practice’) brick-and-mortar stores on the high street with

Google has recently completed the transition from Product Listing Ads (PLAs) to Shopping Campaigns. The concept behind this strategy is to allow merchants to bid on products rather than keywords. The approach is to target people who search for specific products rather than use generic search keywords which link to your merchandise webpage. Actually, Google provided this service through AdWords to list product prices. But since then, the company has shifted to a paid model where merchants have to pay for the listing. Google shopping also allows users to compare prices among different vendors which increase the competition for the

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next technology revolution which will enable physical world objects like appliances, cars, smartphones and various machines to connect to the internet and will usher an era of machine-to-machine communications (M2M) devices that will interact with human beings from a fridge ordering groceries to a industrial machine reporting a faulty part. The Internet of Things or IoT has made huge leaps and transitions that stretch far beyond simply being able to control the things around a user. The main focus of developers for IoT was to make daily tasks easier like adjusting the thermostat or

User retention is an ability of a company to successfully attract customers and keep them interested in their products enough to make a purchase. Successful customer retention will begin with the first interaction a customer has with a company or their products and services and will last until the end of the customer business relationship. This is one of the important areas that most businesses focus on. Being able to attract and convert an individual into a customer often involves a number of factors, tools and methods. These tips will help you to get a much higher and successful user

Internet advertising has become comparatively popular and Google advertising is one of the largest platforms on the internet. Google Advertising is highly scalable, which is why many businesses spend millions of dollars per year on it. There are some steps involved before creating and managing advertising campaigns. The good news for Google adverts is we have a lot of tools and functionalities that can be used to advertise our products and services over internet including ecommerce for Google shopping. Ecommerce websites can definitely increase their reach and benefit from Google shopping ads. Here you can find out how business could

A pipeline of Leads is important for any business whether its B2B or B2C. After lead generation, one must start qualifying and converting those leads into customers. This process starts with understanding the lead, segmenting it and nurturing in a sequence using marketing automation.  Marketing automation helps you better  to target your leads with relevant messages. Marketing automation platforms such as Hubspot, Infusionsoft, Marketo, Exacttarget (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) can help you convert leads into customers. Here is a list of tips to help you convert leads into potential customers using marketing automation : Sequence of Email Marketing Campaigns or Drips: Good email marketing essentially turns your leads

Advertisers today understand the power of online marketing. One of the most efficient methods of marketing is remarketing or retargeting, which refers to an intelligent way of connecting with visitors who do not make an enquiry on their first visit. Adopting the remarketing strategy means positioning targeted ads to the audience who have previously visited the website. People who do remarketing in a wrong way or consider remarketing less effective way have a very poor understanding about its powers. Platforms that offer remarketing include Google Adwords, Adroll, Perfect Audience, Bing ads, Facebook and many other 2nd tier ad platforms. Remarketing can

  Mobile Marketing is the fastest growing segment in online marketing strategy for all types of businesses. The amount of users on smartphones and tablets continues to skyrocket with the growth of mobile technology. According to CNN,  mobile users have rapidly increased for the last 5 years and account for 55% of overall internet traffic which has pushed website operators to make their sites mobile friendly or responsive. In fact, last year, Google announced mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal for search engine optimization (SEO).  It’s highly recommended for any online business to have a website that is easily rendered and readable on mobile devices,