“Ecommerce is essentially digital disruption,” says David Spitz, ChannelAdvisor CEO, at the recent Retail (R)evolution 2018 conference. “If you are a brand or retailer and you are in that supply chain, or flow of commerce, digital disruption for ecommerce is like what Netflix did to Blockbuster. There’s a lot of retail disruption. The alternative of being able […]
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Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming video platform for gamers, announced today that it will no longer offer an ad-free experience for Twitch Prime members. After re-evaluating Twitch Prime benefits, the company says it will begin displaying ads on September 14. According to the Twitch company blog, the decision to monetize its Prime membership was driven in
One of the major forms of social proof that marketers rely on is being systematically destroyed. I’m talking about user reviews, and if you rely on reviews to either buy or sell, you need a new business strategy right now. The destruction of user-review reliability is getting so bad that it was the topic of a
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Out of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because the device fails to live up to the promise of a “smart speaker with a screen.” With the Echo Show as a reference point, the recently launched Lenovo Smart Display with Google
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With Amazon paid traffic, there are two spectrums: pre-launch and post-launch. And there are things to know at both stages of the ad campaign. I created a tool that manages and automates Amazon PPC ads and answers hundreds of questions about what to do before launching an Amazon PPC campaign and what to look for while
Earlier this week, Strategy Analytics released its Q2 global smart speaker shipments report. The data showed Amazon still as the global market leader, but with Google gaining, followed by Alibaba, Apple, JD.com and others. That report said there had been just under 12 million units shipped in the quarter and that Amazon maintained a 41
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Advertisers are always looking for new opportunities to increase brand awareness, drive engagement and acquire customers. And what better way to do so than to learn about the consumers who are signaling strong purchase intent by searching for your brand? Regardless of whether you work for a digital marketing agency or manage digital marketing in-house,
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Consistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also reporting that the Chinese market is starting to be dominated by local brands, which is likely to continue. The company said in a press release that while Amazon continues to lead the market, its global
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Amazon is back at it again with more updates to the campaign manager on both the Seller Central advertising platform and Vendor Central AMS platform. These updates are part of Amazon’s continued push to make advertising on Amazon easier for agencies and in-house managers. The updates include tools now available for both vendors and sellers,
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For the past few years, Amazon’s ad business has often been talked about as a sleeping giant. Well, the giant is awake and ready to stretch out. Amazon’s advertising business is just getting going, say analysts. A note to investors from Piper Jaffray finds that advertising will surpass the company’s juggernaut cloud computing business. “By
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