When talking with marketers about email segmentation, the first
question is generally around the conversion funnel. Bottom
line, how will this affect my revenue per send?
The answer, as is often the case - is that it depends. It
depends on how much we...
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eRetailers have shouted from the rooftops that segmentation
drives results. It's not a new concept, but with the advent of big
data, online behavioral tracking, and multi-channel
traffic...segmentation again is at the forefront of most...
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The iGoDigital eRetail roundtables are all about making
connections, networking, and sharing ideas. In Austin, one attendee
from Dell was gracious enough to invite us into Dell's social
headquarters, dubbed the Command Center.
Here's @libbyjb from
@ver...
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To steal a slide from @johngerzma, Keynote
Speaker at the Bazaarvoice Summit...Technology, by the numbers, is
quite fascinating:

But what does this mean for eRetailers and more importantly, how
do they adapt in a changing, growing, and chaotic world?...
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Etail West provided 3 days of presentations, pitches and best
practices. If a round of golf was more interesting or if you didn't
make it to Palm Springs this year, here are five things you
missed.
- It's been drilled into your
head--the abandon cart...
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With March officially in full swing, let the "madness" begin.
And no, I'm not talking about college basketball. Last week, the
iGoDigital team met with some of the biggest players in the Chicago
retail space. As they start to fine tune strategies for...
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On January 19th, we got together with Boston-area eRetailers for
the first in a series of nationwide roundtable discussions about
the issues facing retailers in 2012. Allowing the retailers to
drive the discussion, we learned some pretty interesting...
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We live in a world of multi-tasking.
Some (errantly) decide they can't focus on driving without reading
texts or emails. Others try to have a conversation while checking
their Facebook News Feed. At the end of the day, siloing our
efforts towards one...
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With innovative style and iGoDigital class, President and Founder
Eric Tobias took some time Monday night to chat with the
Indianapolis-rooted Orr Fellowship.
So what is the Orr Fellowship?
It's Match.comfor top recent graduates and high-growth...
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The Ballad of Shopping and Personalization (inspired by the Avett
Brothers,
"Ballad of Love and
Hate"). A raft prepared for all the crazy retailers and
shoppers this holiday season.
Shopper writes a letter, and sends it to
retail..Time's winding down,...
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The world of ecommerce is littered with "Best Practices" or playing
Leapfrog for a slightly better solution, if you will. I read an
article today in
ChangeThis, Volume 88 that
contended innovation isn't about playing Leapfrog. In my mind maybe
it's...
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Swamped this Holiday Season? Here’s a few fun ways we unwind…
A
concert at work?
In stressful times, pause and choose a song - everyone likes to
rock out to some good tunes, right? At iGoDigital, we get our fix
from
turntable.fm, where you
invite a...
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When an online retailer is in the market for personalization, the
first place that's often considered is their analytics
provider. But, why do a large percentage of retail leaders use
the marquee names for analytics (CoreMetrics, Omniture,...
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Sure, since last week plenty has been written about Steve Jobs.
He's a visionary that changed the world and an iconic figure in all
of technology.
The question I've been laboring over is not
what he did, but how'd he do it?
After some thought, I'll...
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ExactTarget Connections was my first trade show, ever.
As a sponsor, my intention initially was to go and meet
folks--which I certainly did. However as I spoke with email
marketers for three days, I uncovered an old but timely problem:
Email and...
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Last week, my favorite ecommerce blog,
Get Elastic, linked to a post:
"Pavlov Meets Email: Have You Trained Your Subscribers to Ignore
You?"
The author's contention was that regardless of the "best
practices" you employ in your email marketing...
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If you didn't catch the Women's World Cup final, stop reading
now. If you did, bear with me as I digress.
A small Japan team finds itself up against Goliath (literally...
the US starting 11 had probably 3 inches on every player). With
immense...
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It was finalist day of the "
Orr Fellowship" interviews, an
experience comparable to speed-dating (not that I've ever
experienced speed-dating, but from what I've see on TV). I was
shuffled through 6 different interviews that day, all with high
growth...
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