Tag: Content Marketing

Why every online retailer should be blogging + 5 tools to get you started

Blogging for retailers

As a content marketer employed by an eCommerce store developer, one of the first places I look when checking out a new retail site is the company blog. Almost every eCommerce site has a blog, but very few are ever properly utilised. This is a real shame because a company blog allows a retailer to share relevant, engaging and unique content with their existing customers and potentially millions of other people using the major search engines to find the products they want to buy. Just in case you didn’t get the memo, Google loves relevant, engaging and unique content. Unfortunately, if you are a retailer selling the same products and using the same product catalogue descriptions as your competitors, relevant,… Read more »

Content Marketing – The Gift That Keeps on Giving This Holiday Season

I’m going to share a secret with you at the end of this blog post. Hopefully, it will inspire you to invest in a marketing strategy for your eCommerce site that you know you should have been doing for years now but have somehow put it off. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been telling retailers that they should be blogging. A good blog is the perfect content marketing strategy for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with existing and potential customers. It’s a place where you can increase visibility, build reputation, and, let’s not forget why we are all here, sell more. Blogging can also be incredibly cost-effective and reap long-term rewards. Despite my insistence that content marketing… Read more »