Recent news of multiple store closings has sparked a hot discussion on whether retail as we know it is dead. – Payless Shoes to file Chapter 11 and close 400 – Macy’s to close 68 – J.C. Penny to close 140 – Sears to close 42 – Kmart to close 108 – The Limited […]
A recent dealer survey from Outdoor Power Equipment1 exposed some interesting facts about the current online presence of US Outdoor Power (i.e. lawn & garden equipment) dealers. The 2016 survey of more than 100 dealers revealed that 77% of dealers had a website. This was up dramatically from 2001 when only 48.7% had an online […]
Video continues to overtake the web with Facebook appearing to lead the way. With Cisco forecasting that 80% of all internet traffic will be video by 2019 it’s not hard to see that Facebook will be a major player. A few recent news items to drive home the point: Last week Facebook announced […]
It’s Decision Day across the United States. Billions of dollars and countless hours have been spent to get us to a decision. No matter what your politics, you have to admit it’s a tremendous undertaking. Those of us in channel marketing and marketing automation work for decisions too. For us every day is Decision Day. […]
Our video design team has issued their latest video revealing the compelling reasons to use video in your marketing mix. This brief video will also give you a sense of capabilities and how our clients use video. What do these clients know about video that you might not? Video increases engagement on your homepage. Studies […]
After launching a year ago and projecting service across two dozen states, Google announced it’s shutdown of Google Compare in the US (and UK) today…reaching a threshold of selling auto insurance in just four states. The reason? It wasn’t as successful as planned. Now while Google is known for experimenting across a wide range of […]
Our video design team has issued their latest Explainer Video Reel – comprised of short snippets from several client video set to music. It gives you a sense of capabilities and how our clients use video. But what do these clients know about video that you might not? Video increases engagement on […]
Brand Marketing clients that sell “considered purchase” products through sales channels (dealers, distributors, agents) often need lead nurturing to help increase preference, conversion, and average order size. JGSullivan has years of experience deploying these automated consumer conversations and we’ll be presenting some case studies and lessons learned at the Inbox Marketing Conference next week. The […]
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Amazon is axing its Fire Phone due to lack of sales cited in this article from Engadget. As I read the article and user comments I couldn’t help but laugh at my June 2014 blog on how cool this new Fire Phone was, and how its features […]
We received a letter in the mail recently at our home. It was from AT&T (and full disclosure is a client) addressed to my family who has multiple cell phone plans with the company. Upon opening I found a simple thank you letter from the Vice President and General Manager with responsibility over our local […]