There is an extraordinary opportunity to reach the largest audience possible and influence your students’ purchases in an online environment. It’s important to create an online influence for your store so you can compete with all of the other companies trying to gain their business. Here are 6 ways you can build your store’s influence … Continue reading
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Creating a marketing plan might sound overwhelming, where do you even start? Creating a successful marketing plan requires a lot of thought, research, and eventually action. A marketing plan describes who your customers are and identifies a specific and measurable plan on how to reach them. While creating your marketing plan it’s important to outline … Continue reading
Millennials require an entirely new approach when it comes to advertising since they are incredibly adept at filtering out everything except what they want. They can easily tune out any traditional advertising that doesn’t seem genuine or is too commercial. It’s time to look towards new ways of getting your message across so you will … Continue reading
2017 has been deemed “The Year of Customer Experience,” and for good reason. Retail has become a competitive market, and getting through to students is increasingly challenging. With so many different technologies available to retail, like virtual reality and artificial intelligence, your students now demand a different level of service. Customer experience has risen to … Continue reading
User Generated Content (UGC) has proved to be 20% more influential on purchasing decisions for consumers. Since 84% of people trust opinions and recommendations from people they know over any other form of marketing; UGC is the key to enhancing your store’s image. Let your students showcase their creativity and tell their own stories with … Continue reading
Maintaining social media accounts can be challenging and it’s difficult to know what to post where. Since each social media site excels at a different function, the same post doesn’t work on every site. You have to play to that platform’s strength if you want your students to take notice and respond accordingly. Take a … Continue reading
As 2016 comes to a close, you’re probably wondering what’s trending for 2017 and maybe feeling a little overwhelmed. With the holidays approaching, products to order, and a business to run; that leaves limited time to explore what tactics you should really focus on for next year. This easy infographic gives you everything you need … Continue reading
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to engage directly with your students on the social media sites they use most. Facebook alone has a reach of nearly 1.3 billion users and growing. Using social media is an efficient way of reaching customers; a single post can reach thousands of your students in seconds. It’s also … Continue reading
Since 55% of Millennials rely on social media as their primary source for shopping information; these platforms are always looking to enhance the consumer’s shopping experience, which means continuous updates and site improvements. With social media shopping growing in popularity, Instagram and Pinterest have recently taken steps to improve how customers shop on their sites. … Continue reading
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