While reviewing articles around ecommerce this week, one part of one caught my eye: Holiday Purchases Will Come Early We know that inflation will increase prices. Buying a gift for your loved one will be more expensive in December than in October. This will encourage two trends. First, if holiday...
Today marks the end of the month, quarter, and the last day of the first half of 2022. Yesterday I created my wishlist of changes for Repeat Customer Insights for Q3. It feels like a lot right now but I'm surprised at how much can be accomplished in three months....
Though RFM can be used to detect customer defection, sometimes it's too slow to notice the change. In order for an RFM value to change it would require your customer to delay orders for long enough that they fall into the lower 40% of your customer base for Recency. That...
The executive-level goal of your marketing should be to secure at least one marketing channel that regularly brings you buying customers. This is your foundational channel. You can and should experiment with new channels too, but those are only experiments to see if you can get the channel to stabilize...
This morning I had a consultant send me an email newsletter about their latest blog post. Problem is, I unsubscribed from their list over four years ago after they sent multiple duplicate emails with pitches for their latest product. Reactivating my email account like that is illegal in the US...
I've been going through my market research for my app so I can work on the copywriting and plan out my Q3 and Q4 features. One part is boiling down how the app helps into a single core pain. It's the main problem that it solves for merchants. Your store...
Last week I added a collection of 19 new graphs to Repeat Customer Insights. They are based on the seven metrics used in the Store Analysis: Average Latency Average Lifetime Value (LTV) Average Order Value (AOV) Average Orders per Customer Average Orders per Month Repeat Purchase Rate (RPR) Repeat Sales...
A few days ago I had to toss 50 basil plants into the compost pile. I started them early inside, moved them outside when it was safe, and then the weather turned wet and cold. Not enough to kill them but enough to mess with their growth. Of the 70...
For a couple of months now, I've been highlighting new features in Repeat Customer Insights with a tiny badge. Here's one feature that I just released yesterday: It's a simple bit of a code but it can draw attention to things that would otherwise be missed. They work especially well...
The past couple of weeks I've been looking for a new floor cushion. Between Etsy, Shopify, and big box stores I found a handful that would work and were in my price range. After debating the pros and cons of each, I settled on one from a Shopify store. Great...
Each tip includes a way to improve your store: customer analysis, analytics, customer acquisition, CRO... plus plenty of puns and amazing alliterations.