How To Maximise Your Ecommerce Revenue Over Black Friday by Alexandra Coutts

1. BLACK FRIDAY SEO Where and when to start, quick wins and top tips Alexandra Coutts // ThoughtShift // @lottafizz

4. 4 Google Analysis

5. Google Trends Data 5 1009384757820 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

6. UK Search Volumes 6 black friday black friday deals 1,830,000 1,220,000 1,830,000 1,220,000 1,830,000 1,500,000 2,240,000 1,500,000 Nov-15 Nov-16 Nov-17 Nov-18

7. Black Friday is not going away

8. 8 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Deals” 2016 2018 22.5x more search results!

9. 9 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Deals” 2016 2018 Strangely equivalent advertisers

10. 10 2016 2018 Google Shopping results now being displayed and not all clearly have deals Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Deals”

11. 11 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Deals” 2016 2018 News results above Organic Search results

12. 12 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Deals” 2016 2018 Google is now prioritising publishers over retailers in the Organic Search results

13. 13 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Fashion Deals” 2016 2018Google Shopping results now being displayed and not all clearly have deals

14. 14 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Fashion Deals” 2016 2018 2 Google Text ads News results above Organic Search results

15. 15 Google UK Search Results “Black Friday Fashion Deals” 2016 2018 Publishers are prioritised in the Organic Search results

16. Retailers are not going to rank on Page 1 of Google for Black Friday terms on Black Friday

17. 17 Google UK Trending Searches 2016 2018

18. Consumers are now looking for the brands they want to buy from. Access to a deal is assumed

19. 19 Brand Behaviour Analysis

20. How Luxury Capitalised On Black Friday 2017 Discount Codes/ Sales Competition Giveaways Private/ Exclusive Sales Selected Sales

21. Luxury Tackles Offers & Discounting 2017 Free Personalisation Private Sales Free Delivery Gift With Purchase

22. UK Brands Black Friday Offers 2017 Up to 30% off selected items in selected categories 20% off selected styles 20% off site wide 50% off a curated selection of products25% off site wide

23. All brands can engage in Black Friday and they have the scope to decide how

24. 24 Consumer Behaviour Analysis

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31. Consumers are researching and browsing in advance of buying

32. 32 When and Where to Start

33. Start NOW

34. 34 Pages Photoby AnastasiaZheninaonUnsplash

35. 35 One page to rule them all

36. 36 Photoby Dyaa EldinonUnsplash

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39. 39 Photoby freestocks.orgonUnsplash

40. 40 Product Photoby eddie howell onUnsplash

41. 41 Be in the know…

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44. 44 WHY?

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46. 46 Planning Photoby JeffreyFLin on Unsplash

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50. 50 Quick Wins and Top Tips

51. SEO Housekeeping 51 • Server load capabilities • Payment gateway stability • Category merchandising • User journeys and internal linking • Product page content –Delivery and stock info • Tracking setup Source:GlobalWebIndexCommerce Bi-annual report2018 • Site Speed / Mobile first

52. Do Your Homework 52

53. 53 Wait It Out Don’t false start. Stick to your plan and generate the sales at the time that people are looking to buy. Photoby Matt Lee on Unsplash

54. 54 A Starting Point • Run offer Fri - Mon (inclusive) • Have a site wide offer –Free delivery –10% off everything –Gift with purchase • Have some heavily discounted hero products –40% to 70% off –At least 6 products Photoby Startaê Team on Unsplash

55. Black Friday 2019 29th November

56. Handy Resources 56 • https://www.thoughtshift.co.uk/tag/black-friday/ • https://www.thoughtshift.co.uk/tag/ecommerce/ • https://www.globalwebindex.com/reports/commerce

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