The document discusses using search to influence online and offline purchase behavior. It summarizes Lauren Frankel's presentation on paid search strategies for three tiers of e-retail: optimizing assets on retailer sites, increasing visibility on retailer websites, and lifting search visibility on search engine results pages to drive traffic to retailers. The document provides examples of strategies for each tier, such as optimizing product pages and increasing visibility on sites like Amazon and Hooklogic.
Shopping Goes Social - how our habits as consumers are changingDaniel Ord Rasmussen
Our habits as consumers are changing offline as well as online. We "hack" retail by finding loopholes, coupons, deals and tricks that get us what we want. We circumvent artificial boundaries such as borders by "spoofing" locations and we receive products via legal middle-men.
At the same time these online tricks are moving offline again with the advent of location based marketing via Foursquare and Facebook.
This presentation gives a quick overview of an emerging field that is changing rapidly.
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As web marketing undergoes its biggest shift in a decade, how we impact audiences needs to evolve. In this presentation, Rand shows how web marketers in content, search, social, and advertising (+ influencer marketing) can shift their strategic and tactical investments to align with what the big platforms offer, and how consumer behavior has changed, too.
Moz Local 2016 - Darren Shaw - Citation Investigation!Darren Shaw
Preliminary results from our research study on the data aggregators, moz local, yext, and manual citation building. Also, observations and insights from the 2016 update of the best citations by category and city.
Presented by me at the Digital Luxury Keynote 2015 in Paris while at Lyst.
Topics covered:
1. Why do we search?
2. Challenges of search for luxury brands
3. How search is changing shopping
The New Commerce Conference: The Omni-channel ImperativeCatalyst
Presentation:
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Welcome to the age of omni-commerce. From Google to Amazon, and from Instagram to Instacart, commerce is happening all around us. It is ubiquitous and omni-present. What does this mean for brands?
It means that omni-channel strategies are more critical than ever. Join this presentation as we size up the omni-channel opportunity and share tips for planning and activating an effective omni-channel program.
You’ll discover how to capitalize on commerce opportunities across search, social, retail media, and emerging programmatic channels like connected TV, audio, digital out-of-home, and more.
Panel:
Less Silos, More Symbiosis: Omni-Channel Strategies to Drive In-Store & Ecomm Sales
Many marketers take separate and siloed approaches to in-store and ecommerce marketing. It’s time to rethink this approach. As the digital ecosystem continues to drive purchase behavior across in-store and ecommerce, brands must identify and capitalize on synergies across online and in-store.
Join our panel discussion to learn how to get started. You’ll hear from commerce experts as they discuss their omni-channel journeys and share how they’ve broken down silos to drive better performance both online and in-store.
Shopping Goes Social - how our habits as consumers are changingDaniel Ord Rasmussen
Our habits as consumers are changing offline as well as online. We "hack" retail by finding loopholes, coupons, deals and tricks that get us what we want. We circumvent artificial boundaries such as borders by "spoofing" locations and we receive products via legal middle-men.
At the same time these online tricks are moving offline again with the advent of location based marketing via Foursquare and Facebook.
This presentation gives a quick overview of an emerging field that is changing rapidly.
SearchLove Boston 2019 - Rand Fishkin - Building Influence in 2019Distilled
As web marketing undergoes its biggest shift in a decade, how we impact audiences needs to evolve. In this presentation, Rand shows how web marketers in content, search, social, and advertising (+ influencer marketing) can shift their strategic and tactical investments to align with what the big platforms offer, and how consumer behavior has changed, too.
Moz Local 2016 - Darren Shaw - Citation Investigation!Darren Shaw
Preliminary results from our research study on the data aggregators, moz local, yext, and manual citation building. Also, observations and insights from the 2016 update of the best citations by category and city.
Presented by me at the Digital Luxury Keynote 2015 in Paris while at Lyst.
Topics covered:
1. Why do we search?
2. Challenges of search for luxury brands
3. How search is changing shopping
The New Commerce Conference: The Omni-channel ImperativeCatalyst
Presentation:
The Age of Omni-Commerce & What It Means for Marketing Strategies
Welcome to the age of omni-commerce. From Google to Amazon, and from Instagram to Instacart, commerce is happening all around us. It is ubiquitous and omni-present. What does this mean for brands?
It means that omni-channel strategies are more critical than ever. Join this presentation as we size up the omni-channel opportunity and share tips for planning and activating an effective omni-channel program.
You’ll discover how to capitalize on commerce opportunities across search, social, retail media, and emerging programmatic channels like connected TV, audio, digital out-of-home, and more.
Panel:
Less Silos, More Symbiosis: Omni-Channel Strategies to Drive In-Store & Ecomm Sales
Many marketers take separate and siloed approaches to in-store and ecommerce marketing. It’s time to rethink this approach. As the digital ecosystem continues to drive purchase behavior across in-store and ecommerce, brands must identify and capitalize on synergies across online and in-store.
Join our panel discussion to learn how to get started. You’ll hear from commerce experts as they discuss their omni-channel journeys and share how they’ve broken down silos to drive better performance both online and in-store.
Utilising Data In Your Digital & PR Strategy - 3XE DigitalBranded3
Data journalism has been on the rise for years; nowadays a large proportion of news stories will include some form of data in the headline or body meaning as a PR having data in your campaign can significantly help its pick-up chances.
The problem with this is that some brands still insist that they have no data they can share or that it’s too expensive to acquire, this will run through the various ways we can overcome this to leverage data in campaigns.
This presentation covers not just how to use data as part of the story but also how to use data to inform the overall strategy, examples of data types are:
* Publicly available – e.g. from a FOI request, ONS
* Company data – e.g. sales trends
* Purchased – e.g. from a survey or third party
* Freely collected – e.g. generated from a quiz
WORKSHOP: Utilising Data In Your Digital & PR Strategy - 3XE DigitalEduardas Gricius
3XE Digital Proudly presents:
Laura Crimmons, Communications Director at BRANDED3
Data journalism has been on the rise for years; nowadays a large proportion of news stories will include some form of data in the headline or body meaning as a PR having data in your campaign can significantly help its pick-up chances.
The problem with this is that some brands still insist that they have no data they can share or that it’s too expensive to acquire, this will run through the various ways we can overcome this to leverage data in campaigns.
This Workshop will cover not just how to use data as part of the story but also how to use data to inform the overall strategy, examples of data types are:
* Publicly available – e.g. from a FOI request, ONS
* Company data – e.g. sales trends
* Purchased – e.g. from a survey or third party
* Freely collected – e.g. generated from a quiz
**presentation is NOT for commercial use**
For more info visit: www.3xedigital.com
Cannibalisation! Anti-competition! High street under siege! We look past such ‘catastrophising’ and reveal some far more down-to-earth truths about the power of multi-channel retailing.
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- Which social channel led traffic and revenue for 80,000 merchants during the first five-months of 2015.
- 5 tips on how your brand can turn followers into buyers.
- 4 data-driven insights to help you determine which merchandise to sell on social.
Back in 2006 when Twitter launched people didn't know what hash tags were, or in 2004 when Facebook launched, fan pages didn't exist!.
Since then technology has moved on. Learn the latest trends in social media, from Like gating on Facebook to Market research.
The Top500’s channels of communication to the customer, their engagement and interaction, and their similarities and differences to their peers in Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia
Digital Marketing Plan for Shirt Lockers (non-real company).
This plan was created during my year coursing the Professional Diploma in DIgital Marketing in the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (the IDM) in London.
http://spiral16.com Tracy Panko, CEO of Spiral16, a social media monitoring software and services company, presents a deck that looks at the state of social media in 2014. This presentation goes through the basics of social media engagement for Twitter, includes new information about Instagram and Pinterest, and looks forward to the future of the collaborative economy.
How to Create an Airtight SEO Strategy to Beat Any Competitor - Rumble RomagnoliRumble Romagnoli
My talk is not just about keyword research and doing it well. It’s about pride. It’s about honour. It’s about being at the epicentre of business intelligence within your organisation for your organisation.
Videos are more engaging, more memorable, and more popular than any other type of content out there. That’s why it’s estimated that 82% of consumer traffic will come from videos by 2025.
And with videos evolving from landscape to portrait and experts promoting shorter clips, one thing remains constant – our brains LOVE videos.
So is there science behind what makes people absolutely irresistible on camera?
The answer: definitely yes.
In this jam-packed session with Stephanie Garcia, you’ll get your hands on a steal-worthy guide that uncovers the art and science to being irresistible on camera. From body language to words that convert, she’ll show you how to captivate on command so that viewers are excited and ready to take action.
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- How social advertising and buy buttons will replace traditional ad strategies.
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19. @frankly_lauren | lauren.frankel@razorfishhealth.com | bit.ly/lauren-in-london
ONLINE ACTIVITY IS DRIVING
OFFLINE IMPACT
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34% of people who search on a
PC/Tablet visit a store within a
day of their search
Source: HeroConf Portland, April 2015
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ONLINE ACTIVITY IS DRIVING
OFFLINE IMPACT
20
50% of people who search on a
mobile device visit a store within a
day of their search
Source: HeroConf Portland, April 2015
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BRAND WEBSITE VISITORS ARE
HEAVIER BUYERS
Complete
41% more
transactions
Spend 37%
more on
brand in
retail store
Source: https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-
Releases/2012/1/Accenture-comScore-and-dunnhumbyUSA-Study-Shows-
Direct-Correlation-Between-CPG-Brand-Website-Usage-and-In-Store-
Purchase-Behavior
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BRAND WEBSITE VISITORS ARE
HEAVIER BUYERS
Complete
41% more
transactions
Spend 53%
more in
category
dollars
Spend 37%
more on
brand in
retail store
Source: https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-
Releases/2012/1/Accenture-comScore-and-dunnhumbyUSA-Study-Shows-
Direct-Correlation-Between-CPG-Brand-Website-Usage-and-In-Store-
Purchase-Behavior
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WHAT IS E-RETAIL?
Retailers are acting more and more like
publishers of content and providing
opportunities for brands to strive for visibility
on retailer websites.
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E-RETAIL SITES ARE BECOMING
SEARCH ENGINES
“Our biggest search competitor is
Amazon…” –Eric Schmidt, Google
Source: Search Engine Land, “Google’s Eric Schmidt: “Really, Our Biggest
Search Competitor Is Amazon.” October 13, 2014
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ECOMMERCE LANDSCAPE IS
CHANGING
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
$70
$80
$90
$100
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
AnnualRetaileCommSales(Billions)
Health & Personal Care Food & Beverage Consumer Electronics
Source: eMarketer, June 2015
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WHAT IS E-RETAIL?
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
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3 TIERS IN E-RETAIL SEARCH
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
Optimizing
Assets on
Retailer Sites
Increasing
visibility on
Retailer
Websites
Lift search
visibility on
SERPs driving
to Retailers
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3 TIERS IN E-RETAIL SEARCH
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
Optimizing
Assets on
Retailer Sites
Increasing
visibility on
Retailer
Websites
Lift search
visibility on
SERPs driving
to Retailers
34. @frankly_lauren | lauren.frankel@razorfishhealth.com | bit.ly/lauren-in-london
WHY TO FOCUS ON CREATING
ENHANCED CONTENT
Engaging, educational content
Amplifies the brand message
Maximizes relevance and ranking
Creates connections between shoppers and products
Integrates with SEO initiatives
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HOW TO FOCUS ON CREATING
ENHANCED CONTENT
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Expanded Product
Descriptions
Multiple Product
Images
Product Benefits
Usage Instructions
Product Logos & Badges
FAQ’s
Videos
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BENEFITS OF OPTIMIZING
E-RETAIL PAGES
Strong existing organic authority
More real estate in SERPs (image,
shopping)
Building brand awareness and trust
Digital shelf visibility
Linking opportunities in enhanced
content
Provides outlet and touch point for sales
ROPO – research online, purchase offline36
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3 TIERS IN E-RETAIL SEARCH
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
Optimizing
Assets on
Retailer Sites
Increasing
visibility on
Retailer
Websites
Lift search
visibility on
SERPs driving
to Retailers
Hooklogic
Amazon
39. @frankly_lauren | lauren.frankel@razorfishhealth.com | bit.ly/lauren-in-london
HOOKLOGIC: A NETWORK OF
THE WORLD’S LARGEST RETAILERS
119M active
shoppers
43B ecomm
searches
$92B attributable
sales
39
Source: Data from hooklogic homepage 10/13/15
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HOOKLOGIC: A NETWORK OF
THE WORLD’S LARGEST RETAILERS
119M active
shoppers
43B ecomm
searches
$92B attributable
sales
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Source: Data from hooklogic homepage 10/13/15
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PROMOTE AMAZON PAGES
WITHIN AMAZON.COM SEARCH
RESULTS
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Google considers Amazon their biggest competitor
Amazon is #1 in online revenue
*More than #2-#10 combined
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PROMOTE AMAZON PAGES
WITHIN AMAZON.COM SEARCH
RESULTS
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Google considers Amazon their biggest competitor
Amazon is #1 in online revenue
*More than #2-#10 combined
Amazon product searches up 73% YoY
*Product searches on Google are flat
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PROMOTE AMAZON PAGES
WITHIN AMAZON.COM SEARCH
RESULTS
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Google considers Amazon their biggest competitor
Amazon is #1 in online revenue
*More than #2-#10 combined
Amazon product searches up 73% YoY
*Product searches on Google are flat
33% of searches begin on Amazon
*vs. 13% that begin on traditional search engines
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REACH USERS ACROSS THE
PURCHASE PATH W/AMAZON
Headline
Search Ads
Appears above
search results
Keyword targeted
Drives to a brand
page
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REACH USERS ACROSS THE
PURCHASE PATH W/AMAZON
Headline
Search Ads
Appears above
search results
Keyword targeted
Drives to a brand
page
Product
Display Ads
Appears on product
detail pages
Targeted by related
products or shopper
interests
Ad shows info from
product detail page
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REACH USERS ACROSS THE
PURCHASE PATH W/AMAZON
Headline
Search Ads
Appears above
search results
Keyword targeted
Drives to a brand
page
Product
Display Ads
Appears on product
detail pages
Targeted by related
products or shopper
interests
Ad shows info from
product detail page
Appears within
search results
Keyword targeted
Sponsored
Product Ads
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PROVEN RESULTS WITH AMAZON
IN 2015
Segment Brand
YTD
Spend
YTD
Revenue
YTD ROI
Headline
Search
Sponsored
Products
Product
Display
Beauty Brand A $1,257 $16,073 1278% x x x
Beauty Brand B $5,138 $29,089 566% x x x
Beauty Brand C $646 $10,433 1616% x x x
Consumer Brand D $29 $120 418% x x x
Consumer Brand E $479 $3,548 741% x x x
OTC Brand F $1,383 $7,553 546% x
Amazon Grand Total $9,632 $67,225 698%
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3 TIERS IN E-RETAIL SEARCH
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
Optimizing
Assets on
Retailer Sites
Increasing
visibility on
Retailer
Websites
Lift search
visibility on
SERPs driving
to Retailers
WMX
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WALMART EXCHANGE
Increased prominence
Gain insight into sales impact
Target increased traffic
Walmart controls all decision making
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3 TIERS IN E-RETAIL SEARCH
Retailers are acting more and more like publishers of
content and providing opportunities for brands to strive
for visibility on retailer websites.
Optimizing
Assets on
Retailer Sites
Increasing
visibility on
Retailer
Websites
Lift search
visibility on
SERPs driving
to Retailers
WMXHooklogic
Amazon
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1. Audit
Current
Experience
2. Identify
Strategic
Retailers
3. Promote
Visibility
through
Media
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Understand
the current
landscape and how
your brands are
appearing.
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1. Audit
Current
Experience
2. Identify
Strategic
Retailers
3. Promote
Visibility
through
Media
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Identify key
retailers and
programs which
could benefit from
additional support
and optimization.
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1. Audit
Current
Experience
2. Identify
Strategic
Retailers
3. Promote
Visibility
through
Media
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Leverage
e-retail search to
drive consideration,
purchase intent &
eCommerce.
I’m lauren
Feel free to reach out during the presentation or any time after to get in touch
I also posted this presentation on slideshare which you can access from this link on the screen.
Unfortunately she didn’t make the trip.
I previously worked at Seer Interactive which is an agency located in Philadelphia. I was there for about four years and was specializing in e-commerce accounts.
Recently, however, I started a new position at Razorfish Health they serve healthcare and pharmaceutical clients so I had to shift my focus a little bit since it’s a more regulated industry where you can’t utilize many traditional tactics like remarketing or product listing ads on google.
Quick agenda of what we’re going to cover this morning.
First I’m going to talk about some consumer behavior information and then jump into the search landscape.
The bulk of the presentation is going to cover e-retail and the 3 tiers that make up e-retail.
Let’s kick it off with consumer behavior.
It’s no surprise that everyone relies on search. Regardless of the intent, I’m sure there are some of you right now who are searching at this very moment.
The important thing to know is that google is the #1 most visited website in the US. That means it’s even more popular than Facbeook, YouTube or Instagram.
Now being the #1 most visited website, it’s no surprise that there are a ton of searches that take please every day, every hour, even every minute. In fact, there are over 3.5 billion searches done every day on Google. I’m sure I accounts for a larger number of those as I was preparing for this presentation and my trip over here.
Lastly, 91% of consumers actually search for health information online. This stat just ties back into how I’m now focusing on the healthcare and pharma industry and I’ll be touching on that a bit later in the session.
Moving right along with consumer behavior.
Searches are questions, which means keywords are questions
Because of that, it is our job as search marketers to interpret those searches and questions and analyze user intent to provide the right content that users are searching for
And as you can see from this image, the search process is evolving across many devices. In fact
90% of people use multiple screens sequentially to accomplish a task over time
98% of people move between devices that same day
By 2017, it is estimated there will be 5 connected devices for every internet user
This means we need to contextually prepare contextually for all possibilities, knowing that the purchase process may not start in-store.
In essence, brands Need to Be There to Capture the Search Demand that has been Created
It can be created by word of mouth, emails and commercials or billboards,
Any way that it is created, the bottom line is that
It’s hard for a consumer to consider your brand if you’re not there
it is really easy, however, for a consumer to consider a competitor’s brand at that time.
Brands need to be there to capture the search demand that has been created
And it’s not just about ranking for the top position, it’s about optimizing users experiences and influencing the purchase decisions
With that being said, we’re going to jump into some discussion about the current search landscape
One thing I want to note here, knowing that I am going to be giving some healthcare/pharma related examples, is that the in the US we are able to advertise directly to consumers and healthcare professionals alike. I know this might not be the case in some other countries, so I just wanted to caveat some of these examples up front.
So as I was preparing for this trip, I Did a general search looking for London tours thinking that I might have some time to go sightseeing
I clicked on an add and was taken to a landing page where I could book a tour
Tradition lead gen is generally used to track form submissions, whitepaper downloads, and the like.
Now for traditional commerce, it’s a little bit different.
If I’m having pretty bad allergies, I search for some allergy medicine, see some products with pricing and reviews, select an idea, and I can actually buy Claritin directly from the landing page.
But it gets a little more complicated in a regulated field such as pharmaceuticals, alcohol or gambling.
If that Claritin I just bought on the previous slide didn’t work and I want something stronger, maybe some prescription allergy medicine, I do a search and am directed to a landing page where I have no option to make a purchase.
Knowing that search process, why should retailers in these regulated industries focus on paid search efforts if there are no on-site purchase opportunities?
Well that’s a good question, and I’m really glad you asked because i’m about to tell you why.
Studies have shown that online activity is driving offline impact.
In fact, 34% of people who search on a PC/tablet visit a store within a day of search. That’s almost 1/3 of people.
Now would you think this number is higher of lower for people searching on mobile devices?
All of this information was actually something I learned at HeroConf Portland back in April.
That’s right, the percentage is even higher with 50% of people searching on a mobile device visiting a store within a day of their search.
Now looking for deeply at brand visitors specifically, studies have shown that they tend to be heavy buyers.
Users who visit a brand website complete 41% more transactions
They spend 37% more on the brand in a retail store
And they spend 53% more in category dollars
So with these stats, you can see how valuable users are who have just visited your brand website.
Now with all that being said, I want to introduce the concept of e-retail
What the heck is e-retail?
Again,that’s a good question, and I’m really glad you asked because i’m about to tell you.
E-retail is the idea of retailers acting like publishers of content and providing opportunities for brands to strive for visibility on retailer websites
So essentially people are skipping the step of searching on google or bing and they are going directly to amazon where they same see products, prices and reviews and can ultimately make a direct purchase
It is our responsibility as search marketers to these sites, their search functionality, etc to influence a users search decisions by capitalizing on their search behavior
E-retail sites are becoming the new search engine.
You can see a quote here that google actually agrees and considers amazon to be their biggest search competitor.
Amazon’s push for home delivery with FreshDirect and Subscribe & Save is allowing them to prepare for the inevitable.
And they are already adopting the idea of home delivery of Food and CPG products.
Now why is this concept of e-retail so important?
This is important because the ecommerce landscape is changing
you can see the expected shift of consumer behavior becoming increasingly more comfortable with purchasing products online
*anecdote about purchase toilet paper and tissues online
As I alluded to earlier, many of the brands we work on do not sell directly in store, but instead sell through physical retailers & the coming slides will speak to how we amplify that experience via search.
Any consumer healthcare brand, not just pharma
We already walked through what e-retail is so now we can move on to the 3 tiers of e-retail
The 3 tiers are
Optimizing assets on retailer sites
Increasing visibility of those assets on the retailer websites
And lifting search visibility of the SERPS driving to these retailers.
I’m Going to walk through each one of these tiers in more detail
Starting with the first tier of optimizing assets
First I want to start with why it is important to focus on creating enhanced content which is engaging and educational
-Amplifies the brand message
-Allows brands to maximize relevance and ranking
-Creates connections between shoppers and products
-integrations with SEO initiatives
All of those factors are obviously important and it’s great that there are so many ways to actually create that enhanced content.
Basically Try owning the entire page
One of the partners we work with is hooklogic and they are a network of the world’s largest retailers
Reinventing the paid search model on retail sites
No creative assets or keyword research needs
Provides brands the ability to track sales and ROI
What’s nice about Hooklogic is they have a huge customer base to work with.
119M active shoppers
43B ecomm searches
$92B attributable sales
Hooklogic is integrated with the world’s largest retailers to provide real-time targeting of the highest intent shoppers on the internet. the network reaches more shoppers than amazon.
Some European brands like Argos and Boots UK.
Hooklogic is also participating in the travel industry partnering with travel sites like expedia, Travelocity, hotewire, priceline and hotels.com
Focusing mostly on the retail vertical, one of the great things about using hooklogic is that you can reach users across the purchase path, starting with the discovery phase. This allows you to promote products as soon as users visit your honmepage.
As users then begin to browse your site, you can target them with featured products while they are in the active consideration phase.
And finally as users as products to their cart, you have the opportunity to cross-sell using sponsored products or featuring additional items that other customers bought who also bought that item.
BENEFITS
Impact search result rankings on big retail partner sites
Efficient CPC pricing
Proven ability to generate eROI (50% - 300%+)
Reporting capabilities (activity by SKU, top terms driving product page views & transactions, etc.)
CHALLENGES
Limited understanding of in-store impact
Opportunity to enhance ad units (reviews, brand pages, etc)
Provide competitive share reporting
Focusing mostly on the retail vertical, one of the great things about using hooklogic is that you can reach users across the purchase path, starting with the discovery phase. This allows you to promote products as soon as users visit your honmepage.
Switching gears to amazon which is a force to be reckoned with
We also know google considers amazon as their biggest competitor
Amazon is #1 in online revenue, more than #2 and #10 combined
Amazon product searches up over 73%, compared to product searches being flat YoY on Google
33% of searches begin on Amazon vs. 13% that begin on traditional search engines
We touched on this a bit earlier in that people are essentially skipping the step of searching on traditional search engines and instead are going to e-retailers like amazon where they same see products, prices and reviews and can ultimately make a direct purchase
Walmart’s search exchange advertising platform
Walmart’s search exchange advertising platform
Pursue increased prominence in Walmart.com’s Paid Search and Product Listing Ad Campaign
Gain potential insight into sales impact at retail down to specific product purchased in-store
Target increased traffic via programmatic buys
Walmart controls all messaging, landing page and keyword selection decision making
The 3 tiers are
Optimizing assets on retailer sites
Increasing visibility of those assets on the retailer websites
And lifting search visibility of the SERPS driving to these retailers.
I’m Going to walk through each one of these tiers in more detail