by Shane O'Neill, Vice President Let’s be honest. Today’s jewelry market is hyper-competitive. The rise of digital marketing and the proliferation of mobile devices has completely changed how the consumer shops. It has also presented numerous new ways to reach and connect with potential customers. The result is the continued fragmentation of marketing channels and confusion as...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing If people are able to visit your website with HTTP at the beginning instead of HTTPS, trouble is coming for you in June. Last month, Google announced that they will be labeling all HTTP sites as “insecure” in their Chrome browser. If that’s you, consider the following: Chrome is the most...
Glenn…Glenn! GLENN! Are you there? Can you hear me? I can see you watching me, but are you listening? Three feet of table is all that separates us… I can smell the hint of stale wintergreen gum on his breath, but his eyes just stare… wandering, unfocused, overwhelmed. Glenn! Things are different now… you must adapt,...
by Shane O’Neill, Vice President The Relevance of SEO in the Jewelry Industry Not long-ago, SEO, for independent jewelers, wasn’t often recommended or needed. This was primarily due to budget restraints and the lack of sophisticated competition (digitally speaking) on a local level. That is to say, five years ago, most independent retailers had poor website experiences. So,...
The E-commerce Tsunami It always seems that there is a “calm before the storm”. A sense of easiness before a sudden, usually violent event. These events disrupt the world around them and cause chaos, mostly for those who are ill-prepared. Technology is such a disrupter, as we have seen in the past 6-7 years. The iPhone, for...
You can’t open a trade magazine, email or attend an industry conference without a multitude of messages coming your way about the importance of your web presence. The problem: no one understands the magnitude of work that’s needed to conduct business on the web. It’s no laughing matter. Pure and simple: your website is the online version...