{"id":5695,"date":"2021-10-13T06:25:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T06:20:58","slug":"the-7-most-common-ecommerce-marketing-mistakes-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/the-7-most-common-ecommerce-marketing-mistakes-to-watch-out-for","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Most Common Ecommerce Marketing Mistakes to Watch Out For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you run an ecommerce store, you\u2019re working in an industry that\u2019s growing every year. With so many of us preferring online shopping to physical stores, it\u2019s no surprise that ecommerce stores are popping up every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running an ecommerce business isn\u2019t always easy, and you won\u2019t get off the ground and stand out among the crowd if you don\u2019t have an effective marketing strategy. If you want to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/4-ways-to-nail-your-e-commerce-growth-in-2021\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nail your ecommerce growth this year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you\u2019ll need to market your online store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing is an exciting chance to promote your products, increase your customer base, and define your brand, but it isn\u2019t without pitfalls. Ecommerce business owners should keep an eye out for these seven common ecommerce marketing mistakes. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. You Don\u2019t Have Target Customers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an ideal world, your products would appeal to everyone, but that\u2019s rarely the case. The best ecommerce marketing strategies have target customers in mind\u2014the people who are most likely to shop with you. Casting too wide a net means you can\u2019t focus your marketing on those most likely to convert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step in identifying your target customers is to collect data from those already shopping with you. Encouraging customers to sign up for marketing emails gives you a chance to collect data such as average customer age, location, and gender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-6-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business2community.com\/consumer-marketing\/a-guide-to-build-buyers-persona-for-your-e-commerce-store-02348891\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demographic data is a good starting point, but there\u2019s still a lot missing from this information, and blanks that you need to fill. <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;For example, the average person looking for leather office shoes and a business office phone may be of the same gender and age, but that doesn\u2019t mean these products should be marketed in the same way.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1049345,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:0}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:71,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:92}\" data-sheets-hyperlinkruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:71,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.8x8.com\/s\/business-phones&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:92}\">For example, the average person looking for leather office shoes and a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.8x8.com\/s\/business-phones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business office phone<\/a> may be of the same gender and age, but that doesn\u2019t mean these products should be marketed in the same way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where you need to create a buyer persona\u2014a clear idea of the ideal customer, their demographic data, and their interests and buying habits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create buying personas by analyzing demographic data based on your current buyers and pinpointing who the \u201cideal\u201d customer is for your products and why they should choose your brand over others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. You Haven\u2019t Optimized For Mobile<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s all well and good to market your ecommerce store all over social media, but if users tap through to your website and it isn\u2019t optimized for mobile, your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pureclarity.com\/how-to-guides\/ecommerce-conversion-rate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ecommerce conversion rates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will plummet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-5.png 960w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-5-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-5-768x547.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/13139\/estimated-worldwide-mobile-e-commerce-sales\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile ecommerce is on the rise, and not being prepared for mobile shoppers is a big marketing mistake. Both your website and your marketing strategies should be just as effective on mobile devices as they are on traditional browsers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimizing your website and marketing strategies for mobile users has many benefits. Not only are website visitors less likely to bounce and more likely to convert if they have a seamless mobile experience, but you also have the opportunity to market and sell to your customers anywhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether your customers are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2020\/01\/wasted-costs-of-commuting.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commuting to work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on vacation, they can buy your products easily using mobile devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, check your website yourself to find out if it is already optimized for mobile. Are there large, unnecessary blank spaces? Is it easy to add products to your shopping cart? Is it simply the browser version of your site on a small screen rather than a mobile website?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If (and when) you find issues, it\u2019s time to speak to your web developers (or hire one) to ensure your site is fully optimized and looking great.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. You Aren\u2019t Sending Triggered Emails<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Triggered emails are emails that are automatically sent based on user behavior. We receive a triggered email, for example, when we purchase a product online, and this email confirms our purchase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating triggered emails for ecommerce customers is often as simple as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.automationanywhere.com\/company\/blog\/learn-rpa\/three-ways-to-increase-productivity-with-excel-automation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automating Excel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, yet many businesses aren\u2019t making the most out of them as a tool for marketing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While most ecommerce businesses are sending out triggered emails such as order confirmations, there are other marketing opportunities to be found in triggered emails, too. For example, triggered emails sent after users abandon their online cart have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barilliance.com\/cart-abandonment-rate-statistics\/#tab-con-0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42.3%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> open rate\u2014much higher than standard promotional emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-1.png 680w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-1-142x300.png 142w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-1-484x1024.png 484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reallygoodemails.com\/emails\/still-thinking-it-over-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecommerce business owners and marketers know how frustrating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/10-common-reasons-and-solutions-for-shopping-cart-abandonment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online shopping cart abandonment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is. A triggered abandoned cart email is an opportunity not only to convert those abandoned carts to sales, but also for marketers to get direct access to individual customers and promote products and sales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the same email automation you use for sending order confirmations, create abandoned cart emails so that customers receive 1-3 emails over the week after they have abandoned their cart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider adding a discount or free shipping to the second or third email to give customers the extra push.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Your Marketing Strategy Isn\u2019t Omnichannel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketers have a lot of ground to cover these days. With multiple social media platforms, email, paid ads, and more taking up our time and attention, it\u2019s difficult to figure out where to focus our marketing strategies. The best ecommerce marketing strategies, however, are omnichannel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is omnichannel marketing? As online shoppers hop between devices, websites, and social media platforms, omnichannel marketing provides a consistent, coherent experience for users everywhere. This means having a cohesive, seamless customer experience across all sales and marketing channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-3-1536x595.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickz.com\/onmichannel-marketing-automation-statistics-for-2019\/231381-2\/231381\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Whether your customer interacts with your business via a Facebook ad or calls your virtual business line, the branding and messaging should be identical.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Whether your customer interacts with your business via a Facebook ad or calls your <a href=\"https:\/\/8x8.com\/s\/what-is-a-virtual-phone-system\">virtual business line<\/a>, the branding and messaging should be identical.<\/span> This increases brand awareness, solidifies brand identity, and ensures that customers are repeatedly reminded of you as they hop between channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review your marketing strategy across all channels and ensure it is consistent and seamless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Your Website Content Isn\u2019t SEO-Friendly<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not ensuring that website content is SEO-friendly is one of the biggest ecommerce marketing mistakes. Everything from the meta-descriptions of landing pages to your product descriptions should be written with search engines in mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your SEO efforts shouldn\u2019t only focus on essential website content\u2014there should be lots of content on your website if you want it to rank highly. Creating unique, useful, and high-quality content is great for search engines, social media, and your website visitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The easiest way to insert this sort of content onto your website is to create a blog. Providing buying guides, top ten lists, and tutorials for your target customers will draw them to your website and make your site as a whole more SEO-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conduct SEO analysis on your website and see how it ranks. Continually optimize individual pages and set up a blog so that you can continuously create high-quality content and improve your search ranking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Customers Can\u2019t Get in Touch With You<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;A business phone service along with other communication channels such as email and messaging on social media is an essential part of ecommerce customer service and marketing.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8x8.com\/s\/best-business-phone-service\">business phone<\/a> service along with other communication channels such as email and messaging on social media is an essential part of ecommerce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/10-top-tips-for-providing-world-class-customer-service\">customer service<\/a> and marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s nothing more frustrating for a customer than needing to contact a business and being unable to get in touch because contact information is not clearly displayed on the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-4.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-4-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/financesonline.com\/chatbot-statistics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another opportunity for ecommerce business owners to market their shop and create a more interactive customer experience is to use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/the-best-chatbots-for-your-website\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chatbots<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Chatbots are an increasingly popular AI-driven tool for ecommerce websites, as they can provide customer support, promote and sell products, and collect valuable customer data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix it: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure your website\u2019s layout makes it easy for customers to find your contact details and get in touch. Consider investing in chatbot software that can assist customers with purchases and answer their questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. You Don\u2019t Leverage Social Proof<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re marketing to your customers or even hiring staff through your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bamboohr.com\/blog\/5-marketing-best-practices-your-recruitment-team-should-steal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recruitment team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chances are that the targets of your marketing strategies will do their research. A quick Google search for your company will pull reviews from across the internet\u2014good and bad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there\u2019s only so much that marketers can do about bad reviews, a common ecommerce marketing mistake is not to leverage the good ones. Positive feedback about your products and customer service are social proof and improve your brand\u2019s trustworthiness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is even more important to ecommerce businesses as, unlike physical stores, customers can\u2019t physically see and touch the items you sell. They have to rely on social proof to make decisions when online shopping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1307\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-2.png 1307w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-2-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8x8-1013-2-768x529.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1307px) 100vw, 1307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mageplaza.com\/blog\/ecommerce-companies-use-social-proof-successfully.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your online store, social media pages, and promotional emails should leverage social proof. This can include openly displaying reviews of individual products, sharing positive customer experiences, and offering customers a discount if they review your products, so you have plenty of social proof to choose from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to fix it: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage customers to leave reviews and share their experience on social media by offering discounts on future purchases. Leverage social proof by displaying and sharing positive feedback you receive from customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you run or market an ecommerce business, you can expect there will be some marketing mistakes along the way. Marketing channels will be forgotten about and web pages won\u2019t be optimized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, there\u2019s a wealth of advice out there, including this guide, from those with plenty of experience making and remedying these common errors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever you start a new marketing campaign or you\u2019re spot-checking the marketing you have in place, make note of the seven common marketing mistakes listed here and use them as a guideline to ensure you aren\u2019t missing the mark anywhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the long run, understanding and learning from your mistakes will lead to a more successful online store\u2014one that you and your customers can enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you run an ecommerce store, you\u2019re working in an industry that\u2019s growing every year. 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