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5 Ways the Digital Shelf Supports Marketing Strategies and Business Objectives

Posted on by annaktaylor
digital metrics and performance

 

In today’s ecommerce landscape, the concept of the “digital shelf” has become increasingly crucial for businesses looking to enhance their marketing strategies and achieve their overarching business objectives.

So, what exactly is the digital shelf? Put simply, it refers to the online presence of a brand’s product across various online platforms and websites. It encompasses everything from product descriptions, images, videos, social media campaigns, search engines, pricing tactics, marketplaces, and customer reviews to ensure a compelling product experience.

Let’s delve into how the digital shelf supports marketing strategies and business objectives:

  1. Enhanced Visibility and Discoverability: A well-optimized digital shelf increases a product’s visibility, making it easier for potential customers to discover and engage with it. This, in turn, supports marketing efforts by expanding the reach of products to a wider audience.

 

  1. Brand Consistency and Credibility: Maintaining a cohesive and accurate digital shelf across different platforms reinforces brand consistency and credibility. It ensures that customers encounter a unified brand image, which is vital for establishing trust and loyalty.

 

  1. Competitive Advantage: An effectively managed digital shelf can give your business a competitive edge. By strategically positioning products with inspiring content and visuals, companies can differentiate themselves in crowded marketplaces and capture consumer attention.

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Ecommerce – Tips for Interface and Interactions to Advance Performance

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Ecommerce is driven by consumer intent and buying behaviors. An online merchant must present their product or service in an environment that is intuitive, familiar, trusted, motivating and seamless. 

 

A website’s primary objective must be to eliminate the distance that exists between the user and the brand, including economic, cognitive, physiological, emotional, awareness and significance. 

 

Successfully reducing ‘gaps’ requires optimizing key aspects of an application, such as:

 

  • Navigation and hierarchy 
  • Process flows
  • Interface design
  • Orientation structure
  • Mobile configurations 
  • Visual experience
  • Content merit and arrangement 
  • Data display and acceleration
  • Personalized components

 

Understanding intention starts with identifying the different motivators:

 

  • Purchase – price, discount, incentives, shipping fees
  • Information – seeking to answer ‘who, what, when, where, how’
  • Location – nearest to the user, directions, maps and routes
  • Experience – desire to be inspired, enlightened or entertained
  • Explicit – based on one or more specific keywords

 

The architecture of a website will dictate how well customer engagement and actions are achieved. Usability and findability require blending creative and compelling experiences with the science of online interaction behavior.

 

For those building the user interface, make it a priority to be data-informed, using business intelligence to identify consumer drivers. And design first for platform structure, data taxonomy, and navigation before presentation and context.