Collection of Statistic Citations, References, General Sources and External Links to Important Web and Online Surveys
Know What Customers Want: Great Customer Service
41% of companies don’t respond to customer service emails, and 9 out of 10 don’t even acknowledge receiving them.
Source: SuperOffice
https://www.superoffice.com/blog/best-in-class-customer-service/
71% of customers want to be able to solve their customer service problems on their own using information that they find themselves.
Source: Aspect
https://www.aspect.com/globalassets/2016-aspect-consumer-experience-index-survey_index-results-final.pdf
In a recent survey in the US and UK, more than 70% of consumers said they expect personalization from the companies they do business with.
Source: Linkdex
https://www.linkdex.com/en-us/inked/70-of-consumers-want-more-personalized-shopping-experiences/
Get Started Selling Your Products Online
It’s projected that in 2021 13.7 of all retail business will be done online, as opposed to just 7% in 2015.
Master Mindfulness and Start Paying Better Attention at Work
Humans spend about 47% of time lost in thought.
Source: Harvard University
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind/
Research shows that after 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation, your brain’s “fight or flight” center appears to shrink.
Source: PLOS
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0064574
Work-Life Balance: The Right Mix for Business Success
Studies show that using a smartphone for work after 9pm lowers sleep quantity and quality, which can lead to people feeling less refreshed in the morning and less engaged at work.
Source: Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597814000089
Researchers have also found that people who spend time outside of work focusing on non-work skills and abilities are happier and less stressed.
Source: NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17638488
Blog Your Way to Better Business
People who are familiar with your brand and have visited your site are 2-3 times more likely to click on your name in search results
Source: Larry Kim: RLSA Will Save The Day, Slide 27
http://www.slideshare.net/SearchMarketingExpo/rlsa-will-save-the-day-by-larry-kim
People who are familiar with your brand and have visited your site are 2-3 times more likely to make a purchase when they visit your site.
Source: Moz.com, 10 CRO Truth Bombs That Will Change the Way You Think
https://moz.com/blog/10-cro-truth-bombs-that-will-change-the-way-you-think
Prep Your Business for a Successful Holiday
The December holiday season alone accounts for 20% of yearly sales for retailers.
Source: National Retail Foundation
https://nrf.com/resources/holiday-headquarters/holiday-faqs
Create a YouTube Channel and Turn Viewers into Customers
YouTube is the world’s largest video network and the second-largest search engine behind Google Search.
Source: Google/Magid Advisors, “The Role of Digital Video in People’s Lives”, Global , August 2018
YouTube viewers tend to watch on average over an hour of videos per day.
Source: Google/Magid Advisors, “The Role of Digital Video in People’s Lives”, Global , August 2018
90% of consumers say they’ve discovered new products or brands on YouTube.
Source: Google/Magid Advisors, “The Role of Digital Video in People’s Lives”, Global , August 2018
Grow Your Business and Reach New Customers with YouTube Ads
In a recent survey, over 70% of viewers said YouTube makes them more aware of new businesses.
Source: Google/Talkshoppe, US, whyVideo study, n=2000, ages 18-64, general population video users, Feb 2020
Know What Common Mistakes to Avoid on Your Resume
58% of resumes have typos.
Source: 2013 Career Builder Survey
https://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=9%2F11%2F2013&id=pr780&ed=12%2F31%2F2013
Overcome Self-Doubt As You Run Your Business
Researchers have found that about 70% of people experience “Impostor Syndrome”
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Science
http://bsris.swu.ac.th/journal/i6/6-6_Jaruwan_73-92.pdf
Grow Your Business: Enter a New International Market
3.7 billion people around the world are online.
Source: Internet World Stats
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
Almost $2 trillion was made in ecommerce in 2016, which is predicted to become $4 trillion by 2020.
Source: eMarketer
https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Worldwide-Retail-Ecommerce-Sales-Will-Reach-1915-Trillion-This-Year/1014369
96% of people, for example, didn’t know Booking.com was based in the Netherlands and 90% of them said this wouldn’t affect the likelihood of them buying from the company again.
Source: Think with Google
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_GB/article/about-market-finder/#fn:2
Around 75% of customers are more likely to buy from websites in their own language.
Source: Pitney Bowes
http://news.pb.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5650#sthash.2AWBlAWP.dpuf
60% of consumers in Denmark like using credit cards. But in Germany, credits cards are only popular with 14% of the population.
Source: IPC
https://www.ipc.be/en/knowledge-centre/e-commerce/cross-border-e-commerce-shopper-survey
How to Get Found on Google Search and Maps
In a Google survey, 80% of people said they use a search engine to find local business information.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/data-gallery/detail/finding-local-business-information-through-search/
50% of customers who do a local search on their smartphones visit a business within a day.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/i-want-to-go-micro-moments.html
People are also 38% more likely to visit a business if the online information is up-to-date and correct.
Source: Google GYBO
https://www.gybo.com/downloads/search-listing-research.pdf
Google My Business listings with photos get 42% more map direction requests and 35% more clickthroughs to the business website than those listings without photos.
Source: Google GYBO
https://www.gybo.com/downloads/verification-benefits.pdf
88% of customers say they trust online reviews as much as they trust a friend’s recommendations.
Source: Search Engine Land
http://searchengineland.com/88-consumers-trust-online-reviews-much-personal-recommendations-195803
How Remarketing Keeps Customers Coming Back
49% of customers now visit 2 to 4 sites before they decide to buy.
Source: Google/Compete Sporting Goods Study: (Sept 2011-Sept 2012) Clickstream BF02 (number of different brands)<
Find Funding and Get Your Business off the Ground
More than half of businesses don’t succeed because they need to find more profits or funding.
Source: USA Today citing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Consortium
https://www.gemconsortium.org/report/gem-2015-2016-global-report
Keep Top Talent with a Gender Equal Workplace
Less than 20% of board members at the largest American companies are women.
Source: Womenwill
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17ACx9_fLoyL1Fxeyf33jHscrR5rfaM2HsoREwzfKPVo/edit#slide=id.g1788d60031_0_12
The more education a woman has, the greater the wage gap is likely to be.
Source: Womenwill
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17ACx9_fLoyL1Fxeyf33jHscrR5rfaM2HsoREwzfKPVo/edit#slide=id.g1788d60031_0_12
Fighting Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
We receive 11 million bits of information in any given moment, and we can only consciously process 40 of them at a time.
Source: Dissociations, Developmental Psychology, and Pedagogical Design
http://faculty.virginia.edu/ASLillard/PDFs/Lillard%20(2006b).pdf
More than 90 percent of the world’s online population uses emojis. But, even though there are a huge range of emojis, there aren’t a lot that highlight the diversity of women’s careers nor empower young girls.
Source: Adweek
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/report-92-of-online-consumers-use-emoji-infographic/627521
Define Your Career Goals to Reach Your Full Potential
A 2018 study released by the University of Scranton found 92% of people who set goals do not end up achieving them.
Source: Statistic Brain Research Institute
https://www.statisticbrain.com/
Design and Test Your Business to Improve Accessibility
As you evaluate your site, consider if your content’s: perceivable (Can people know that your content exists with more than one sense?), understandable (Can users take in and comprehend the information in a variety of ways?), operable (Can users interact with and navigate your website?), and robust (Can people access your site using various browsers, operating systems, and assistive tools?).
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head
Having a strong contrast between background and foreground colors on your website can also be key to having perceivable content. Many companies make contrast checkers you can use to see how your site measures up.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast-contrast
It’s also important not to rely solely on color to convey information. Let’s say you highlight text that links to another webpage in blue. Underline it, too, so people don’t miss it.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast-without-color
Test how using the Tab key will help people navigate through the site (AKA the tab order).
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#keyboard-operation
Consider having the tab order mirror how you want people to read the page (generally top to bottom) and having the most important stuff higher in the order.
Source: WebAIM
https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/
Consider giving images “alt text.” This is descriptive copy written into the back end of a website. Screen reader technology can read this copy aloud to help visually impaired users understand the images on the webpage.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-equiv
An important part of making a robust site is labeling anything interactive: text-input fields, icons, etc. Say you’ve got a nav icon on your website. You might give it a label for screen readers to use that says “show/hide navigation menu.”
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#ensure-compat-rsv
Creating labels? Remember: Be brief and go heavy on action verbs. That way, rather than hearing long descriptions, people using assistive tools like screen readers can focus on what to do.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/tips/writing.html
If your site has text links, try and make the copy descriptive, like, “Go to your shopping cart,” rather than just, “Click here.” Screen reader users can get more out of knowing where links navigate to and what action’s required of them.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#navigation-mechanisms
Simple, direct alt text and labels are important for accessibility.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/tips/writing.html
Check if alt text and labels are brief
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/#conclusion
Check if alt text and labels do not use the words “Image of” or “Link to” and are not just repeating the other words written on the webpage
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/#context
Check if alt text and labels use active verbs for icons that control actions (like “Print”)
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/functional/
Check that there’s no alt text for images that are just decorative
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/
Test to see whether your website is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head
The Basics of Accessibility: How You Can Reach More Customers
Studies show that roughly 15% of the world’s population has a form of disability. That’s over 1 billion people.
Source: World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs352/en/
If a user enters the wrong password, for example, try an alert that also includes on-screen text.
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
Strong color contrast between the text and the background
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
Links and buttons that are clearly different from other text
Source: WebAIM (Accessibility in Mind)
https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist
Color and text alerts when info’s entered incorrectly
Source: World Wide Web Consortium
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
The ability to move around a webpage with the “Tab“ key
Source: Vox Media Accessibility Guidelines
http://accessibility.voxmedia.com/#preview-output
Headers and navigation that’s consistent from page to page
Source: Vox Media Accessibility Guidelines
http://accessibility.voxmedia.com/#preview-output
Turn Visitors into Customers with Good UX
And, when your UX makes people feel good, they’re more likely to become your customers.
Source: Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2015/11/19/good-ux-is-good-business-how-to-reap-its-benefits/#11be8db53c53
How Crowdfunding Success Begins with an Email
Email Marketing is 34% more effective than other forms of outreach for crowdfunding campaigns.
Source: Indiegogo: Your Campaign Email Strategy
https://learn.indiegogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IGG_EmailGuide_050615.pdf
Campaigns that raise 30% to 50% or more of their goal in the first 48 hours raise 47% more money on average on Indiegogo
Source: Indiegogo Insight: Average Contribution Amount Through Email is Higher Than Other Referral Sources, Indiegogo Blog, March, 2012
https://go.indiegogo.com/blog/2012/03/indiegogo-insight-average-contribution-amount-through-email-is-higher-than-other-referral-sources.html
Track Marketing Outcomes with Digital Metrics
Micro outcomes can end up being 3 to 4 times more economically valuable.
Source: Avinash Kaushik: Excellent Analytics Tips #19:Identify Website Goal Economic Values
http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/web-analytics-tips-identify-website-goal-values/
Keep It Real with User-Generated Content
Tweets with images get 3 times more engagement than those without images.
Source: Newscred + Twenty20: The Ultimate Guide to User-Generated Content
http://newscred.com/assets/downloads/guide/NewsCred_User_Generated_Content.pdf
Brands that use pictures on social media almost double their engagement rate.
Source: Newscred + Twenty20: The Ultimate Guide to User-Generated Content
http://newscred.com/assets/downloads/guide/NewsCred_User_Generated_Content.pdf
Boost Your Online Business with Google Ads
4 in 5 consumers use search engines to find local information like a store’s address, business hours, product availability, and directions.
Source: Google/Ipsos MediaCT/Purchased, Understanding Consumers’ Local Search Behavior, May 2014
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/research-studies/how-advertisers-can-extend-their-relevance-with-search.html
Get Your Products Featured in Customers’ Searches with Google Merchant Center
This past holiday season, 58% of purchases in the US happened online, compared to 42% in-store.
Source: Google/Ipsos, U.S., Omnichannel Holiday Study, online survey, n=8,186, holiday purchases, online Americans 18+ who shopped for the holidays in the past two days, Nov. 2019–Jan. 2020.
This past holiday season, 88% of in-store shoppers searched online first.
Source: Google/Ipsos, U.S., Omnichannel Holiday Study, online survey, n=2,540, holiday in-store purchases, online Americans 18+ who shopped for the holidays in the past two days, Nov. 2019–Jan. 2020.
Get a Competitive Edge: Create a Website, Fast
40% of customers look for business websites to find local information
Source: The Consumer Barometer Survey 2014/15
listings with site links get 60% more direction requests
Source: Google/Oxera
https://www.gybo.com/downloads/verification-benefits.pdf
Make the Most of Your Google My Business Listing
A major part of this is having a complete listing, as those are 2x as likely to be considered reputable by customers.
Source: Google/Oxera
https://www.gybo.com/downloads/verification-benefits.pdf
And 88% of customers say they trust online reviews as much as they trust personal recommendations.
Source: Search Engine Land
http://searchengineland.com/88-consumers-trust-online-reviews-much-personal-recommendations-195803
Design Thinking: An Innovative Way to Turn Ideas into Products
It’s been used for everything from brainstorming solutions for major societal issues to redefining established companies in fast-changing industries.
Source: Ideo
https://www.ideo.com/case-study/a-student-centered-cafeteria-experience
It’s been used for everything from brainstorming solutions for major societal issues to redefining established companies in fast-changing industries.
Source: Ideo
https://www.ideo.com/case-study/beyond-cars-designing-smarter-mobility
Seeing the world from other people’s points of view encourages employees to develop ideas that aren’t just new but are useful, too.
Source: The Academy of Management Journal
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276054519_The_Necessity_of_Others_is_The_Mother_of_Invention_Intrinsic_and_Prosocial_Motivations_Perspective_Taking_and_Creativity
The more perspectives the better, since that also means more new ideas.
Source: American Journal of Sociology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/421787
Research shows that the productivity of brainstorming sessions tends to decrease when groups are too large.
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15324834basp1201_1
Emotional support and constructive feedback are crucial at this stage since you’ll be examining the failures of your prototypes in order to learn from them and improve upon your product or service moving forward.
Source: The Academy of Management Journal
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3069309?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Emotional support and constructive feedback are crucial at this stage since you’ll be examining the failures of your prototypes in order to learn from them and improve upon your product or service moving forward.
Source: The Academy of Management Journal
https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2012.0737
Identify Problems at Work So You Can Start Solving Them
The World Economic Forum stated that problem solving skills were the most critical for the future of businesses, along with critical thinking and creativity.
Source: World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/the-skills-needed-to-survive-the-robot-invasion-of-the-workplace
Structure Your Interviews to Make Better Hires
research shows that during first encounters like interviews, we rely on snap judgments that are heavily influenced by our unconscious biases and beliefs.
Source: ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230531326_Candidate_characteristics_driving_initial_impressions_during_rapport_building_Implications_for_employment_interview_validity
The results showed that structured interviews are better at predicting who will do well on the job.
Source: re:Work
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/hiring-use-structured-interviewing/steps/read-googles-internal-research/
Research shows rejected candidates who had structured interviews were 35% happier than those who didn’t have structured interviews.
Source: re:Work
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/hiring-use-structured-interviewing/steps/read-googles-internal-research/
This can help lower individual unconscious bias during hiring
Source: re:Work
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/unbiasing-use-structure-and-criteria/steps/try-decision-making-by-committee/
make sure the candidate is a good match for the entire team
Source: re:Work
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/hiring-use-structured-interviewing/steps/define-hiring-attributes/
Rejecting candidates is never a pleasant experience for you or them, but you can make it more positive by explaining how your hiring decision process works.
Source: Personnel Psychology
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2001.tb00227.x/abstract
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Running Online Giveaways
Giveaways influence the purchasing decisions of 3 out of 4 participants.
Source: DMN, “How to generate engagement through a social media contest,” 2014.
http://www.thehubcomms.com/infographics/infographic-how-to-generate-engagement-through-a-social-media-contest/article/345405/
A study by digital agency Tamba showed that 84.5% of participants share posts from brands even after the giveaway has ended.
Source: Social Times: “How Social Media Contests Influence Consumers,” 2014.
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/social-media-contests-influence-consumers-infographic/148997?red=st
Build Your Email Marketing A-Team
Research from Campaign Monitor shows that emails get you 6x more click-throughs than tweets.
Source: Campaign Monitor: Email Marketing vs Social Media: Are you focusing on the wrong channel? 2014.
https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2014/07/email-marketing-vs-social-media/
Reach Customers, Not Spam Filters
Industry standards say that you should aim for a 20-30% open rate, so if yours is lower, you should consider a change.
Source: MailChip: Email Marketing Benchmarks, The Rocket Science Group, 2016
http://mailchimp.com/resources/research/email-marketing-benchmarks
Give Customers the Best Retail Experience in Your Store and Online
Before making a purchase, many customers go online to research what they want to buy.
Source: Retail Dive
https://www.retaildive.com/news/87-of-shoppers-now-begin-product-searches-online/530139/
Almost half of customers said that they still prefer to make their purchases in a physical store.
Source: Retail Dive
https://www.retaildive.com/news/87-of-shoppers-now-begin-product-searches-online/530139/
International Payments: Let Customers Pay Their Favorite Way
30% of global shoppers online say they might not complete a purchase if a site doesn’t offer their preferred way to pay.
Source: Pitney Bowes
http://news.pb.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5650
In the Netherlands, how do most people pay online? Bank transfer of funds
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
What’s one of the most popular payment methods in Brazil? Order online first, pay in person later.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
True or false: Local credit cards aren’t really that popular. Only major credit cards like American Express or Visa are used online internationally. False
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
iDeal is an example of a bank transfer payment system. It was created by a group of Dutch banks and now accounts for the majority of online payments in the Netherlands.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
Another example is SoFort banking, which allows fast and direct money transfers between banks in several European countries. It’s one of the most popular ways of transferring money in Germany.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
SEPA lets businesses collect payments from customers’ bank accounts in 34 SEPA countries and territories, including the United Kingdom.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
For example, UnionPay from China is one of the world’s largest suppliers of credit cards, which can be used in 141 countries and territories around the world. Some of its cards are even affiliated with major credit cards like Visa and American Express.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
Elo is a local credit, debit, and prepaid card brand in Brazil that’s issued over 80 million cards.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
Boleto Bancário is one of the most popular payment methods in Brazil.
Source: Market Finder
https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en_gb/guide/understanding-customer-payment-options/a-revolution-in-payments/
Overcome Barriers and Turn Your Plans into Action to Achieve Your Career Goals
92% of people fail to take the necessary action to achieve their goals because of a sense of overwhelm.
Source: University of Scranton
https://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/
Connect with Your Customers through Mobile Messaging
Not only do 98% of mobile messages get read – 90% of those messages get read within three seconds of them being sent.
Source: Mobile Intelligence Review: Edition 2
http://info.dynmark.com/hs-fs/hub/307137/file-650880813-pdf/whitepapers/Intelligence_Review_Edition2.pdf
In one study, 53% of respondents said they are more likely to shop with a business who they can message with directly.
Source: Hootsuite
https://blog.hootsuite.com/whatsapp-marketing/
Reach the LGBTQ Audience by Being Inclusive
54% of customers under 34 said they’d choose an equality-based brand over a competitor. And 45% of them said they’re more likely to do repeat business with an LGBT-friendly company.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/lgbt-advertising-brands-taking-stance-on-issues.html
Keep Mobile Users Engaged In and Out of Your App
The average app loses over 95% of its daily active users within 90 days.
Source: Andrew Chen: New Data Shows Losing 80% of Mobile Users is Normal, And Why the Best Apps do Better (2015)
http://andrewchen.co/new-data-shows-why-losing-80-of-your-mobile-users-is-normal-and-that-the-best-apps-do-much-better/
20% of mobile apps are only used once.
Source: Localytics: App Retention Improves - Apps Used Only Once Declines to 20% (2014)
http://info.localytics.com/blog/app-retention-improves
The Non-Spammy Way to Build an Email List
91% of people check their email everyday, and many use their inbox as a to-do list.
Source: Exact Target
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/marketing-and-sales/our-insights/why-marketers-should-keep-sending-you-emails
Appeal to Searchers and Search Engines with SEO
95% of searchers stick with the listings on the first page of results.
Source: Search Engine Watch: No. 1 Position in Google Gets 33% of Search Traffic (Study) (2013)
http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2276184/no-1-position-in-google-gets-33-of-search-traffic-study
Start Selling on Social Media
One study found 62% of people were more interested in a brand after seeing it on social media.
Source: Instagram Business
https://business.instagram.com/blog/how-to-plan-for-holidays-on-instagram/
Manage Your Time to Make the Most of It
In a study it was found that 69% of workers have difficulty focusing on one thing at a time and are easily distracted during the day, especially by email
Source: Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vanessaloder/2014/06/11/why-multi-tasking-is-worse-than-marijuana-for-your-iq/#15a123b7c11b
Multitasking can make it take 25% longer to complete a primary task.
Source: Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2012/03/the-magic-of-doing-one-thing-a.html
Make Email Marketing Your Secret Weapon
91% of people check their emails at least once a day.
Source: ExactTarget: 2012 Channel Preference Study (2012) (p 28)
http://boletines.prisadigital.com/The2012ChannelPreferenceSurvey_WEB.pdf
Skip the Ordinary: Create Engaging Online Video Ads
Humorous ads usually get more views than other types of ads. So, if it’s appropriate, consider using humor. Obviously, being funny isn’t right for every brand, so use it wisely.
Source: Objective Creative Characteristics and TrueView Performance
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RAM0-kOSpf5ahA6lTQ9wS2qzTBkg6qF8W1_yryfGmIA/edit?ts=56a8f1af#slide=id.ga23dcc76f_0_99
The longer-form ads (the 2-minute and the 30-second) not only had stronger VTRs (View Through Rates), but were also both more effective in lifting brand favorability for the brand.
Source: Think With Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/unskippable-video-advertising-ad-recall-brand-favorability.html
Actionable Online Videos: Get More Than Views
studies show that customers who engage with brands on social media are more loyal and spend up to 40% more with those brands than other customers do.
Source: Bain Brief
http://www.bain.com/Images/BAIN_BRIEF_Putting_social_media_to_work.pdf
Keep People Coming Back With Exceptional Customer Service
87% of people share good customer service experiences with others. 95% of people who have a bad customer service experience tell others about it.
Source: Zendesk
https://www.zendesk.com/resources/customer-service-and-lifetime-customer-value/
Build an Innovative Workplace Destined for Long-Term Success
Studies show innovative organizations are more profitable.
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/are-innovative-companies-more-profitable/
Studies show innovative organizations are more successful in the long term.
Source: The Academy of Management Journal
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25684323?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Get your team on the same page by establishing a shared vision.
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-12532-002
Often, new ideas feel like a threat to current work, and it helps to have a big-picture vision that’s been universally agreed upon.
Source: Organization Science
http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.1040.0094
Empower your team with information and autonomy.
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-06121-001
Encourage curiosity.
Source: Human Resource Development Quarterly
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1532-1096%28200021%2911%3A1%3C5%3A%3AAID-HRDQ2%3E3.0.CO%3B2-A
Whether intentionally or not, many workplaces discourage risk-taking. That’s why it’s important to establish that failure is okay, so long as you learn from it.
Source: Journal of Organizational Behavior
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3100170?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Peer feedback (the constructive kind, at least) can have a positive impact on creativity, which can lead to innovation.
Source: The Academy of Management Journal
https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2012.0737
Start by hiring naturally curious people who like to learn, then encourage them to develop and grow their skills by taking (or teaching) courses.
Source: American Psychologist
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-13324-007
Evolve Your Ad Campaigns with Programmatic Buying
Haircast got 2x more social media activity than any past Pantene campaign. The company saw sales jump 24% over a 2-month period versus the year before.
Source: MMAGlobal/Pantene Haircast Case Study: (2013)
http://www.mmaglobal.com/case-study-hub/case_studies/view/32297
Grab Their Attention with SMS Marketing
SMS messages have an open rate of 99%
Source: Tatango.com
http://www.tatango.com/blog/the-average-sms-marketing-click-through-rate-is-36/
Americans spend 14% of their time on their phones texting
Source: Marketingcharts.com
http://www.marketingcharts.com/online/10-of-mobile-time-devoted-to-social-networking-20-to-messaging-26022/
90% of SMS messages are read within just 3 minutes
Source: Connectmogul.com
http://connectmogul.com/2013/03/texting-statistics/
Fewer than 1% of SMS replies are typically “out of flow”
People are far more likely to supply their information if it’s optional
Handle with Care: Avoid Scams in Your Email
identity thieves stole $16 Billion from 15.4 million U.S. consumers in 2016
Source: The 2017 Identity Fraud Study, released by Javelin Strategy & Research
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t5lZcKo6l8dHkNV0czcoKFp70pq1eebgIZMzxJ0HFIw/edit#slide=id.g1de08747d5_0_111
Boost Your Reach Organically with Referral Marketing
Nielsen research shows that 83% of people trust the recommendations of friends and family
Source: Nielsen
http://www.nielsen.com/ug/en/press-room/2015/recommendations-from-friends-remain-most-credible-form-of-advertising.html
only 63% trust TV ads.
Source: Nielsen
http://www.nielsen.com/ug/en/press-room/2015/recommendations-from-friends-remain-most-credible-form-of-advertising.html
messaging that offers a monetary incentive (“Get $10”) works the best.
Source: FriendBuy
http://www.slideshare.net/Friendbuy/referral-marketing-crash-course
Show Your Story with Visual Marketing
83% of the way we learn is visual, and articles with images get 94% more views than those without.
Source: Newscred + Getty Images: The Power of Visual Storytelling
http://newscred.com/assets/downloads/whitepaper/NewsCred_Power_Of_Visual_Storytelling.pd
How to Market for Holidays and Special Moments
New Year’s Eve involves the theme of resolutions, with health being a big part of that message.
Source: Google Trends
https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0kt51
Online Reviews: The Best Endorsement for Your Business
88% of consumers say they trust online reviews as much as they trust personal recommendations.
Source: BrightLocal: Local Consumer Review Survey, July 2014
http://searchengineland.com/88-consumers-trust-online-reviews-much-personal-recommendations-195803
Get People Talking About Your Business with Word of Mouth Marketing
92% of customers globally trust recommendations from friends, family, and word of mouth more than anything else.
Source: Nielsen
https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/press-releases/2012/nielsen-global-consumers-trust-in-earned-advertising-grows/
Visual content is over 40 times more likely to get shared on social media than text only.
Source: Buffer
https://buffer.com/resources/infographics-visual-content-marketing
Create Content Your Audience Will Want to Share
While paid digital marketing can be useful in promoting your business, people trust their friends, family, community, and other humans more than ads.
Source: Nielsen
https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/report/2015/global-trust-in-advertising-2015/
Visual content like photos or videos is over 40 times more likely to get shared on social media than text-only posts.
Source: Buffer
https://buffer.com/resources/infographics-visual-content-marketing
Picture This: Website Images Worth a Thousand Words
A whopping 83% of human learning is done via visual cues.
Source: NewsCred - Power of Visual Communication
http://newscred.com/assets/downloads/whitepaper/NewsCred_Power_Of_Visual_Storytelling.pdf
Work with Social Media Influencers to Sell More
70% of people say they want to learn about products through online content versus traditional ads.
Source: Inc.com
http://www.inc.com/laura-montini/infographic/the-shift-to-native-advertising-in-marketing.html
How a Punchline Can Send a Strong Message
Humor is the number one characteristic associated with higher view rates of ads
Source: Think with Google: To Skip or Not to Skip - What Keeps People Watching, July, 2015.
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-gb/infographic/to-skip-or-not-to-skip/
Keep Customers Happy with Quality Products and Services
No matter what product or service you sell, quality is essential to your business’ success, and it goes beyond the basics of what you sell and do.
Source: First Insight, Inc
https://www.firstinsight.com/press-releases/quality-more-important-than-price-study
Quality can lead to more customers recommending your business through word of mouth, as well as leaving positive online reviews, which can be a major factor in the decision making of potential customers further down the line.
Source: Search Engine Land
https://searchengineland.com/88-consumers-trust-online-reviews-much-personal-recommendations-195803
Go Beyond Keywords: Know How Customers Really Search Online
Searches starting with “can I,” like, “Can I use X shoes to run in the mountains?” have grown over 85% recently.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/natural-language-searches/
People also want the “best,” using that specific word more and more in searches.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/natural-language-searches/
Recently, mobile searches for “product reviews” have increased by over 35%.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/data/product-reviews-mobile-searches/
Videos on YouTube with the word “review” in the title had more than 50,000 years worth of watch time on mobile alone.
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/data/watch-time-youtube-reviews/?_ga=2.135562933.528763269.1503927342-242540331.1497992293
Use Your Packaging to Get Your Brand Out There
Seriously, why do you think there are millions of “unboxing” videos?
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/consumer-insights/youtube-insights-stats-data-trends-vol7/
Avoid Micromanaging and Help Your Team Succeed
Research shows that most people do best when they’re given some room to grow on their own.
Source: Google re:Work
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/managers-identify-what-makes-a-great-manager/steps/learn-about-googles-manager-research/
Sell, Sell, Sell: Get Quick Conversions with a Flash Sale
more than 45% of flash sale products sell out faster than the retailer expected.
Source: Apparel
http://apparel.edgl.com/news/Four-Tips-for-Flash-Sale-Success88698
Use UX to Improve Your Mobile Store
34% of online purchases happen on mobile device
Source: Think with Google
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/mobile-retail-apps-sites-introduction.html
Brand Marketing & Direct Response: A Powerful Pair
People who’ve already been to your site are 2-3 times more likely to click on your name in search results and 2-3 times more likely to buy from you, so remarketing search ads typically produce much better results than standard search ads.
Source: Moz.com
https://moz.com/blog/10-cro-truth-bombs-that-will-change-the-way-you-think
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