Christmas Online Marketing Count Down!
Christmas is a boom time for retailers and not even the dim economic outlook will be able to hold back the hoards of shoppers as the Christmas deadline approaches. So you may ask, where does the internet fit into a retailers marketing strategy?
As we know, people use the internet to research goods before finally buying online or in many cases offline. So when is the best time to start and ramp up your online marketing activities?
As we can see from Google Search Insights the serious demand starts to pick up in October and accelerates right up until two weeks before Christmas where it levels off before coming to an abrupt stop as you would expect. This means that November often has the highest overall traffic volume for Christmas gifts.
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Bad news stories are always bad news for the company in question. However the explosion of Web 2.0 user generated content on the internet has added a whole new dimension and it’s causing headaches for PR companies and corporate communication departments. The fragmented nature and speed of these communities often means that negative and potentially damaging comments or discussions go undetected by the company unless they reach the mainstream press.