Retail Hub

Hi all!    I do not personally run an online store, but I can imagine that it takes a lot of work! If you haven't updated your site in awhile, or you're just looking for fresh ideas, consider some of the suggestions in our retail website checkup article.   Additionally, these four suggestions are not exhausted. What tips and tricks have worked for you that you think would be worth sharing with other people? I look forward to reading them!  ... View more

Hello!   We've launched our marketing calendar for 2021, which provides a template and a full list of holidays (including Drive-In Movie Day, who knew? I've never been!).    I hope this is helpful! Also, I'm curious. For Retail, which holidays do you usually focus your efforts around? Black Friday and the end-of-year holidays are obviously major periods, but given retail is such a broad category of businesses, are there other holidays that work better?  ... View more

Hello and welcome to the Retail Group on the Constant Contact Community!   If you work and operate within the Retail industry and use Constant Contact, this group is for you! The purpose is to create a space where Retail business owners can congregate and share notes, find resources, and decompress.   We will work to keep this space stocked with new resources as we come across them, but as this space is for you, we encourage you to share your own findings!   The Community Guidelines for the rest of the Community also apply here. You can review them here and the link is always available at the bottom of every Community page. ... View more

Hello fine friends of retail,   Our Blog team had this article kickin' around about ideas for better abandoned cart emails and I thought it would be good to share!   In particular, I like #6: Make them visualize. Find ways to let the email highlight how purchasing the items would improve the circumstances they were considering them for. It still leaves the onus on the prospective customer, but might help remind them why they sought these items in the first place.   What idea do you like best and have you tried any of them?  ... View more

Hi all! We are trying to increase the number of email sign-ups that we have on our social media channels. I have tried a few different tactics, but wanted to pick the brains of everyone here.. what have you tried to increase your email sign-ups on social media? ... View more