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Hot off the press and into your inbox - here's a blog update! What You Need To Keep In Mind When Planning For Seasonal Marketing Campaigns 2016-10-28 15:08:23 John Rampton The National Retail Federation (NRF) released its expectations for the 2016 holiday season and revealed sales are expected to increase by 3.6 percent over last year, one of the highest increases in 10 years. This is based on job and income gains as well as increased use of credit. With positive news about the holiday retail season, it's time to start thinking about planning your marketing campaigns for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, Boxing Day and New Years. See more The Rise Of New Business Apps Called 'Bots' 2016-10-28 15:08:23 Jini Maxin According to Forrester, people delete 80% of their apps after the first use, and most spend 84% of their time in only five apps each month. Businesses have come to realize that creating yet another app could prove to be an exercise in futility. So, rather than going out on a limb and spending money on developing yet another app, businesses feel safe engineering bots for messaging apps. See more Don't Lose Loyal Customers In The Christmas Sales 2016-10-28 15:08:23 John Waldron With all the goodwill supposedly be jangling the bells and decking the halls around Christmas, it's perhaps strange that customer fidelity can't be relied upon. Try not to blush as I bring you this quote from Matt Curry, the director of e-commerce at online, ahem, sex toy retailer Lovehoney Group, who explained the following to Marketing Week: See more How To Generate Leads Using Social Media Platforms 2016-10-28 15:08:23 Michael Lundberg For any digital marketer social media plays a very important role in engaging and building relationships with customers and prospects. There's more to do with social media than just updating your Facebook status, or retweeting the popular tweets. Of course, by keeping your social media accounts active, you can keep your audience engaged and of course increase the number of like, shares, followers, fans and so on. So, what is stopping you to generate leads via social media? See more JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: This message was sent to jhone.wong.hostingreview@blogger.com by GetResponse, 1011 Centre Road, Suite 322, Wilmington, DE 19805, USA. Unsubscribe or change your details.