Interactive content is a highly effective way of doing marketing. It connects users with a brand on multiple levels and provides a creative and unique experience that is personalized to each user. Which in turn lead to keeping their attention longer, increasing excitement and users will be more likely to seek it out.
Up until recently, shopping was purely transactional. A merchant had a product a consumer wanted. The consumer purchased that product from the merchant and went on their way. But over the past couple of decades, shopping stopped being this singular moment. It turned into a series of interactions between the retailer and the consumer. And it started well before the consumer even intended to buy anything.
The modern brand and product discovery process usually involve at least some form of a social media reference. Even if your social presence is not driving direct sales, it can still have a significant impact on shoppers brand perception, which could be hugely relevant, dependent on your target market.
How many of you remember the days when you had one game on your phone and your family yelled at you about being addicted to the phone? Fast forward to present times and you can’t walk down the street without at least one person posing for a selfie or someone not with his/her eyes glued to the phone screen.
For the past years, e-commerce has been experiencing steady growth. And that will continue in the upcoming years. In fact, specialists predict that global retail e-commerce revenue will amount to about 5 trillion dollars by 2021. So, in the near future, we should expect to see continuing growth with more businesses joining the market.