My Personal Notes from the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Ecommerce Conference
Pin It What’s up? I promise that you guys will get all the goodies, cause that is why I blog man. So here is some valuable stuff that I got from attending this year’s Channel Advisor conference. Presentations were given by eBay, Google and of course the Jedi Mind of Scot Wingo. Here are my personal notes I wanted to share with you guys, hope you like it. NOTE: You can download all the slides from Catalyst HERE Scott Wingo’s Presentation: eCommerce Landscape Trends Search trends Y-o-Y trend Bing has gained 51.2% and that is from much of the cash back stuff An...
read moreChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference – Day 2 ColderICE Recap
Pin ItToday the rubber meets the road as sessions kick off at 8:45 am. I actually stayed out too late the night before, thanks to being sponsored by the CEO of TheFind.com, he keep buying the brewskies….Thanks Mr. Kumar Got up a little late, and had to rush to get showered and dressed, but made it for today’s keynote from Crocks, yep the shoe company. Jay Custard, Global Online Marketing Director for Crocs, who refered to his shoes as “ugly clown shoes” began to detail the rollercoaster ride that has been this company. After riding a wave up, once the darling shoe...
read moreChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference – Day 1 ColderICE Recap
Pin ItMan, I really do not know how to adequately describe my arrival…hmmm SO MUCH was going on. So check this out, I was awaken by some heavy rains in Atlanta about 7:00 am. Could not get that last hour of sleep cause the rain was record heavy. But we had to drive nearly 7 hours in it. Wake up, time to go to work. We hoped in the car for the annual trip to Raleigh/Durham area for ChannelAdvisor conference. Dude is it time to rock baby! Now the cherry on top is that it marks about 1 month since we moved fulfillment to Fulfillment by George. So now, what in the past was so fulfilling,...
read moreJohn Donahoe Is Not Giving Much Hype About eBay’s Sales Data
Pin ItOn Monday, John Donahoe the CEO of eBay declined to give out much information on eBay sales for the holiday season. At the investors conference, Donahoe was giving most of the hype to PayPal which has seemed to be the song and dance of 2009. You talk about the moving ball to keep all eyes off the one that is sitting and not moving. I have noticed this a lot from the CEO in his most recent appearances, eBay does seem to be second to PayPal on the hype meter right now. Donahoe is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article saying, “There’s no killer item this year. There’s no Xbox or...
read morePress Release: ChannelAdvisor Reports Significant Third Quarter Customer Additions and New Profitability Milestone
Pin ItCompany continues to add key Internet Retailer 500 customers including Blue Bay andTool King, launches next-generation Amazon solution Research Triangle Park, NC– November 3, 2009 – ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, today announced another strong quarter with $2.6 million in bookings and 229 new customer additions. Further, for the 12 months ending September, 2009, ChannelAdvisor achieved for the first time in company history a full year of positive EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, tax...
read moreThe Ecommerce Summit Was A SELL OUT Success for Ecommerce Sellers
Pin It Wow man, I just got myself back together after this weeks Ecommerce Summit in Atlanta. I had a really good time, seriously. This whole event from start to finish was 1000x better than I could have ever expected. From signing eBay execs (Usher Lieberman) doing karaoke at Joe’s College Park Tavern to the great presentations that I attended and the poker tournament that I sucked at. What made this year so much fun and valuable was the networking. Sure the presentations were TOP NOTCH, the vendors were informative and the staff very friendly…but the members and...
read moreCatalyst ’09 The State of Ecommerce – Keynote by Mr. Wingo
Pin It Scot Wingo kicked off the Catalyst conference by providing his insights into the consumer-driven e-commerce marketplace. Scot discussed the state of online retail and how you can evolve your business and efficiently distribute products across multiple channels, drive shoppers to those products and convert shoppers to customers. Scot also unveiled ChannelAdvisor’s latest product innovations. After this presentation by Scot Wingo who is the CEO of ChannelAdvisor, I took some pause. The landscape of 2009 has some challenges for retail sellers in ecommerce....
read moreAmazon Strategies Blog Has Been Launched by ChannelAdvisor CEO
Pin ItMr. Scot Wingo just launched new blog the other day at www.amazonstrategies.com So if you are looking for someone to cover many of the interesting strategies being developed for sellers on Amazon, look no futher! As this 3rd party platform from Amazon begins to really take hold in our ecommerce circles it is GREAT to see a new place for Wingo to post and evolve his thought and insight on this growth marketplace. On this blog we’ll be covering news, analysis and most importantly – selling strategies – all around Amazon’s seller business and...
read moreColderICE Chatter: @ScotWingo at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst ’09
Pin ItSo I am kicking it around in the hallway and then guess who walks by? OMG, it is Scot Wingo the CEO of ChannelAdvisor. He just got off the stage and my eyes are still burning from the SMOKE! Dude, his presentation was seriously smoking. He brought out all the charts and graphs and laid out the landscape of the ecommerce platform for 2009. It is always the #1 reason that I will make the trip simply to get this direction from Scot Wingo. Year after year he delivers. Sure, I am in the "fan club" so what, I know I make good choices, LMAO. But seriously, numbers tell stories and...
read moreCatalyst Notes pt 1: The Customers Are Speaking, STHU and Listen!
Pin ItThe first session out at CA Catalyst last week was probably one of my favorites from last year and I am SO HAPPY that they brought it back again this year. They have a panel of 10 randomly selected internet shoppers brought out on stage to answer audience questions. Some people will poll them and get them to respond on how they shop, what they look for in a online shopping experience and what is most important. This is some of the most insightful information you can get to make your site experience POP, in the customers eye. What makes a buyer buy? How do they find your sites? Are...
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