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Ecommerce for Small Business

October 20th, 2020


Austin Berry, Nadine Gritten
Today
‣ About Box Clever & Austin
‣ What & Why Ecommerce
‣ Ecommerce Platforms
‣ Ecommerce Store Considerations
‣ Promoting Your Store

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Our Team

‣ UX design & development


‣ development
‣ digital marketing
‣ project management

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Award Winning Agency

30+
awards

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What We’re About

‣ digital solutions: web, apps, design, and digital marketing


‣ 1,500+ websites online for clients across North America
‣ 90% client retention rate from 2005
‣ Shopify Expert Partner

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About Me

‣ Shopify Account Manager


‣ Gain expert knowledge into your business
‣ Diverse client list

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What & Why ECommerce

‣ Variety of stores & products


‣ COVID-19 and the impact on
the marketplace

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Spending Changes in Canada

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Quick Stats

‣ Grocers have reported a 700% increase in online sales


‣ Online sales in May 2020 were $3.8B, 112% increase from May
2019
‣ Online sales make up 8% of everything sold in Canada

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The Future of Ecommerce
‣ Ecommerce is expected to nearly
double by 2023 to more than
$6.5B
‣ By 2021 53.9% of all ecommerce
will happen on mobile devices
‣ Young Adults are the driving
force

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Ecommerce Platforms

‣ BigCommerce
‣ Wix
‣ Magento
‣ Shopify

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Ecommerce website considerations

‣ Payment provider
‣ Currency
‣ Shipping
‣ Policies
‣ Inventory System

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Next steps

‣ Research
‣ Find a web partner
‣ Ecommerce store creation & launch
‣ Create a post-launch plan

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Post Launch Planning

‣ Overall plan
‣ Digital Marketing

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Now What?
The Website is Launched why don’t I have many sales?
There are three major Digital Marketing Methods you
can use to reach those looking for your product
‣ Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
‣ Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
‣ Social Media Advertising

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Search Engine Optimization

‣ Increases the position of you


website in search browsers
‣ Do not pay for clicks
‣ Local SEO helps you build local
awareness
‣ Can take 6 months to see any results
and up to 2 years to reach goals

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Search Engine Marketing

‣ Pay for clicks


‣ Google & Bing Ads
‣ Intent based search ads Google Ads Cost
$5,000 $5,000
Revenue from Google Ads
‣ Brand Awareness Display ads $4,000
$3,000
‣ Remarketing ads $2,500
$2,000
$1,000
$0 $0
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

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Social Media Advertising

‣ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,


Snapchat, TikTok
‣ Free to use
‣ Pay for sponsored ads
‣ Can be time consuming to keep a
strong presence

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In Conclusion

‣ Research
‣ Find a partner
‣ Drive traffic
‣ Don’t let it become stagnant

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Q+A

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