4. S-commerce = ability to purchase a product from a third-
party company within the native social media experience.
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5. “You can use social media to turn
strangers into friends, friends into
customers and customers into
salespeople.”
- Seth Godin
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6. The term SC introduced by YAHOO
E-commerce started to actually
become business practices.
New technologies become ubiquitous – Twitter,
smartphones – customer’s changing behavior and
build communities to interact and share
information
Pinterest booms, Its image-based design
with easy click-throughs to sources makes
it perfect for showcasing products.
Soc. media platforms have integrated click-to-buy
features that allow retailers and manufacturers to
sell directly to consumers within social platforms.
Craving pizza? Just Tweet a pizza emoji.
Wish the watch in your Instagram feed
were on your wrist? Just click on the
brand’s profile link to buy
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Social Commerce 1.0 Social Commerce 2.0
8. Pillars of s-commerce
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Visibility & proximity, because social media is perfect to extend
the reach of your offers and allows you to shorten the distance
between your products and your potential customers.
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Twitter Button - why it failed?
• perceived more as an expressive platform, rather than a
commerce platform.
• less visual than Pinterest and Instagram; users might be on
Twitter more to “learn” than to “look.”
20. Confessions of an insider
Inbound marketing
= technique for drawing customers to products and
services via content marketing, social media marketing
and search engine optimization.
21. Confessions of an insider
Coupon codes
Links to exclusive offers
Limited-time deals
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In addition to deals, you can post photos of your products, testimonials
from happy customers, and even links to your new blog posts.
Posting links to your blog is useful since it moves customers off of a
social media site and onto your site, where they can buy.