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The Funnel: A Digital Experience Podcast

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Join Blue Acorn iCi as they interview customer experience and commerce experts about the latest industry insights and trends. Guests come from a wide range of backgrounds and share insight into topics such as experience driven commerce, data & analytics, customer experience, personalization, and marketing.
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Episodes

Tips, Tactics, and Advice for the 2020 Holiday Season

From marketing and promotion tips to technical tactics, Aimee and Clare from Blue Acorn iCi share their expert advice to help brands and retailers prepare their digital channels for the holiday season.

Sep 21, 202025 minEp. 25

Creating a Mobile-First Customer Experience

What do consumers expect from the mobile customer experience and how has COVID-19 affected those expectations? What can brands do to optimize the mobile customer experience? Chase Bruch from Blue Acorn iCi has all the answers plus three key takeaways at the end of the episode.

Aug 17, 202023 minEp. 24

Re-Release: Creating an Omnichannel Loyalty Program

Acquiring and retaining customers in today's fast-changing economy takes more than a great product. Experts from Clutch and Magento share how to create an omnichannel loyalty program that delights customers and forms long-lasting relationships.

Jul 15, 202028 minEp. 23

How Data Science Can Transform Your Business

Today more than ever, brands have unprecedented access to customer data and insights. Find out how Data Science can help you tap into those insights and enhance the customer experience.

Jun 15, 202025 minEp. 22

Enhancing Voice Search For Your Brand

SEO expert, Brian Coleman, shares his tips for voice search optimization, how to use voice search to capture new customers, and what steps brands can take this month to prepare for voice search.

May 15, 202021 minEp. 21

How to Optimize Your Revenue with Signifyd

What's keeping brands up at night? Fraud. Vid Sukumar from Signifyd shares how brands can protect themselves from fraudulent shoppers while optimizing their revenue.

Apr 15, 202022 minEp. 20

What is Experience Driven Commerce?

In this episode, Emily and Shawn from Blue Acorn iCi share how brands, both digitally native and legacy, can deliver experience drive commerce and personalize each step of the customer journey.

Mar 27, 202023 minEp. 19

Brand Agency vs. Performance Marketing Agency: What's the Difference and Why You Need Both

Unlike brand agencies, performance marketing agencies focus on KPIs that matter most to ecommerce businesses, such as conversion rate, retention, and average order value. Lindsey Murray, VP of Performance Marketing at Blue Acorn iCi, shares her tips for working with a performance marketing agency and how she collaborates with brand agencies.

Mar 16, 202027 minEp. 18

ADA Compliance in Ecommerce: What Brands Need to Know

What does ADA web compliance mean for ecommerce? What steps can brands take to be ADA compliant? Meg O'Connell, CEO & founder of Global Disability Inclusion, and Sheridan Walker, IT consultant, share their insights and tips.

Jan 15, 202032 minEp. 16

What is Owned Marketing?

We chat with experts from Klaviyo about Owned Marketing in ecommerce. Find out how Owned Marketing helps brands with customer retention and loyalty, as well as what questions to ask vendors when vetting marketing technologies.

Nov 15, 201926 minEp. 14

How Sales Tax Could Be Holding Back Your Ecommerce Site

Everyone has to pay taxes, right? In this episode of The Funnel, Avalara covers everything from tax compliance and sales tax automation to the latest tax legislation that could be affecting your ecommerce site.

Oct 15, 201922 minEp. 13

Enhancing the Post-Purchase Customer Experience

You've converted the customer, now you need to retain them. In this episode, we cover how to enhance the post-purchase experience—from email communications and the unboxing experience to returns and logistics.

Sep 16, 201925 minEp. 12

Applying AI to Personalize the Ecommerce Experience

What's the current state of AI in ecommerce and how are brands applying AI to their ecommerce sites? Jan Soerensen, North American GM at Nosto, shares his insights into AI in ecommerce and what steps brands should take to implement an AI program.

Aug 15, 201921 minEp. 11

How to Prepare For an Ecommerce Replatform

Replatforming an ecommerce site is a journey that requires the right team members and resources. Chris Guerra, Chief Growth Officer at Blue Acorn iCi, shares his tips for preparing for an ecommerce replatform from which common traps to avoid to evaluating the success of a replatform post-launch.

Jul 15, 201920 minEp. 10

Do's and Don'ts of Building an Internal Optimization Team

What's the best way to build an internal optimization team? Jared Hellman, Director of UX & Insights at Blue Acorn iCi, has the answers. (Hint: most people underestimate the resources they need.)

May 15, 201918 minEp. 8

Creating an Omnichannel Loyalty Program

Why is omnichannel so hard? How do you track and reward your loyal customers across all your sales channels? Andy O'Dell, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Clutch and Travis Eiland, Head of Commerce Strategy & Growth, Partnerships have all the answers.

Apr 16, 201928 minEp. 7

Road to Magento Imagine: Insider Tips From Imagine Veteran Kevin Eichelberger

Are you attending Magento Imagine? In this episode, Kevin Eichelberger, founder and co-CEO of Blue Acorn iCi, covers everything you need to know before packing your bag and your swag and hitting the road. From making the most of your time and predictions on buzzy topics to quirky stories from years past—you'll be covered.

Apr 15, 201927 minEp. 6

What to Expect From Magento 2.3

Josh Brinson, Blue Acorn iCi's own Magento fan boy, chats with us about what to expect from Magento 2.3 - from PWAs and multi-source inventory to GraphQL.

Mar 15, 201922 minEp. 5

How to Leverage User-Generated Content

We chat with Ben Kadory, Head of US Partnerships at Yotpo. We discuss the role UGC plays in a brand's ecommerce and marketing strategy, how to motivate shoppers to leave comments and share images, and UGC success stories.

Feb 15, 201920 minEp. 4

Optimizing the Mobile Payment Experience

We chat with Greg Harvell, Principal Front-End Architect at Blue Acorn iCi. They discuss all things mobile payments: why consumers prefer, how they boost conversion rates, the ideal user interface, and future trends.

Jan 15, 201927 minEp. 1

Tapping Into Retail Customers with Product Registration

We chat with Dan Forno, Direct of Client Success at Blue Acorn iCi, about product registration. While it's not the sexiest ecommerce topic, it's a necessary strategy for brands that want to reach retail shoppers and gather customer data.

Jan 15, 201918 minEp. 4

How Shipping Plays Into Your Ecommerce Strategy with ShipperHQ

Karen Baker, founder and CEO of ShipperHQ, join Blue Acorn iCi to discuss how shipping plays into the ecommerce strategy, what customers expect in terms of shipping, the top shipping myths, and the biggest mistakes companies make in their shipping strategies.

Jan 15, 201913 minEp. 3
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