Category Archives: Social Commerce

What to expect from social commerce during the upcoming holiday shopping season

TikTok Shop showed social is now the storefront and creators are converting. Are you ready to close the sale? MarTechBot on August 25, 2025       In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the … Continue reading What to expect from social commerce during the upcoming holiday shopping season

Klaviyo acquires Gatsby to improve social commerce insight

Social drives discovery, but data often gets lost. Klaviyo broke out the checkbook to help fill that gap. Mike Pastore on August 19, 2025       Today, Klaviyo announced the acquisition of Gatsby, a social commerce platform that helps brands convert social media engagement into owned customer relationships. Consumers are increasingly starting their shopping journeys on … Continue reading Klaviyo acquires Gatsby to improve social commerce insight

Study Shows How Social Commerce Drives Awareness, Performance For Brands

Study Shows How Social Commerce Drives Awareness, Performance For Brands by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 28, 2022 Marketers began to rely on social commerce when the pandemic hit. Now they have begun to see positive results, according to research released Tuesday. I have never been a big fan of influencer marketing, but apparently, … Continue reading Study Shows How Social Commerce Drives Awareness, Performance For Brands

Social Commerce for the 2021 Holidays: How to Drive Growth with Video Ads

Slye Joy Serrano October 8, 2021 Studies show that 1 in 10 purchases are now made on social media, a clear indication that new digital touchpoints are emerging for online holiday shopping. Mobile platforms are said to be the biggest driver on social media purchases, with 57% of consumers confirming that they have bought a … Continue reading Social Commerce for the 2021 Holidays: How to Drive Growth with Video Ads

3 Ways You Can Make Social Commerce Work for Your Business

August 3, 2016 Your Facebook page just hit 50,000 likes and your average likes per Instagram post is trending steadily in the thousands. As an eCommerce company, this is probably a social media milestone worth celebrating. Greater reach means more opportunities to drive consumers to transact through social commerce. Online stores with a social presence … Continue reading 3 Ways You Can Make Social Commerce Work for Your Business

Social Commerce: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why You Should Care

by Shanelle Mullin June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Seth Godin once said, “You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.” Strangers into friends? Of course. Friends into customers? Yep, it’s relatively easy to promote your site (where followers and friends can make a purchase) on social … Continue reading Social Commerce: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why You Should Care