SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - January 6, 2011) - Mercent™, a leading provider of on-demand marketing solutions for retailers, and Retail Online Integration Magazine, announced today the first event in the 2011 Mercent Retail™ Webinar Series -- "Surefire Ways to Maximize Your 2011 Retail Sales on Google."
How important is selling on Google? According to the Mercent eCommerce Performance Index™, year-over-year gross merchandise volume (GMV) for fiscal year 2010 grew a remarkable 36.2% for retailers selling through the Mercent Retail™ online channel management platform. This is significantly higher than the 17.3% reported by Mercent for FY2009. Clients who participated in Google Product Search via Mercent Retail™ posted the highest rates of growth across all channels; 59% growth in FY2010 relative to FY2009 and there is no time better than now to engage.
Mercent CEO, Eric Best and Mercent VP of Client Services, Frank Kochenash will join a dynamic panel of Google experts to demystify Google's top retail programs and provide insight into the most effective ways to leverage Google as top online performance marketing, customer acquisition and high-profit online retail sales channel.
Join us on Thursday January 27, 2010 from 11:00 am - Noon PST/2:00 - 3:00 pm EST to learn how Google's top shopping programs, including Google Product Search, Keyword Search, Product Listing Ads, Product Extensions, Google Product Search Reporting and Google Affiliate Network can help you drive brand and product awareness, improve online competitiveness and increase your online sales revenue and profits.
Space is limited and advanced registration is required by clicking here. Attendees can also contact Mercent Sales at sales@mercent.com or call 206-832-3924 for registration and additional information.
About Mercent
Mercent ensures the world's leading retailers are visible, competitive and profitable wherever consumers are shopping online. Through its award-winning Mercent Retail™ SAAS technology and Mercent Performance™ professional services, Mercent helps the world's most successful online merchants including 1-800-Flowers, Bass Pro Shops, GUESS?, L'Occitane USA, REI and others, maximize their online shopping channel marketing performance to drive inventory velocity, customer acquisition, revenues and profits. Supported online shopping destinations include Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Bing, comparison shopping engines (CSEs), affiliate networks, social shopping sites, and paid search and display advertising campaigns. The company was founded by a seasoned team of Amazon.com veterans and is a venture-funded company based in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.mercent.com.
Contact Information:
Mercent PR Contact:
Kristine Szarkowitz
(Tel: ) 206. 310.5323