Christine Cline, Vice President of Marketing at Retale, shared at the 2017 PFMA Annual Conference how to successfully pivot your mobile marketing strategies to reach grocery shoppers on whatever device they may be using.
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Three Pillars of a Successful Mobile Marketing Strategy
1. Christine Cline, VP Marketing, Retale
Three Pillars of a
Successful Mobile
Marketing Strategy
The Ultimate Mobile Shopping Companion
2017 PFMA Annual Conference
2. 9
Over 1/3 of all in store sales are influenced by mobile
Deloitte, Sept 2016
2013 2014 2015 2016
$0.2T
$0.6T
$1.4T
$1.0T
5%
19%
28%
37%
3. 10
And it will account for nearly 50% of online sales by 2020
eMarketer, Feb 2017; eMarketer, July 2016
2017 2018 2019 2020
$157B
$207B
$337B
$268B
48%
44%
39%
34%
4. 11
Google, 2016
Shopped for in the past 30 days on a mobile phone:
The grocery category is a late-adopter… but
mobile can’t be ignored...
70% Clothes, shoes & accessories 30% Skin care & cosmetics 24% Home, garden & DIY
51% Electronics 28% Grocery 22% Sports & outdoor
6. 13
There is a large disparity between grocery
media spend and user time spent
Digital
12.6%
Direct Mail
16.6%
Newspaper
57%
Digital
49%
Direct Mail
3%
Broadcast
7.1%
Digital
12.6%
Direct Mail
16.6%
Newspaper
57%
Digital
49%
Broadcast
45%
Direct Mail
3%
Newspaper
2%
Grocery Media
Spend
Time Spent
Apptaris/Dunhumby, 2017; eMarketer, Oct 2015
8. Three Pillars of a Successful
Mobile Marketing Strategy
PRE-
STORE
AT THE
STORE
POST-
STORE
9. 16
45% of shoppers make grocery purchase
decisions while at home
Retale Millennial Grocery Report, April 2016; Valassis, 2017
Find
Recipes
Look for
Coupons
Look Up
Loyalty Info
Make a
Shopping
List
Find a
Store
Seek Out
Deals
11. 18
Design your website with a mobile-first
approach
Retale Shopper Pulse Survey, 2017
54%
46%
Desktop/Laptop
Mobile Phone
Smartphone/Tablet
12. 19
Seeking deals and coupons is the #1 activity
shoppers do when going to a retailer’s website
Retale Shopper Pulse Survey, 2017
68%
Look for deals
or coupons
64%
Compare
prices
62%
Search for
products
58%
View
weekly ad
47%
Make a
purchase
43%
Look at
product
reviews
37%
Find a
store
location
and/or
hours
68%
64%
62%
58%
47%
43%
37%
Look for deals or coupons
Compare prices
Search for products
View weekly ad
Make a purchase
Look at product reviews
Find a store location and/or hours
13. 20
Top tips for mobile website
1 Make it responsive
4 Prioritize quick load times
2 Create a clean design
3 Ensure easy navigation
5 Keep iterating
15. 22
Online searches are dominated by mobile and
have high conversion rates
Hitwise Google, 2016
72%
of online searches about the
food & beverage industry are
initiated on a mobile device
76%
of people who search on their
smartphones for something nearby
visit a business within a day
28%
of those searches for something
nearby result in a purchase
16. 23
Top tips for search - SEO
1 Make it accessible for search engines
2 Make it relevant & easy for users
3 Build your content authority
17. 24
Top tips for search – paid ads
1 Set your goal: CPC
3 Target your audience
2 Choose the right keywords and iterate
4 Pay attention to ad copy
5 Use Google Analytics
24. 31
…but proceed with caution
Forrester, May 2017; Comscore, Mar 2017
Of US Adults
have installed an
ad blocker
38%
Ad Blockers
Are not viewable or
come from invalid
traffic
46%
Viewability
Average
click-through-rate
0.35%
Click-Through-Rate
25. 32
Top tips for display ads
1 Vet all sites and be vigilant
2 Use data for targeting and tracking
3 Produce meaningful ad units
4 Identify relevant environments
27. 34
Share of Digital Media Time Spent by Platform
ComScore, 2016
Mobile time spent is dominated by apps
28. 35Forrester & RetailMeNot, July 2015
Users love the convenience, speed &
content of mobile apps
63%
57%
40%
31%
21%
20%
14%
5%
2%
More convenient
Faster
Settings are stored
Benefits/rewards
More personalized content
Better deals
Do more things
More entertaining
Other
29. 36
However…acquisition and retention
are costly and difficult
Google, 2016; eMarketer; Localytics
3-7%
$44.2
Average number
of shopping apps
installed & only 2.1 are
used each week
average cost
per loyal user
of new users return to
an app within 30 days
30. 37
40% of shoppers use aggregated apps to seek out
weekly deals and coupons
RetaleRetailMeNot ibotta Grocery Pal
Retale Shopper Pulse Survey, 2017
31. 38
Top tips for app partners
2 Great User Experience
4 Transparent results
5 Don’t limit to just one
1 Unique & Sizeable Audience
3 Pay-for-Performance Pricing Model
32. 39
There is still time to influence purchase
decisions in store
Retale Millennial Grocery Report, April 2016; Valassis, 2017
Consult
Shopping
List
Look at
Circulars
Compare
Prices
Text Someone
a Question
Find a
Recipe
Access
Coupons
34. 41Valassis, 2017; Business Insider, 2016
Push notifications are effective but may be
limited in scale
58%
switch brands based on a discount
notification they receive on a mobile
device in the store
45%
of users enable push notifications on
iOS devices
38. 45
Continue the conversation after
she’s left the store
Blog
Post
Reviews
Like on
Facebook
Rate
Products
Read
Emails
Tell
Friends
Join Loyalty
Program
41. 48
Plan emails with a mobile-first approach
Daze Info, April 2017
Of emails
are opened
on a mobile
device
54%
42. 49
Top tips for emails
1 Include impactful subject lines
2 Segment your shoppers
3 Send scheduled + trigger emails
4 Optimize your send time
5 Use automation services
45. 52
Top tips for social media
1 Set your goals & KPIs in advance
2
Choose the right channels for
your audience
3 Develop a content strategy in advance
4 Have a dedicated community manager