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6 Reasons Why Beacon Programs Fail | Street Fight

6 Reasons Why Beacon Programs Fail | Street Fight | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Beacons have been heralded as the future of retail, with 85% of retailers expected to use the technology by 2016. But getting a successful proximity-marketing program off the ground involves more than just setting out a few digital devices.

A bad user experience or a lack of infrastructure can derail even the most ambitious beacon program, which is why executives from some of the industry’s top firms are now focusing so heavily on client education. By offering guidance during the setup process, technology providers are hoping to help retailers overcome common challenges and launch more successful beacon programs.

Here are the top six most common reasons why beacon programs fail, as seen through the eyes of experts working in the industry....


Via Douglas G Hall
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Like any customer outreach, beacons require a well-crafted strategy and flawless execution.

Doug Hall's curator insight, August 10, 2015 2:02 PM

Like any customer outreach, beacons require a well-crafted strategy and flawless execution.

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New, simple ‘buy’ buttons make it easier to shop by phone

New, simple ‘buy’ buttons make it easier to shop by phone | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Now several companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, are trying to bridge the gap between mobile browsing and desktop purchasing with a simple “buy” button.


Buy buttons have been around since the early days of the Web, of course, notably with Amazon’s “One-Click Ordering,” where people set up a button that runs their credit card and ships whatever they have bought to a designated address.


But these new buy buttons allow technology companies to act as middlemen between mobile shoppers and retailers — eliminating aggravating typing on a phone’s touch screen and extending one-click ordering to thousands of small retailers....

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Trend: Several companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, are trying to bridge the gap between mobile browsing and desktop purchasing with a simple “buy” button.

Be-Bound®'s curator insight, July 8, 2015 3:16 AM

The way we use the internet has changed. We are now mobile internet users and everything is done for us to be able to act the way we were acting before on a PC on our smartphones.