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059 - Unprepared: Why You Can’t Always Use Customer Journey Buying From Day One with Ross Allchorn

Honest Ecommerce · with Ross Allchorn · March 25, 2021 · 13 min

Summary

This episode emphasizes that while customer journey buying is powerful, it's not a day-one strategy. Ecommerce operators should understand the difference between customer journey buying, cross-selling, upselling, and bundling, and how to accurately attribute sales to optimize their strategies. The discussion centers on practical approaches for businesses to evolve their sales tactics beyond basic transactions.

Key takeaways

Themes

conversion & crocustomer retentionanalytics & attribution

Topics covered

customer journey mappingupselling strategiescross-selling techniquesproduct bundlingsales attribution modeling

Episode description

In this podcast, we talk about the benefits of customer journey buying, how you can compare it with cross-selling, upselling, and bundling, attributions of sales and more. Ross is an entrepreneur and a specialist in Ecommerce. He founded ShopCreatify in 2015 and loves every second of working with their great Ecommerce merchant clients. Ross Allchorn’s LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/webdesignconsultant ShopCreatify’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/shopcreatify ShopCreatify’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShopCreatify/ ShopCreatify Website: https://shopcreatify.com/ Honest Ecommerce is a weekly podcast, community & educational resource providing online store owners with honest, actionable advice to increase their sales and grow their business. If you like our podcast, consider subscribing & joining our FREE Facebook group http://honestecommerce.co/

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Frequently asked about this episode

What does this episode say about conversion & cro?
Don't attempt complex customer journey buying strategies until your core sales and attribution models are solid.
What does this episode say about customer retention?
Differentiate between customer journey buying, cross-selling, upselling, and bundling to apply the correct strategy for each customer interaction.
What does this episode say about analytics & attribution?
Implement robust sales attribution models early to accurately understand which efforts are driving purchases and optimize future campaigns.
What does this episode say about conversion & cro?
Focus on foundational sales principles before scaling to more intricate customer engagement models.
What does this episode say about conversion & cro?
Leverage cross-selling and bundling as stepping stones to more advanced customer journey optimization.

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