What Charity and B2B Purchase Decisions Have in Common

Our recent company gift to UNICEF on behalf of our partners (thank you again for a great 2011!) got me thinking about the commonalities between marketing a charity organization and a B2B company; and I noticed a few interesting analogies which I thought I’d share. Yes, I’m a big marketing nerd – but it can’t hurt to think about how to help charities make some bucks.

What Charity Donations and Business to Business (B2B) Purchase Decisions Have in Common

2012 e-commerce trends, and what Skimlinks’ growth tells us

In Dec 2011, Skimlinks’ 18,000+ merchants generated roughly $30 million dollars of e-commerce sales. We are seeing tremendous growth in text monetization, which is beginning to gain mainstream attention as online commerce grows in sophistication.

Below are some e-commerce trends we’ve derived from data pulled from our network which we expect to see continue in 2012.

The Skim: The case for and against anonymous comments

The Skim: Gilt Groupe’s new site blurring the lines between editorial and retail

In-depth social integrations offer stickiness to leading online publishers

Readers: they consume. They comment. They share, when they feel like it.

And then, they leave.