Archive for December, 2008

A Different Gift from Bazaarvoice Sales

December 31st, 2008 by Michael Osborne | Sr. Vice President of Worlwide Sales

Every year I give my team something small at holiday time as a token of my personal appreciation for great work done all year long – a gift card or something like that. This year, keeping with the same idea, I loaded up excel and after hours of formulae, realized the team’s total gift [...]

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Mighty Leaf Tea lets word of mouth drive email marketing efforts

December 31st, 2008 by Heather Brunner | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client Services

This blog post was guest written by Audrey Warren, Bazaarvoice Community Manager.
I recently sat down with Brian Witchel, Internet Marketing Manager for Mighty Leaf Tea, to learn more about their philosophy for incorporating UGC into email marketing campaigns
Bazaarvoice: You seem to have really embraced the idea of incorporating UGC into your email campaigns – so [...]

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Top 10 Bazaarblog (Social Commerce) Posts of the Year

December 26th, 2008 by Sam Decker | Chief Marketing Officer

It’s funny how the week after Christmas is like a historical “grey zone”. We’re either focusing on predictions or memories! So, here’s looking back at some of our most popular blog posts in 2008:

21 Case Studies of Social Commerce Impact (yes…real $$)
How to Stop Losing Market Share to Amazon
Introducing BrandVoice — The First “User Generated” [...]

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Bazaarvoice Foundation: 2008 in Numbers

December 22nd, 2008 by Brett Hurt | Founder and CEO

As I have written about on this blog and in interviews (like the one I did recently with Thom Singer on our culture), I strongly believe in nourishing the soul of our company.  Although the economy is very tough right now, we are very blessed to live in the wealthiest nation, to work at one [...]

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Bazaarvoice now on Twitter

December 19th, 2008 by Sam Decker | Chief Marketing Officer

As you’re “working” your way through this last Friday before Christmas, take a moment to check us out on Twitter (@bazaarvoice).
You’ll see what’s on our mind, new customers who have signed or launched, new research and articles we’re reading or writing, and, every once in awhile, some fun information about what’s going on “inside.”
We have [...]

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Mistergooddeal.com continue de s’impliquer fortement dans le commerce social et lance Ask&Answer, les Questions et Réponses.

December 19th, 2008 by Heather Brunner | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client Services

This blog post was guest written by Emilie Rose, Bazaarvoice CM for European clients. Look for the same post in English!
Récemment,  notre présence en France a vu  de grandes arrivées et a continué à connaitre une grande réussite. En tant que Community Manager pour la France, je suis très fière de voir Bazaarvoice lancer [...]

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Mistergooddeal.com drives great engagement and launches Ask & Answer

December 19th, 2008 by Heather Brunner | Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client Services

This blog post was guest written by Emilie Rose, Bazaarvoice CM for European clients. This is the English version of the blog post - look next for the same post in French!
Our French client roster has had some great additions and accomplishments in the past few weeks, and as the Community Manager for France, [...]

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81% of Holiday Shoppers Using Reviews

December 19th, 2008 by Sam Decker | Chief Marketing Officer

Nielsen recently reported the results of a study that found 81% of online holiday shoppers are using reviews. This is higher than Jupiter/Forrester had found over a year ago, where over 70% of online shoppers sought out reviews. We also know from Jupiter that over 60% of offline purchases (some studies suggest more) are affected [...]

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Gearing up for the ’09 Social Commerce Summit!

December 16th, 2008 by Sam Decker | Chief Marketing Officer

Back for its second year, the Social Commerce Summit will be held April 27th -29th at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. This year’s agenda is razor-focused on how regular consumers can drive measurable results to fuel your business. We want to welcome you to the NEW [...]

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Can Social Media Help Cure Cancer?

December 13th, 2008 by Brett Hurt | Founder and CEO

It was a big week for basketball, as the Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic ended in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.  And it was a big week for Bazaarvoice because we’re supporters of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, founded by friends of legendary coach Jim Valvano, which worked with ESPN to stage this college [...]

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