Is College Necessary? | Retail Ecom Sales | 6 ChatGPT Prompts

Also... 'Look inside'; Industry IQ; Webinar U Can't read this email? [View it in your browser.](   [Practical Ecommerce Merchant]( May 29, 2023   [Brandon Chicotsky]( [Is College Necessary for Business?]( [Brandon Chicotsky is a professor of marketing at Texas Christian University. He states that his students have endured years of standardized, grade-level tests and are focused on the right answer or the best GPA.]( [But Chicotsky realizes businesses often face decisions with no right answer. And that has impacted his method of teaching. “I don’t offer exams in my class,” he said. “Everything I offer has a subjective outcome, not a definitive answer.]( [Is college necessary for business success? I asked Chicotsky that question and more in our recent conversation. The entire audio of our discussion is embedded below. The transcript is edited for length and clarity.]( [Eric Bandholz: What do you do?]( [Brandon Chicotsky: I’m a full-time professor of marketing at Texas Christian University at the Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth, Texas. Read article >](   [Charts: U.S. Retail Ecommerce Sales Q1 2023]( [Newly released data from the Department of Commerce shows a 3% increase in U.S. online retail sales from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023. Total retail sales — online and in-store — grew .9% in Q1. Read article >](   [6 ChatGPT Prompts for Text Analysis]( [ChatGPT can generate usable content. But it can also analyze existing content — articles, descriptions — and suggest improvements for SEO and social media. Read article >](   [Use 'Look Inside' to Sell More Products]( [The benefits of Amazon's "Look inside" book label applies to many products. Apparel, bags, housewares, and more could experience more conversions with an inside peek. Read article >](   🔥 Today's Great Ecommerce Idea For SEO, update pages with new sections and citations "Google prioritizes new content, including updated pages with new links, sections, and citations. Monitoring your site for broken links offers an opportunity to update the entire page. Consider embedding a new video — and include Schema markup for a video rich-snippet, replacing outdated dates and statistics with new data, adding better images, and updating calls-to-action for newer products or offers." - Ann Smarty, Contributor and SEO Consultant   [🎙 'Ecommerce Conversations' Podcast]( [Pet Chinchillas Save Family Business]( [Influencers, Community Drive Batting Glove Maker]( [Subscribe]( to the podcast.   🎯 Industry IQ Resources from our advertisers. [Understanding Your Consumers' Digital Identity]( [Accelerate Growth with Walmart Marketplace]( [How to Secure Your Ecommerce Store](   🎓 [Webinar U]( Instant 20-minute video + ebook. [How to Evaluate Sales Channels in 2023]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( You are receiving this email at {EMAIL} because you opted on our website to receive the Practical Ecommerce newsletter. You can [unsubscribe,]( [change frequency]( or [update your email address]( at anytime. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. To ensure this newsletter reaches your inbox, please add newsletter@practicalecommerce.com to your contacts. If you use Gmail, just drag this email to your "Primary" tab. -- Practical Ecommerce 125 S. Park Street, Suite 430 Traverse City, MI 49684 Copyright (C) 2023 Practical Ecommerce.