Marketers Wanted for E-commerce Benchmark Study

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketingSherpa is fielding a study to uncover e-commerce strategies and tactics that marketers are using right now. The results will be compiled in the 2014 E-commerce Benchmark Report, which is being underwritten by Magento whose e-commerce solutions are trusted by more than 200,000 businesses, including some of the world's leading brands.

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The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete and the results will be reported in aggregate to protect respondents' anonymity. However, respondents who want to be positioned as thought leaders can provide their contact information and agree to be cited in the report. Everyone who provides their contact information will receive a free copy of the report.

"By participating in this study, marketers can share their insights into the state of e-commerce today, position themselves as thought leaders, and benefit their entire profession," said Diana Sindicich, Senior Manager, Data Sciences, MECLABS. "In return, we will apply the highest level of scientific rigor in the analysis of the responses to provide a Benchmark Report that will help marketers take their e-commerce efforts to the next level."

After completing the survey, respondents can fill out an entry to win:

• An Apple iPad Air
  - or -
• A ticket to MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014, February 17 through 20, which includes a two-night stay at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas during Summit. MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014 will provide an opportunity for marketers to join 800 of their peers in growing their knowledge of email marketing and testing through case studies, keynotes and roundtable discussions based on real-world research, not theory. Find out more here: MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014

Click here to begin the survey: http://www.marketingsherpa.com/ecommerce2014

The survey closes February 14.

About MarketingSherpa (follow us @marketingsherpa or visit http://www.marketingsherpa.com)

MarketingSherpa publishes case studies, Benchmark Reports, exclusive research, how-to instructional materials and six content-specific newsletters for more than 237,000 content, email, inbound marketing, search, B2B and consumer marketing professionals each week. In its tenth year, the marketing research publisher has been praised by The Economist, Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge and Entrepreneur.com. Along with MarketingExperiments and InTouch, MarketingSherpa is part of the MECLABS Group, which offers marketers practical research data and information, professional training and networking summits.

About MECLABS (visit http://www.meclabs.com)

A science lab with a consultancy, MECLABS conducts rigorous experiments in the new science of optimization and applies discoveries to help businesses optimize sales and marketing financial performance. More than a decade of work spans 1,300-plus experiments including one billion emails and 10,000 landing pages. MECLABS has two primary research groups:  MarketingExperiments conducts experiments to optimize the sales and marketing process, and MarketingSherpa conducts and publishes exclusive case studies, surveys and data analysis, which reveal what works in marketing. MECLABS has six applied research groups: Strategy, Leads, Conversion, Agency, Technology and Training. For more information, visit meclabs.com or call 1-800-517-5531.

SOURCE MarketingSherpa