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No-nonsense advice from Searchspring’s CEO, Peter Messana.
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Go Beyond Omnichannel to Deliver Omni-shopping
There is so much conversation around omnichannel and/or multichannel retail. Many out there speak of omnichannel but are really just multichannel merchants. The...
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Turnover: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Turnover is inevitable. Recently, we passed the one-year mark since Searchspring was purchased by Scaleworks and I was brought in as CEO. While...
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How to Build a Community Around Your Brand
Building a company isn’t just about selling a product, it takes a lot more than that to compete with the big brands. You...
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Why I Can’t Wait to Go Back to the Office
There is a lot of discussion about the future of offices. Companies like Shopify and Twitter have announced that they will allow remote...
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Merchandising is Power
In a prior post on why I run a search company, I mentioned that if I were to invest in one thing as...
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My First Year as CEO of Searchspring
It’s been one year since I took over as CEO of Searchspring. This past year has been a wild ride, not one that...
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Being Your Own Boss – Toughest and Most Rewarding
I have been an employee of a couple of Fortune 20 companies. I have been my own boss. I have been an employee...
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Don’t Use Before and After as a Measure of Success
At Searchspring, we try to make all decisions using data. Data-driven decisions are the key to success and delivering what our customers want....
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Always Be Copying the Great Ideas
I am not sure who coined the term Always Be Copying (ABC). I was told GE but short of looking it up and...
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Why do I run a search technology company?
Why do I run a search technology company? This is a great question that I get asked all the time, especially by those...
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Why AI Will Never Replace Ecommerce Merchandisers
The buzzword these days seems to be Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it will solve for what humans seemingly cannot. We see it...
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Stick With What You Know, Do it Better Than Anyone Else
When I started writing these newsletters, marketing gave me a list of things to think about. I tossed most of them away. As...
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