More than 500 merchants, partners and developers from around the UK and across Europe gathered to network and share insights and knowledge at Magento Live UK. The excitement and energy in the air were electrifying: packed session rooms, buzzing exhibit halls, and brewing conversations throughout.
The day began with Jamie Clarke sharing his experiences, as an adventurer and merchant, harnessing fear and unpredictable outcomes to reach new heights – don’t be afraid! Most importantly, he discussed the need to pick the right partners on uncertain journeys to foreign lands and to be flexible, speedy and cost efficient in your approach.
Magento COO and Co-Founder Roy Rubin shared his vision of the incredible opportunity for growth and innovation that he sees for merchants, and how the power of Magento and eBay Inc. can help empower business success. Magento’s Head of Product, Jimmy Duvall discussed Magento Enterprise 1.13, Magento Community 1.8, and shared his vision of the future in Magento 2.
Magento’s Danny Essner reviewed SEO best practices, challenging merchants to think of themselves as content publishers that educate customers in addition to being merchants. Key takeaways include that the most important aspects of SEO are user-generated content, how third parties link to your site, as well as the need to combine social media strategy as a way to bring these two pieces together.
Screenpages’ Roger Wilcocks offered practical advice on tracking key metrics and shared insightful benchmarks across 100+ stores. Key takeaways include focusing your plan around the behaviors that influence conversion, keeping a keen eye on what makes for a good proposition, as well as planning out your improvements with metric targets. At the end of the day, It’s all about measurement and refinement.
Big thanks to those who were able to join us! Your incredible energy, camaraderie and passion for driving commerce innovation inspire us all! A very special thanks to all of our presenters and to our sponsors for making this exciting event possible!
To learn more about these sessions and the many other presentations at Magento Live UK, check out our Website for additional content that we will be posting shortly, Click HERE.
Be sure to join us next year at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, on July 14th and 15th, 2014.
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