Connec+ Sunday Brunch News - 15 September

To Run a Successful Business, All You Need Is Love
Steve Farber believes most of today’s leaders would agree that demonstrating love for employees, customers, a company’s products & even winning is important. But assigning a measurement and an ROI to the mix? Is Love Just Damn Good Business. READ MORE
Four Ways Retailers Can Reduce Return Rates
The start of a new season brings not only an increase in sales, but also in returns. So, how can retailers reduce the number of returns that hit their shelves? READ MORE
Why Your Marketing Strategy Needs Content Curation
Content curation is going to explode onto the SMB scene in the next 12-18 months. How do we know this? Because global Fortune 500 brands are finding huge success with it right now. But this isn't what you think it is. READ MORE
The top Pinterest trends for September 2019
Tap into worldwide trends to grab Pinners’ attention with your September Pinterest campaigns - READ MORE. Because we are in New Zealander, also look at the worldwide trends from March to harness the power of Spring for your Pinterest boards READ MORE
Roll Up, Roll Up ... How to Run A Social Contest
A well-planned Facebook contest can:
☑️ Increase engagement with existing fans
☑️ Increase brand exposure to potential fans
☑️ Bring in new leads
Curious to see if running a Facebook contest can help you meet at least one of those goals? Let's take a look at the steps it’ll take to run a successful Facebook contest READ MORE
Dylan Mulder explores new digital frontiers in the fashion world
Get ready to share photos of your designer kit without actually having to wear the clothes. That's right, digital clothes are a thing, as modern designers wield digital tools to make clothes in a variety of different ways. READ MORE
The wisdom of the social crowd
In today's social world brands need to expand their boundaries to crowdsource intelligent ideas and consider the four main characteristics of collective intelligence: diversity, decentralization, independence and aggregation READ MORE
There's A New Way To Buy Your Kids Sneakers
As someone who would happily autoship my life, I LOVE this new initiative from Nike. The Nike Adventure Club, a sneaker subscription service for children’s shoes. The service is an online, on-demand subscription service to help keep fast-growing kids between the ages of 2 and 10 in the correct sized sneakers while removing the hassle of in-store shopping for the parents. Can we have an adult version? READ MORE