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Why More Boutique Hotels Should Be Using Airbnb

Airbnb, Inc. announced on September 19, 2019 that it expects to become a publicly-traded company sometime during 2020.  This news came about a month after Airbnb also announced that on August 10, more than 4 million people spent the night in an Airbnb listing, and thus officially

Elizabeth Warren Vs Facebook, Facebook New Ads and Amazon AdCon Recap | MGR Unplugged

Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast In this episode, Manuel Gil del Real and David Gil discuss the latest headlines involving Facebook, from Elizabeth Warren’s Facebook Ad test and Mark Zuckerberg’s response defending political free speech, to Facebook’s new ad types and Amazon

MGR – Amazon Weekly News – October 14, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | October 14, 2019 Top News This Week Is Amazon Unstoppable? An Excellent Deep Dive by Charles Duhigg Preview: In 2017, a few months after Forbes named Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the world’s richest man, a rumor spread among the company’s

The MGR Lifestyle – How We Achieve Our Work Life Balance | MGR Unplugged

Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast In this episode, David Gil and Manuel Gil del Real share with all of you what we think about “work-life balance.”  Is it over-rated, what’s important for us to keep our life fun, and how each of

Reducing Cart Abandonment Through One Page Checkout

If you follow this blog, you already know how emphatic I am about eliminating friction with any type of transaction with your clients.  And I’m not talking about verbal friction, but rather, creating a frictionless environment to get them from point A to point B as easy

MGR – Amazon Weekly News – September 30, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | September 30, 2019 Top News This Week The Rise of Amazon B2B Offers an Additional Revenue Path for Sellers Amazon is using its massive platform to capture B2B buyers, most of whom already use Amazon personally and are happily shifting their business

Longevity Hacks, How to Increase Your Health Span, and Living 120 Years | MGR Unplugged

Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast Join Manuel and David in this animated discussion about how to increase our health span, longevity hacks that we can do on a daily basis and what would society be like if or when the average life

MGR – Amazon Weekly News – September 23, 2019

MGR Amazon Weekly Update | September 23, 2019 Top News This Week Amazon’s Algorithm Favors Products That Generate the Most Profit For Them, Which is Often Their Own Products This may not come as a huge surprise to most Sellers, but the details are important. Amazon is

Apple Surprises, California Vs. Uber, Instagram Copies TikTok and Slack Disappoints. | MGR Unplugged

 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Overcast Join us today for a very animated conversation between Manuel Gil del Real and David Gil as we cover a number of topics in the news this week. We start by commenting on Apple’s new products

Consumer Tendencies That Impact Direct Mail Marketing Effectiveness

In a consumer culture focused on digital content, direct mail marketing can seem a bit old-fashioned. However, in some cases, sending physical mail is still an effective means to reach your customers. As more savvy computer users block online ads and screen phone solicitations, direct mail can