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Content Marketing
20 Questions That Your Home Page Should Answer For Visitors
Designing a great home page is critical for dozens of reasons, but core to an effective home page design is the fulfillment of two types of visitors. New Visitors – These prospective partners or prospective customers arrive at your home page seeking information about your company. They typically came directly, clicked a link on a social media profile, searched for…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Why Your Marketing Videos Should Be Hosted on Vimeo
Like the rest of the world, I’m constantly pushing my clients to utilize video and incorporate YouTube into their overall content marketing strategies. While it’s largely viewed as a free platform, companies are paying a price for only hosting their video content on YouTube. I’ll explain: Site Speed: We embed many YouTube videos on Martech Zone that aren’t available on…
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Content Marketing
Short-Form Video Marketing: TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Short Best Practices
The short-form video format has been around for quite some time now, but the content format has gained so much popularity recently (largely thanks to TikTok), that it’s all many creators are doing to develop and monetize their channels. The key players in the short-form video format are TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Here’s everything you should know about…
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Customer Data Platforms
Zinklar: Global Market Research for Data-Driven Marketing Excellence
Staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage; it’s a necessity. Marketers who do not utilize market research data may encounter several disadvantages, impacting their ability to make informed decisions and succeed in a competitive marketplace. Here are some key disadvantages: Lack of Customer Insight: Without market research, marketers miss out on understanding their target audience’s needs, preferences,…
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Advertising Technology
All You Need To Know About Ad Blocking, Ad Filtering, and Ad Recovery
A recent visitor to my site contacted me and chuckled that he had to turn off his ad blocker to get to my content. The feature is built into my site, and I can disable it… but I won’t for a few reasons. My publication is both a passion and a hobby. I enjoy assisting others with the information or…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Jobber: Commercial and Residential Service Estimates, Quotes, Scheduling, Invoicing, and Payments
My consulting firm has managed the marketing and integrations for several commercial and residential service companies. They all have one thing in common: the seamless experience they provide customers and the quality of the job they commit to is core to their business growth and success. In other words, when commercial and residential businesses make it easy to work with…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Salesforce CPQ: Enhancing Contract Management With CLM Features and Capabilities
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) addresses critical challenges in the sales process, ensuring efficient and accurate contract management, which is crucial for the health of an organization. When contracts are managed swiftly and precisely, it benefits both the company and its customers. This is where solutions like Salesforce’s CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) come into play, offering advanced CLM capabilities. CLM is…
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E-commerce and Retail
Maximizing Mobile Marketing With Google Wallet and Apple Wallet
Google Wallet and Apple Wallet have emerged as significant platforms for marketers. These mobile wallets offer an array of features that enhance user experience (UX) and open up new avenues for marketing and customer engagement. This article delves into the functionalities of both wallets, highlighting their benefits and the unique opportunities they present for marketing strategies. Google Wallet Google Wallet,…
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Email Marketing & Automation
How Does Email Work? Headers, Routing, and Technology
An email’s journey from the sender or their email service provider (ESP) to the recipient is a complex process involving multiple steps and checkpoints. This journey can end with the email being successfully delivered to the recipient’s inbox, diverting to the junk folder, or bouncing back to the sender temporarily (soft bounce) or permanently (hard bounce). Here’s a step-by-step breakdown…
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Marketing Tools
MacOS: How To Take Screenshots And Save Them To Different Default Directory Than Your Desktop
One of the daily battles I have working across clients and sites is that my MacOS desktop tends to get cluttered with files. I like using my desktop as a working directory, but I store temporary files in my downloads folder. As I often work on articles for Martech Zone or document client issues, I tend to take many screenshots.…
