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Content Marketing
MarketSnare: The All-in-One Platform for Multi-Location Growth
For multi-location brands, marketing consistency, control, and performance often collapse under the weight of scale. Whether you manage dozens or thousands of locations, replicating successful strategies locally can feel impossible. Add in compliance requirements, outdated content, or disconnected tools—and your entire brand presence can quickly fall apart at the local level. MarketSnare MarketSnare was built to solve this exact challenge.…
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Public Relations
Generate More Links: How to Improve Your PR Strategy
With a new year approaching, you likely have a new PR plan full of targets and goals. But is that plan full of the same old tactics, or are you trying to shift your media relations to embrace the new? The continued rise of content marketing, brand journalism, and storytelling alongside new platforms means this year will change the PR…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Why It’s Time to Retire the Term “Affiliate Marketing”
The marketing industry is transforming. So much so that most marketers say the business has adapted to more change over the last few years than in the last five decades. Much of the change is driven by new technologies and a proliferation of data. Affiliate marketing, in particular, is undergoing such fundamental changes that it’s high time we retire the…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Add a Featured Image Column To Your Posts List In Your Theme Using functions.php
A WordPress plugin involves additional overhead, requiring WordPress to load and manage the plugin. This includes reading the plugin directory, checking for updates, and maintaining plugin metadata. Whenever I’m working on optimizing Martech Zone or a client’s WordPress installation, I always analyze the plugins utilized, quality of the code, impact on the site, and how much functionality there is in…
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Marketing Tools
MacOS: Need to Verify DNS Locally Using Hosts on OSX?
One of my clients relocated their website to a bulk hosting account. They updated their domain’s DNS settings for the A and CNAME records but were having difficulty determining whether the site was resolving with the new hosting account (new IP Address). When troubleshooting DNS, keep in mind a few things: Understand how DNS works, understand how your domain registrar…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Tailwind: Your Small Business Virtual Social Media Marketing Team for Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest
The need for effective marketing is more critical than ever. Small businesses and brands constantly seek ways to stand out and meaningfully engage their audience. The traditional approach often involves creating and scheduling social media posts and email campaigns from scratch, which can be overwhelming or beyond the resources of many small businesses. Hours are spent pondering over the perfect…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How Are B2B Marketers Leveraging Facebook in 2023?
Facebook has traditionally been considered a platform more suited for business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing. As I speak to our clients about Facebook as a channel, I often discuss the intent of the Facebook user: Did the Facebook user go there to research or purchase a product or service? Did the Facebook user go there to learn more about your business? Will…
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Analytics & Testing
How To Use Google Analytics 4 Events to Track Category Popularity in WordPress
Category popularity can help you understand what content your audience finds most engaging. Tracking this data can help you tailor your content strategy and enhance user experiences. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) offers powerful event tracking capabilities, enabling you to monitor your WordPress website’s category views. In this article, we’ll explore how to implement event tracking to measure the popularity of…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Hijacked Google Business Page? Here Are 5 Steps To Getting It Back (And How To Prevent It)
If you’re a regional business, the Google Map Pack dominates the search engine result page (SERP) for new customers finding your business. When I discuss local marketing strategies with businesses, I often discuss the investment in their Google Business page being as important – if not more critical – than their website. Why Your Google Business Page is Critical Your…
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Content Marketing
WordPress Running Slow? Migrate to Rocket.net, the Fastest WordPress Managed Hosting
WordPress, with its user-friendly interface and extensive plugin library, has been the go-to choice for website owners for over a decade. However, beneath its user-friendliness lies a set of challenges that need careful handling. Managing updates, ensuring backups, and preventing malware are just a few hurdles you might face. Additionally, the very infrastructure of a database-driven CMS like WordPress can…
