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- Customer Data Platforms
Why Is Salesforce So Expensive? 12 Ways To Keep Your Costs Down and Maximize Your Return on Investment
As a premium CRM goes, Salesforce leads the marketplace in its ability to be tailored to virtually any industry or process. After decades of implementing and assisting Salesforce clients, the initial wave of jubilation that comes with having a 360-degree view of the customer and improving your business comes with some sticker shock after the platform rolls out and is…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
ApexChat: Respond To Your Webchat 24/7 With Knowledgable Chat Agents
A few clients of ours were pretty happy with the chat they’d integrated into their sites… until we revealed some terrible news. When we analyzed the chat leads, we found that the leads that had direct contact with a representative typically closed after scheduling an appointment with the client. The Problem With Web Chat The clients only responded to chat…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Why Your Marketing Department Needs To Invest In An Internal Communication Strategy
Every week, our company gets together for a company call where we discuss each client and the work that we’re getting done. It’s a critical meeting… we often identify sales opportunities to upsell clients, we identify fantastic work that we should be promoting with our marketing, and we educate one another on solutions, tactics, and strategies to get the job…
- Content Marketing
Validate Your Social Media Strategy Against this 8-Point Checklist
Most companies who come to us for social media marketing (SMM) look at social media as a publishing and acquisition channel, severely limiting their ability to grow their brand’s awareness, authority, and conversions online. There’s so much more to social media, including listening to your customers and competitors, expanding your network, and growing your people and brand’s authority online. If…
- Advertising Technology
Revealbot: Automate And Scale Your Ad Management and Optimization
Managing ad campaigns across various platforms can be time-consuming and overwhelming, diverting valuable resources from other critical tasks. This is where Revealbot steps in, offering an innovative ad management platform that streamlines the entire process, allowing businesses to focus on achieving remarkable results and maximizing their return on ad spend (ROAS). Revealbot’s comprehensive platform is designed to empower businesses by…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Best Social Sharing Button Plugin for WordPress
One of our clients called this morning and mentioned that whenever they attempted to write a Facebook update and share a link to their site, the update didn’t show the social sharing image we’d provided. I did some tests this morning, and on the desktop browser, it appeared to work fine, but the mobile app inserted a link with no…
- Advertising Technology
Gain Customer Trust With These Three Privacy-Centric Advertising Practices
A one-size-fits-all advertising approach no longer cuts it. Customers expect personalized advertising experiences that cater to them. And they also want to have a say in how they see and receive ads. But there’s a catch. Much of today’s advertising comes from third-party (3P) data. With the deprecation of third-party cookies and data privacy laws—not to mention consumers themselves are…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Easypromos: How to Prevent Fraud in Your Next Online Voting Contest
We’ve launched many contests to attract more subscribers to our email program. While we have extensive development resources, there’s no way we will be developing the contest ourselves. Why? Well… Fraud I’ve cheated in an online contest. Years ago, we had a regional social media contest to find the most famous man and woman in town. After I viewed the…
- E-commerce and Retail
Postscript: Unleash the Power of SMS Marketing on Shopify
As e-commerce continues flourishing, finding effective ways to connect with customers and drive revenue is essential for online merchants. One strategy that has proven to be highly successful for Shopify stores is short message service (SMS) marketing. Let’s explore how SMS marketing works on Shopify, its benefits, and how it can help businesses foster stronger customer relationships and boost their…
- Content Marketing
StoryChief: Unleash Your Marketing With This Content Collaboration, Visualization, AI-Writer, And Distribution Platform
Content marketing teams face numerous challenges. Juggling multiple tools, coordinating with team members, planning content calendars, and measuring performance can be daunting. Fortunately, StoryChief is here to transform your content marketing workflow and help you overcome these challenges effortlessly. StoryChief is an easy-to-use content marketing platform that allows you to ideate, create, manage, distribute, optimize, and analyze your content, all…
