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- E-commerce and Retail
Flip: Reach More Customers and Generate More Sales With The Next Generation of Social Commerce for E-commerce Brands
For many people, social commerce is synonymous with influencer marketing. Three-quarters of brand marketers dedicate budget to influencer marketing, and 68% plan to increase that spend. Influencer Marketing Hub But consumers are catching onto paid sponsorships and dishonest reviews. The next generation of shopping experiences must be built on trust. For consumers to choose new products with confidence, they must…
- Analytics & Testing
How To Migrate Events From Universal Analytics To Google Analytics 4
I’m not too confident in Google Analytics 4 despite the buzz being passed by the Google Analytics team. Companies have spent millions of dollars to enhance and integrate their sites, platforms, campaigns, events, and other measurement data within Universal Analytics only to find that it doesn’t automatically work within Google Analytics 4. Events are no different… It’s disappointing that Google…
- Content Marketing
How Brands Use Sonic Identity to Stand Out Against Large Competitors
If you’re a smaller brand, you probably struggle to create awareness, especially if your main competitors are well-known incumbent brands (think TurboTax in the consumer tax-prep space or Coca-Cola in beverages). This is precisely the challenge that TaxAct, an online tax filing service, faced. The company had invested in very clever ads, but when consumers thought about the TV commercials…
- Analytics & Testing
How To Exclude Tags In Google Tag Manager By The Visitor’s Logged-In User Role in WordPress
Throughout any day, I log into Martech Zone to read form submissions, add and edit content, and improve the site’s performance. At issue is that I don’t want that activity skewing my analytics or executing tags within Google Tag Manager (GTM), such as opening my chatbot or detecting a visitor’s location using an IP lookup service (our chat tag fires…
- Artificial Intelligence
Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics: How AI-Powered Performance Marketing Outshines Traditional Influencer Campaigns
The fear of missing out (FOMO) has long been a driving force for marketing decisions among brand advertisers. In today’s hyper-connected world, influencer marketing has emerged as the darling of the advertising industry. And brands, eager to ride the wave of social media influence, are pouring substantial budgets into collaborations with popular influencers despite the elusive nature of ROI measurement.…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
4 Ways You Can Use User-Generated Content to Foster Brand Loyalty
A customer-centric approach is the ultimate key to marketing success. And to stand out from the competition, businesses must implement methods encouraging client brand loyalty. When done right, it builds lasting customer relationships. Moreover, buyers believe that a specific brand fits their requirements and resonates with their values. User-generated content (UGC) is the ideal bridge between your brand’s repeat customers…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Why Product-Led SEO Is So Valuable for Business Growth
Creative use of search engine optimization (SEO) is necessary for business success. That’s not debatable in 2023. What is up for discussion is the methodology brands use to maximize the results of their SEO efforts fully. For the better part of two decades, marketers have preferred to let keywords guide content, drive traffic, and capture leads from organic search. That…
- Sales and Marketing Training
Lead Generation: Best Practices, Processes, and Technologies
Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting prospects into individuals or organizations that have expressed interest in your company’s product or service. It often involves collecting potential customer information, such as name, contact details, or other relevant data. These leads are then nurtured through marketing and sales efforts with the goal of converting them into paying customers. Lead…
- Content Marketing
Online Infographic Makers and Platforms
For several years my agency had a backlog of orders for developing client infographics. The demand for infographic design services seems to have dropped in the last few years, but I have no idea why. When looking for an edge to launch a new domain or grab organic and social media attention, infographics are still our go-to strategy. The demand…
- Content Marketing
ProductionCrate: Subscribe To This One-Stop Shop Of HD Royalty-Free Stock Video, Visual Effects, And Plugins
Video production can be a challenging, time-consuming, and expensive process. Even if you have the best equipment and editing software, you still typically need to find high-quality stock video, audio, and video effects to make your videos look and sound their best. ProductionCrate is a subscription-based service that provides filmmakers and video creators access to high-quality stock video, audio, and…
