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Marketing Infographics
How To CAREfully Choose A Name For Your Business
We’ve assisted in the process of naming quite a few businesses and products over the years for our clients and it’s not as easy as it seems. Out of the box, there are a few strategies you can use to come up with a name for your business, including: Use your own name – This can be a simple and…
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Customer Data Platforms
What Is Buyer Intent Data? How Can You Leverage Intent In Your B2B Marketing Strategy?
It seems incredible that more companies aren’t using intent data to drive their sales and marketing initiatives. The fact that so few ever dig that deep to uncover the best possible leads puts you and your company at a decided advantage. Today, we would like to take a look at a number of aspects of intent data and what it can do…
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Martech Zone Apps
App: How To Accurately Calculate Your Marketing Campaign Return on Investment (ROI)
Campaign ROI Calculator Campaign Results Direct Campaign Expenses * $ Expenses specifically for campaign. Direct Campaign Revenue * $ Attributable revenue generated by campaign. Indirect Campaign Revenue * $ Additional annual revenue, if any. Platform Expenses Annual Platform Expenses * $ Annual platform licensing and support. Annual Campaigns Sent * Campaigns sent on platform annually. Salary Expenses Annual Salaries *…
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Content Marketing
How To Syndicate External RSS Feeds In Your WordPress Theme or Child Theme
Some folks don’t realize it, but WordPress has integrated the ability to syndicate RSS feeds with some out-of-the-box features. While there are widgets to do this, you may actually want to include the ability to publish other feeds directly into your WordPress template. WordPress supports both Magpie and SimplePie RSS Caching within its available function, fetch_feed: fetch_feed – retrieve an…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
What Is SMS Marketing? Terms, Definitions, Statistics… And The Future
Did you know that the first text message ever sent was Merry Christmas? That’s right… twenty years ago, Neil Papworth sent the message to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone. Text messages were initially limited to 160 characters because that was the maximum length of a message that could be transmitted over the network using the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
The Features Every Content Management System (CMS) Or E-commerce Platform Must Have For Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
I met with a client who has been struggling with their search engine rankings. As I reviewed their Content Management System (CMS), I looked for some basic best practices that I could not find. Before I provide a checklist to verify with your CMS provider, I should first state that there is absolutely NO reason for a company NOT to…
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Email Marketing & Automation
AMPScript: What Is AMPScript? Resources and Examples
My firm is building out dynamic emails that are driven by preference pages built in Cloud Pages using AMPScript for multiple Marketing Cloud clients, most of whom are integrated with Salesforce as their CRM. When we begin working with Marketing Cloud clients, we’re often stunned that they’re not taking advantage of this powerful customization tool to create targeted and personalized…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
What Are The Top SEO Copywriting Tips for 2023?
A core of our marketing work with clients is developing their content library to drive more qualified leads and help them convert faster. Organic search is the primary channel for this traffic because search provides more intent to purchase than virtually every other acquisition channel. Simply put… if I believe I’m going to make a purchase but wish to research…
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Sales and Marketing Training
30+ Areas Of Focus For Digital Marketers In 2023
Just as the number of solutions in digital marketing continues to skyrocket in growth, so do the areas of focus of digital marketers. I’ve always been appreciative of the challenges our industry brings, and not a day goes by that I’m not researching and learning about new strategies, techniques, and technologies. I’m not sure that it’s possible to be a…
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Marketing Infographics
What Are The Common Elements of Viral Content?
Personally, I believe the term viral is a bit overused, especially as a strategy. I do believe that there’s a strategy to make shareable content, though. There are many factors that can contribute to something going viral on the internet. Some of the most important ones include: Content – For content to go viral, it often needs to be interesting,…
