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- Artificial Intelligence
The Art & Science of Improving the Customer Journey in 2023
Improving the customer journey requires constant attention as companies adjust their strategies to rapidly shifting consumer trends, buying habits, and economic conditions. Many retailers need to adjust their strategies more quickly… Up to 60 percent of potential sales are lost when customers express intent to purchase but ultimately fail to act. According to a study of more than 2.5 million recorded sales…
- Advertising Technology
Location Data’s Next Big Thing: Fighting Ad Fraud And Knocking Out the Bots
This year, US advertisers will spend close to $240 billion on digital advertising in an effort to reach and engage consumers who are new to their brand, as well as re-engage existing customers. The budget size speaks to the important role that digital advertising plays in growing businesses. Unfortunately, the sizable pot of money also attracts a host of nefarious…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Mediafly Revenue360: The Evolution of Sales Enablement Technology
Before 2020, B2B buyer behaviors had already begun shifting to favor digital and self-service channels. With more buyers firmly cemented in the world of digital selling, there’s no going back. 71% of buyers willingly spend over $50,000 on a single transaction using a remote or self-service model, for example. McKinsey To remain competitive and relevant, revenue teams will need different…
- Content Marketing
TinEye: How To Do A Reverse Image Search
As more and more blogs and websites are published daily, a common concern is the theft of images that you have purchased or created for your personal or professional use. TinEye, a reverse image search engine, allows users to search a specific URL for images, where you can see how many times the images were found on the web and…
- Content Marketing
How Can You Programmatically Change Font Color Based on the Background? (Light/Dark Mode)
If you’ve visited Martech Zone lately, you may have noticed that we now offer the ability to view the site in either light or dark mode. Just search for the moon or sun icon next to the date in the top left navigation bar on the site. It’s a pretty cool feature and it works really well. When I launched…
- Customer Data Platforms
The Key to Understanding And Personalizing the Consumer Journey Is Context
Every marketer knows that understanding consumer needs is critical for business success. Today’s audiences are more conscious about where they shop, partly because they have so many choices available, but also because they want to feel like brands align with their personal values. More than 30% of consumers will quit doing business with a preferred brand after just one bad experience.…
- Advertising Technology
A Must-Have List of Content EVERY B2B Business Needs To Feed The Buyer’s Journey
It’s puzzling to me that B2B Marketers will often deploy a plethora of campaigns and produce an endless stream of content or social media updates without the very basic minimum, well-produced content library that every prospect is seeking when researching their next partner, product, provider, or service. The base of your content must directly feed your buyers’ journey. Years ago,…
- Martech Zone Apps
App: Convert Hex, RGB, and RGBA Colors
This is a simple tool to convert a hexadecimal color to an RGB or RGBA value or vice versa. If you’re converting hex to RGB, Enter the hex value as #000 or #000000. If you’re converting RGB to hex, enter the RGB value as rgb(0,0,0) or rgba(0,0,0,0.1). I also return the common name for the color. Hex to RGB and…
- E-commerce and Retail
What Is Credit Card Tokenization?
Credit card tokenization is a security feature that replaces a credit card’s sensitive account information, such as the 16-digit primary account number (PAN), with a unique digital identifier called a token. The token is used in place of the PAN to facilitate a payment transaction, and is only valid for a specific transaction or set of transactions. Tokenization is a…
- Content Marketing
Your Content Won’t Convert Without Well-Placed, Obvious Calls-To-Action
As Martech Zone has grown over the years, I’ve been investing much more time in both user experience (UX) as well as monetization. As the site was growing over the years, I wasn’t seeing the monetization growing, either from ads or on referral or affiliate links within the content. It’s a careful balance… do I bug the heck out of…
