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- Email Marketing & Automation
How To Enable Automatic Google Analytics UTM Tracking in Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Marketing Cloud’s integration with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is a powerful tool that enables you to track and analyze customer journey activities. Marketing Cloud automatically appends tracking data to every link in your emails, SMS messages, and journeys. This comprehensive overview will guide you through the integration, data sampling limitations, configuring web tracking, and the benefits of automatic tracking data.…
- Customer Data Platforms
DESelect: Marketing Data Enablement Solutions for Salesforce AppExchange
It is important for marketers to establish 1:1 journeys with customers at scale, quickly, and efficiently. One of the most used marketing platforms used for this purpose is the Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC). SFMC offers a wide range of possibilities and combines that multifunctionality with unprecedented opportunities for marketers to connect with customers across different stages of their customer journey.…
- Marketing Infographics
How Important Is Your LinkedIn Profile Photo?
Several years ago, I attended an international conference and they had an automated station where you could pose and get a few headshots. The results were stunning… the intelligence behind the camera had you position your head to a target, then the lighting automatically adjusted, and boom… the photos were taken. I felt like a dang supermodel they came out…
- Analytics & Testing
Mobile Marketing Is Back In Vogue – How Can Brands Automate And Scale-up Their Mobile Campaigns?
Everyone accepts the ubiquity of mobile devices. In many markets today – particularly in the developing world – it’s not simply a case of mobile first but mobile only. For marketers, the pandemic accelerated the move to digital at the same time as the ability to target users via third-party cookies is being phased out. This means direct mobile channels…
- Advertising Technology
Maximize Your 2022 Marketing Efforts with Consent Management
2021 has been just as unpredictable as 2020, as a host of new issues are challenging retail marketers. Marketers will need to remain agile and responsive to challenges old and new while attempting to do more with less. COVID-19 irreversibly changed the way people discover and shop — now add compounding forces of the Omicron variant, supply chain disruptions and…
- Content Marketing
Owning Your Domain!
Companies often write content on other domains due to the popularity and reach of these external publications or social media platforms. This strategy can significantly enhance a brand’s visibility, tapping into the established audience of these platforms. And, of course, it can also considerably improve the other domain’s visibility and drive rank and authority to their brand. An example I…
- E-commerce and Retail
Detecting Your Prospect’s Buying Triggers: Lessons from the Mall
One of the most frequently asked questions I hear is: How do you determine which message to use for a landing page or advertising campaign? It’s the right question. The wrong message will overpower good design, the right channel, and even a great giveaway. The answer, of course, is that it depends on where your prospect is in the buying cycle.…
- E-commerce and Retail
6 Ways to Work With Influencers Without Sponsorships
While many people believe that influencer marketing is solely reserved for large companies with enormous resources, it may be surprising to know that it often requires no budget. Many brands have pioneered influencer marketing as the main driving factor behind their e-commerce success, and some have done this at zero cost. Influencers have a great ability to improve companies’ branding,…
- Customer Data Platforms
Plezi One: A Free Tool To Generate Leads With Your B2B Website
After several months in the making, Plezi, a SaaS marketing automation software provider, is launching its new product in public beta, Plezi One. This free and intuitive tool helps small and medium-sized B2B companies transform their corporate website into a lead generation site. Find out how it works below. Today, 69% of companies with a website are trying to develop…
- Advertising Technology
Behavioral Advertising vs. Contextual Advertising: What’s the Difference?
Digital advertising sometimes gets a bad rap for the expense involved, but there is no denying that, when done correctly, it can bring about powerful results. The thing is digital advertising enables a far wider reach than any form of organic marketing, which is why marketers are so willing to spend on it. The success of digital ads, naturally, depends…
