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- E-commerce and Retail
Rewind: How to Automatically Backup Your Shopify or Shopify Plus Store
The last couple of weeks has been quite productive with a fashion industry client that we’re launching a direct-to-consumer site for. This is the second client we’ve assisted with Shopify, the first was a delivery service. We helped this client build and brand a company, developed their product and marketing strategy, built their Shopify Plus site, integrated it to their…
- Email Marketing & Automation
What Is An IP Address Reputation And How Does Your IP Score Affect Your Email Deliverability?
Your organization’s IP score, or IP reputation, is highly important when sending emails and launching email marketing campaigns. Also known as a sender score, the IP reputation affects email deliverability, which is fundamental for a successful email campaign and communication. In this article, we examine IP scores in greater detail and examine how to maintain a strong IP reputation. What Is…
- E-commerce and Retail
Edgemesh: The ROI of E-commerce Site Speed as a Service
In the competitive world of e-commerce one thing is certain: Speed matters. Study after study continues to prove that a faster site leads to increased conversion rates, drives high checkout values and improves customer satisfaction. But delivering a fast web experience is difficult, and requires both an in-depth knowledge of web design and secondary “edge” infrastructure that ensures your site…
- E-commerce and Retail
How Bluetooth Payments Are Opening Up New Frontiers
Almost everyone dreads downloading yet another app as they sit down for dinner at a restaurant. As Covid-19 drove the need for contactless ordering and payments, app fatigue became a secondary symptom. Bluetooth technology is set to streamline these financial transactions by allowing touchless payments at long ranges, leveraging existing apps to do so. A recent study explained how the pandemic…
- Advertising Technology
Clearbit: Using Real-Time Intelligence To Personalize And Optimize Your B2B Website
Digital marketers focus much of their energy on driving traffic back to their website. They invest in advertisements on social media and other mediums, develop helpful content to drive inbound leads, and optimize their website so it ranks higher in Google searches. Yet, many don’t realize that, despite their best efforts, they are massively under-utilizing their website. Sure, increasing site…
- Artificial Intelligence
Brands Eager for Engagement Should Do These Three Things
While the world was in lockdown in 2020, digital experiences rich with images and videos kept us connected. We relied more heavily than ever before on more traditional methods of digital communication and adopted new and innovative ways to share our lives and connect from a safe distance. From Zoom to TikTok and Snapchat, we relied on digital forms of connection for school, work, entertainment, shopping, and just keeping in…
- Public Relations
The Problem With “No Comment”
For decades, no comment was a standard tactic in crisis communications. When news broke, spokespeople often believed that saying nothing was better than saying the wrong thing. In a world with a limited number of media outlets and slower news cycles, silence could be a buffer. At worst, it might leave a gap for speculation, but the circle of influence…
- Content Marketing
How to Successfully Communicate with Influencers
Influencer marketing has quickly become a dominant aspect of any successful brand campaign, reaching a market value of $13.8 billion in 2021, and that number is only expected to grow. The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to accelerate the popularity of influencer marketing as consumers remained reliant on online shopping and increased their use of social media platforms as…
- Advertising Technology
5 Tips To Increase Your Video Advertising Conversion Rates
Whether a startup or a medium business, all entrepreneurs look forward to utilizing digital marketing strategies to expand their sales. Digital marketing includes search engine optimization, social media marketing, email marketing, etc. Gaining potential customers and having maximum customer visits per day depends on how you market your products and how they are advertised. The publicity of your products lies…
- Advertising Technology
Retina AI: Using Predictive AI to Optimize Marketing Campaigns and Establish Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
The environment is changing rapidly for marketers. With the new privacy-focused iOS updates from Apple and Chrome eliminating third-party cookies in 2023 – among other changes – marketers are having to adapt their game to fit with new regulations. One of the big changes is the increasing value found in first-party data. Brands must now rely on opt-in and first-party…
