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Advertising Technology
7 Signs You Do Not Need An Ad Server
Most ad tech providers will try to convince you that you need an ad server, especially if you’re a high-volume ad network because that is what they are trying to sell. It is a powerful piece of software and can deliver measurable optimization to certain ad networks and other tech players, but an ad server is not the right solution…
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Content Marketing
Moqups: Plan, Design, Prototype, and Collaborate With Wireframes and Detailed Mockups
One of the really enjoyable and fulfilling jobs that I had was working as a product manager for an enterprise SaaS platform. People underestimate the process required to successfully plan, design, prototype, and collaborate on the most minor user interface changes. In order to plan the smallest feature or user interface change, I would interview heavy users of the platform…
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Email Marketing & Automation
How To Launch A Successful Email Signature Marketing (ESM) Campaign
If you’re working for a company with more than one employee, there’s an opportunity for your company to utilize email signatures to manage and drive awareness, acquisition, upsell, and retention initiatives but doing it in a manner that’s not intrusive. Your employees are writing and sending countless emails every single day to hundreds, if not thousands, of recipients. The real…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Protecting Your Brand and Reputation in Email Marketing with Verified Mark Certificates (VMCs)
Email marketers understand that a successful campaign is about much more than delivery and messaging. It’s about engaging prospects and forging a relationship that they can nurture over time. Fundamentally, that relationship-building starts with the reputation and trust in the brand: The vast majority (87%) of global consumers say that they consider the reputation of a company when purchasing a…
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E-commerce and Retail
10 Rules On How To Respond To A Negative Review Online
Running a business can be incredibly challenging. Whether you’re assisting a business with its digital transformation, published a mobile app, are a retail outlet, chances are that you’re not going to meet the expectations of your clients someday. In a social world with public ratings and reviews, your chances of getting some negative online reviews are almost imminent. As public…
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Content Marketing
10 Things Your Agency Missed That Continue to Hurt Your Business
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a workshop with the regional National Speakers Association, led by Karl Ahlrichs. For public speakers, it’s critical to have an excellent web presence, and most attendees were surprised to find huge gaps in their strategy. Most of this is because the industry has changed considerably… and most agencies haven’t kept up. If you…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
How To Add Your Agency To Manage Your Google Business Listing
We’ve been working with several customers where local search visitors are critical to the acquisition of new customers. While we work on their site to ensure it’s geographically targeted, it’s also critical that we work on their Google Business Listing. Why You Must Maintain a Google Business Listing Google search engine results pages are broken up into 3 components: Google…
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E-commerce and Retail
3 Powerful Examples of How to use Mobile App Beacon Technology to Boost Retail Sales
Too few businesses are taking advantage of the untapped possibilities of integrating beacon technology into their apps to increase personalization and the chances of closing a sale ten-fold using proximity marketing vs traditional marketing channels. While the beacon technology revenue was 1.18 billion US dollars in 2018, it’s estimated to reach a 10.2 billion US dollars market by 2024. Global Beacon…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Moz Pro: Making The Most Out of SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a complicated and ever-evolving field. Factors such as Google’s changing algorithms, new trends, and, most recently, the pandemic’s impact on how people search for products and services make nailing down one SEO strategy difficult. Businesses have had to increase their web presence significantly to stand out from the competition and the flooded field is a…
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Content Marketing
Tailwind CSS: A Utility-First CSS Framework and API for Rapid, Responsive Design
While I’m deep into tech on a daily basis, I don’t get as much time as I’d like to share the complex integrations and automation that my company implements for customers. As well, I don’t have a lot of discovery time. Most of the technology I write about are companies that seek out Martech Zone covering them, but every once…
