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Marketing Tools
CodePen: Built, Test, Share and Discover HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
One challenge with a content management system is testing and producing scripted tools. While that’s not a requirement for most publishers, as a technology publication, I like sharing working scripts occasionally to help others. I’ve shared how to use JavaScript to check password strength and how to check email address syntax with Regular Expressions (Regex), and most recently added this…
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Content Marketing
Top 3 Tech Strategies for Publishers in 2021
The past year has been difficult for publishers. Given the chaos of COVID-19, elections, and social turmoil, more people have consumed more news and entertainment over the last year than ever before. But their skepticism of the sources providing that information has also reached an all-time high, as the rising tide of misinformation pushed trust in social media and even…
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Marketing Tools
Python: Script A Google Autosuggest Extract of Trends for Your Niche Search Keywords
Everyone likes Google Trends, but it’s a bit tricky when it comes to Long Tail Keywords. We all like the official google trends service for getting insights on the search behavior. However, two things prevent many from using it for solid work; When you need to find new niche keywords, there is not enough data on Google Trends Lack of official API for making requests…
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Content Marketing
Marketing Trends: The Rise of the Ambassador and Creator Era
2020 fundamentally changed the role social media plays in consumers’ lives. It became a lifeline to friends, family and colleagues, a forum for political activism and a hub for spontaneous and planned virtual events and get-togethers. Those changes laid the groundwork for trends that will reshape the social media marketing world in 2021 and beyond, where leveraging the power of…
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Advertising Technology
How Does Advertising Work? What Makes People Buy?
While researching the topic of advertising, I happened upon an infographic on How Advertising Makes Us Buy. The infographic below opens with the notion that companies are rich and have piles of money and they use it to manipulate their poor audience. I think that’s a rather disturbing, unfortunate, and unlikely notion. The first notion that only rich companies advertise…
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Customer Data Platforms
Loop & Tie: B2B Outreach Gifting Is Now A Salesforce App In The AppExchange Marketplace
A lesson that I continue to teach people in B2B marketing is that buying is still personal, even when working with large organizations. Decision-makers are concerned with their careers, their stress levels, their work volume, and even their day-to-day enjoyment of their job. As a B2B service or product provider, the experience of working with your organization will often outweigh…
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Content Marketing
Why Your Corporate Videos Miss The Mark, And What To Do About It
We all know what someone means when they say “corporate video.” In theory, the term applies to any video made by a corporation. It used to be a neutral descriptor, but it’s not anymore. These days, many of us in B2B marketing say corporate video with a bit of a sneer. That’s because corporate video is bland. Corporate video is…
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Content Marketing
What Is A 404 Error Page? Why Are They So Important?
When you make a request for an address in a browser, a series of events happen in a matter of microseconds: You type an address with http or https and hit enter.The http stands for hypertext transfer protocol and is routed to a domain name server. Https is a secure connection where the host and browser do a handshake and…
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Advertising Technology
TikTok For Business: Reach Relevant Consumers In This Short-Form Video Network
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, providing content that is exciting, spontaneous, and genuine. There’s little doubt as to its growth: TikTok Statistics TikTok has 689 million monthly active users worldwide. The TikTok app has been downloaded over 2 billion times on the App Store and Google Play. TikTok ranked as the top most-downloaded app in Apple’s iOS…
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Customer Data Platforms
UpLead: Build An Accurate B2B Prospect List To Power Campaigns and Close Sales
There are many marketing professionals out there that are vehemently against buying lists for prospecting. And there are, of course, very good reasons why: Permission – these prospects have not opted into solicitations from you so you risk your reputation by spamming them. Sending an unsolicited email doesn’t violate CAN-SPAM regulations in the United States as long as you have…
