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Martech Zone provides daily articles for business, sales, and marketing professionals to research technology, discover new sales and marketing tools, and learn how to leverage platforms to drive greater business results.
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How to Build a Strategic and Consistent Social Media Calendar: A Comprehensive Checklist
Many businesses either fail to plan their social media strategy or build calendars that look good in theory but deliver no lasting impact. Without coordination, consistency, and a customer-first mindset, social media efforts quickly become a stream of disconnected posts that do little to build brand affinity or drive conversions. This checklist is designed for social media consultants, in-house teams,…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Zutrix: Unlock SEO Wins with AI, Alerts, and Whitelabel Reports
Driving traffic to your website isn’t just about ranking high for a few keywords—it’s about consistently managing technical health, identifying trends, tracking performance, and adapting fast. For individual marketers and large SEO teams alike, the challenge is finding a tool that can do it all without requiring 10 different subscriptions and endless manual oversight. Zutrix Zutrix is a comprehensive SEO…
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E-commerce and Retail
Mastering the Modern Omnichannel Buying Journey: A Retailer’s Guide
In today’s hyperconnected retail and e-commerce landscape, the path to purchase has become increasingly complex. The traditional linear funnel has evolved into a dynamic, multi-directional web of touchpoints, driven by empowered consumers who seamlessly switch between digital and physical environments. For retailers and online sellers alike, understanding and optimizing the omnichannel buying journey is no longer optional—it is mission-critical for…
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Customer Data Platforms
How to Collect and Verify B2B Leads
B2B lead generation is a key element in driving business growth. However, collecting high-quality leads and ensuring their validity is a challenge that many businesses face. Properly collecting and verifying leads is crucial to ensuring that sales teams focus on the most promising prospects. In this article, we’ll explore the step-by-step process for gathering and validating B2B leads to maximize your…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Objection Management on Social Media: A Business Guide for Building Trust Through Public Dialogue
Industry-specific forums, such as Reddit threads, LinkedIn Groups, Facebook Groups, Slack communities, and Discord servers, are becoming increasingly valuable spaces for brands to establish authority and cultivate genuine connections. These communities are not just platforms for marketing—they are dynamic ecosystems where professionals gather to trade insights, share experiences, and seek product recommendations. When navigated skillfully, they offer a powerful blend…
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Content Marketing
Unlocking SaaS Growth: The 4 Pillars of a High-Impact Content Marketing Engine
Content marketing is a critical growth lever for SaaS companies, but it doesn’t play by the same rules as other industries. Unlike e-commerce, retail, or traditional B2B services, SaaS brands must sell intangible, constantly evolving, and often complex products and services. Moreover, they must accomplish this within competitive markets, through lengthy decision-making cycles, and across diverse stakeholder groups. Buyers aren’t…
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Analytics & Testing
Narrative BI: Turning Data into Business Intelligence You Can Actually Use With Agentic Analytics
Every business is swimming in data but starving for insight. Narrative BI has emerged as a platform tailor-made for growth teams and marketers who need clarity, speed, and actionability, without a background in data science. Positioned as a generative analytics solution, this BI platform stands out by transforming raw data from tools like Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Salesforce, and HubSpot…
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Marketing Books
What, Exactly, Is Sales and Marketing Alignment?
As a CMO, my role is often viewed as one of outward momentum—crafting compelling brand narratives, orchestrating go-to-market strategies, and building campaigns that drive results. But behind every high-performing marketing function is something quieter, yet far more foundational: alignment. And when it comes to sales and marketing, I don’t view alignment as a one-time meeting or a shared metric—it’s a…
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Public Relations
Public Relations Disasters That Should Have Been Avoided: Lessons from Recent High-Profile Failures
Public relations (PR) failures often stem from missteps by PR professionals or firms, such as poor planning, cultural insensitivity, inadequate crisis management, or tone-deaf communication. These errors can exacerbate public reactions, damage reputations, and result in financial or legal consequences. Table of ContentsCommon Types of PR FailuresPublic Relations Failure ExamplesNike’s Marathon Campaign Backlash (2025)Ulta Beauty’s Insensitive Email Newsletter (2022)Fearey Agency’s…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: How To Build a Shortcode Plugin For A Simple Before and After Image Slider
I was publishing an article earlier that included a before-and-after image with a slider overlay. While there are numerous plugins available that perform this function, I prefer not to use third-party plugins due to the additional overhead, including limited features and advertisements for upgrades. I like to keep my WordPress instance as lean as possible, so I created a plugin that utilizes WordPress and…
