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Content Marketing
WordPress Plugin: Open A Video In A Lightbox with Elementor
We’ve adopted a website with a client that was built with Elementor, a fantastic drag-and-drop editing plugin for WordPress that transforms the ease of building complex, beautiful, responsive layouts without programming or the need to understand shortcodes. Elementor does have some limitations, one of which I ran into working on a client site. They wanted a button that opened a…
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Content Marketing
Sharing Is Not Enough: Why You Need A Content Amplification Strategy
There was a time when if you’d build it, they would come. But that was all before the internet becoming overly saturated with content and lots of noise. If you’ve been feeling frustrated that your content just doesn’t go as far as it used to, it’s not your fault. Things just changed. Today, if you care enough about your audience…
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Content Marketing
Elementor: A Fantastic Editor for Designing Beautiful WordPress Pages and Posts
This afternoon, I spent a few hours building my first client site using Elementor. If you’re in the WordPress industry, you’ve probably already heard the buzz about Elementor—they’ve just hit 2 million installations! For the last couple of years, I’ve been using Avada for all of my clients. The theme is elegantly constructed, utilizing a combination of theme and plugin to maintain…
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Sales and Marketing Training
10 Reasons A Company May Want to Build A Solution Versus Licensing One (And Reasons Not To)
Recently, I wrote an article advising companies not to host their videos on their infrastructure. There was some pushback from some techies who understood the ins and outs of video hosting. They had some excellent points, but video requires an audience, and many video hosting platforms provide a solution AND the audience. In fact, YouTube is the second most searched…
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Advertising Technology
Your Brand Playbook For Delivering a Successful 2020 Holiday Season
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on life as we know it. The norms of our day-to-day activities and choices, including what we buy and how we go about doing so, have shifted with no sign of reverting back to old ways anytime soon. Knowing the holidays are around the corner, being able to understand and anticipate consumer…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How Might Augmented Reality Affect Influencer Marketing?
COVID-19 has changed the way we shop. With a pandemic raging outside, consumers are opting to stay in and purchase items online instead. That’s why consumers are increasingly tuning into influencers for how-to videos on anything, from trying on lipstick to playing our favorite video games. For more on the effect of the pandemic on influencer marketing and pricing, see our recent…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How Is Social Media Marketing Different Than Traditional Marketing?
Businesses continually adapt their strategies to reach and engage their target audiences effectively. Two major approaches have emerged: traditional marketing and social media marketing. While both aim to promote products or services, they differ significantly in their methods, reach, and effectiveness. This article explores the key differences between these two marketing paradigms and their strengths and weaknesses. Traditional vs. Social…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Top 9 Ways to Save Time and Money with Marketing Automation
Automating repetitive marketing tasks like emails, social media updates, and other website actions can free up valuable time, allowing you to focus on bigger-picture strategies. Here are nine marketing automation strategies to help your business save time, money, and resources. Table of ContentsSocial Media Updates & PostsDynamic ContentContent AmplificationClient Reservations & AppointmentsLead ManagementPost-Purchase Email SeriesLead Scoring & SegmentingUpsell OffersIncentive &…
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Advertising Technology
Contextual Targeting: Building Brand Safety In A Cookie-less Era
Brand safety is an absolute must for marketers moving forward in this politically and economically volatile environment and could even make the difference in staying in business. Brands are now having to pull ads regularly because they appear in inappropriate contexts, with 99% of advertisers concerned about their ads appearing in brand-safe environments. There is good reason for concern Studies…
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Content Marketing
A Guide for Marketers About Intellectual Property (IP)
Marketing is a continuous undertaking. Whether you are an enterprise corporation or a small business, marketing is essential to keep businesses afloat and help drive them toward success. So, it is important to secure and maintain your brand’s reputation to establish a smooth marketing campaign for your business. But before devising a strategic marketing campaign, marketers must fully realize their brand’s…
