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- Content Marketing
BlogVault: How to Transfer Your WordPress Site to a New Domain
When you operate your WordPress site on one host and need to move it to another, it’s not as simple as you might think. Every instance of WordPress has four elements: the infrastructure and IP address it’s hosted at, the MySQL database that contains your content, the uploaded files, themes and plugins, and WordPress itself. WordPress has an import and…
- E-commerce and Retail
A Procrastinator’s Guide to Holiday Marketing
The holiday season is officially here, and it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest on record. With eMarketer predicting retail e-commerce spending to surpass $142 billion this season, there’s plenty of good to go around, even for smaller retailers. The trick to staying competitive is to get smart about preparation. Ideally you will have already begun this process,…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Social Media: 3 Tips To Better Connect With Your Customers
In essence, social media is a two-way street where brands can go beyond traditional push marketing and truly engage with their customers to develop loyalty over time. Here are three tips your company can use to better connect with your customers on social media. Tip 1: Set Up A System To Never Miss A Notification If you are publishing high-quality…
- Content Marketing
Writing Engaging Content that Converts for Business
I’m often surprised when I read an amazing article on someone’s business site or blog, but then I have no clue who they are, why I’d want to work with them, who they serve, or what they expect me to do next on the site. As you invest Content that’s done well requires a significant investment in research, article design,…
- Content Marketing
Why Loyalty Marketing Helps Operations Succeed
From the beginning, loyalty rewards programs have embodied a do-it-yourself ethos. Business owners, looking to boost repeat traffic, would pour over their sales numbers to see which products or services were both popular and profitable enough to offer as free incentives. Then, it was off to the local print shop to get punch-cards printed and ready to hand out to…
- Content Marketing
VisualVault: Bringing Intelligence to Your Business and Document Processes
For organizations overwhelmed by unstructured data and complex workflows, managing documents and processes can feel like running uphill. Between compliance regulations, siloed systems, and manual data entry errors, many companies spend more time correcting inefficiencies than advancing their business. What if you could put your data to work, eliminate redundancies, and create a path to automation with a single platform?…
- Content Marketing
Rev: Audio and Video Transcription, Translation, Captioning, and Subtitling
Because our clients are highly technical, it’s often difficult for us to find creative and knowledgeable writers. Over time, as have our writers, we grew weary of rewrites, so we tested a new process. We now have a production process where we set up a portable podcast studio on location – or dial them in – and record a few podcasts. We…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
WordPress: A Comprehensive Guide to Redirects (.htaccess, Plugins, Hosting, Theme Functions and Header)
Redirects are an essential tool for managing traffic flow on your WordPress site. Whether updating URLs, moving pages, or handling HTTP errors, a well-structured redirection strategy can enhance the user experience, preserve SEO rankings, and ensure visitors find the information they seek. However, to implement redirects effectively, it’s essential to understand the different places redirects can be set in WordPress,…
- Content Marketing
Smartling: Translation Services, Collaboration, and Process Automation Software
If words drive commerce, global commerce is fueled by translation: buttons, shopping carts, and romance copy. Websites, emails, and forms must be translated into different languages for a brand to reach new audiences globally. This takes teams of people carefully managing each distribution channel for source content, and it is cost-prohibitive for teams to address each supported language. Enter Smartling, a…
- Advertising Technology
4 Considerations to Amplify Paid Facebook Campaigns
“97% of social advertisers chose [Facebook] as their most used and most useful social media platform.”Sprout Social Undoubtedly, Facebook is a powerful tool for digital marketers. Despite data points that may suggest the platform is oversaturated with competition, there is plenty of opportunity for brands of varying industries and sizes to tap into the world of paid Facebook advertising. The…
