Martech Zone
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.
- E-commerce and Retail
How Blockchain Will Fuel Transformation in The E-Commerce Industry
Like the e-commerce revolution that hit the shopping shores, be ready for another change in the form of blockchain technology. Whatever the challenges in the e-commerce industry, the blockchain promises to address many of them and make business easier for both sellers and buyers. First, you need to understand the advantages of blockchain technology and the problems plaguing the e-commerce industry to…
- Customer Data Platforms
CompanyHub: Sales Automation CRM for Your Small Business
Managing customer relationships shouldn’t feel like managing a complicated software project. For most small to mid-sized businesses, the challenge isn’t finding a CRM—it’s getting the team to actually use it. The issue? Overcomplicated systems, poor usability, and a lack of flexibility to tailor the CRM to real-world workflows. CompanyHub CompanyHub was built to change that narrative. Designed to be as…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
30+ Instagram Story Examples and Case Studies
When Instagram introduced Stories in 2016, taking inspiration from Snapchat’s successful format, few could have predicted its transformative impact on social media marketing. The feature, which allows users to share ephemeral content that disappears after 24 hours, quickly became a powerful tool for businesses seeking to connect with their audiences more authentically and engagingly. Instagram Stories has become an essential…
- Marketing Infographics
Marketing Has Become The Lynchpin of Cross-Functional Success in Corporations
It’s difficult to pinpoint what point in my career prepared me for success. When I was in the Navy, while I was formally an Electrician, as an engineer I was also an advanced firefighter. I was also designated ESWS, an enlisted surface warfare specialist certification that provided me with an overview of virtually every job and system on my ship.…
- Customer Data Platforms
Martech: The Three Keys to Solving Marketing’s Massive Technology Problem
All too often, technology becomes the personification of success. I’ve been guilty of it, too. Technology is easy to buy and, therefore, feels like an instant upgrade! The first decade of the 2000s was all about inbound, so we raced toward marketing automation with open arms; in a dust of purchase orders and definitive guides – we were off and…
- Content Marketing
EveryoneSocial: Turn Your Employees into a Social Amplifier
EveryoneSocial is the leading employee advocacy and social selling platform that provides its customers with an average of 1,750 connections per employee, 200% increase in sales pipelines, 48% bigger deal sizes, 4x increase in brand awareness, and at one-tenth the cost of paid social media programs. Why Employee Advocacy? Every company has a powerful, untapped resource with the potential to…
- Customer Data Platforms
How to Improve Customer Loyalty with Digital Marketing
You can’t retain what you don’t understand. When focused on constant customer acquisition, it’s easy to get carried away. Okay, so you’ve figured out an acquisition strategy and made your product/service fit into the customers’ lives. Your unique value proposition (UVP) works—it entices conversion and guides purchase decisions. Do you know what happens after? Where does the user fit after the completion…
- Customer Data Platforms
The Identity Puzzle in Customer Data Management
The Consumer Identity Crisis In Hindu mythology, Ravana, the great scholar, and demon king, has ten heads, symbolizing his various powers and knowledge. The heads were indestructible with the ability to morph and regrow. In their battle, Rama, the warrior god, thus must go below Ravana’s heads and aim the arrow at his solitary heart to slay him for good.…
- E-commerce and Retail
Why You Need to Invest in Product Videos on Your E-commerce Site
Product videos offer e-retailers a creative way of demonstrating their products while also allowing customers a chance to view products in action. By 2021, it’s estimated that 82% of all internet traffic will be made up of video consumption. One way eCommerce businesses can get ahead of this is by creating product videos. Statistics that Encourage Product Videos for Your…
- Advertising Technology
Digital Transformation is a Leadership Issue, Not a Technology Issue
For over a decade, the focus of my consulting in our industry has been helping businesses punch through and transform their companies digitally. While this is often thought of as some top-down push from investors, the board, or the Chief Executive Officer, you might be surprised that the company leadership lacks the experience and skill to push digital transformation (DX).…
