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- Artificial Intelligence
You’ve (Still) Got Mail: Why Artificial Intelligence Means a Strong Future for Marketing Emails
It’s hard to believe that email has been around for 45 years. Most marketers today have never lived in a world without email. Yet despite being woven into the fabric of everyday life and business for so many of us for so long, the email user experience has evolved little since the first message was sent in 1971. Sure, we…
- Content Marketing
360 Stories: Create, Edit and Publish Your 360˚ Video Campaigns
Facebook partnered with Blend Media earlier this year to help bring more 360˚ video content to the platform, also launching a community hub for 360 video creators. The community offers access to video tutorials sourced from the worldwide creative community. Experienced professionals will offer tips including how to create 360˚ video when using a selfie stick, working in low-light conditions with different 360˚ cameras…
- Email Marketing & Automation
6 Best Practices You Should Follow When Optimizing Your Email Unsubscribe Page
We’ve shared statistics on why people unsubscribe from your marketing emails or newsletters. Some may not even be your fault, as subscribers are inundated with so many emails that they need relief. Here are some key statistics: 53% of consumers reported getting too many emails from retailers. 45% unsubscribe because the emails aren’t mobile-friendly. 40% won’t unsubscribe if given the…
- Marketing Infographics
6 Keys to Customer Service Success Using Social Media
We shared statistics on the growth of customer service using social media, and this infographic takes it a bit further, providing 6 distinct keys for your company to incorporate to ensure success. Lousy customer service can derail your marketing, so its essential for marketers to monitor sentiment and response time via social media. In one JD Power survey of more…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Allocadia: Build, Track, and Measure your Marketing Plans with Greater Confidence And Control
Growing complexity and mounting pressure to prove impact are just two reasons why marketing is more challenging today than it has ever been before. The combination of more available channels, more informed customers, the proliferation of data, and the constant need to prove contribution to revenue and other goals has resulted in mounting pressure on marketers to become more thoughtful…
- Content Marketing
Your Value Proposition Is NOT What You DO
My daughter is a recent graduate who is making waves in the public relations and event management space. I’m incredibly proud of her, and perhaps the best part of my week is when she stops by to “talk shop” with me. Kait recently shared that she’d learned about a company that was struggling to get traction despite some amazing work…
- Analytics & Testing
7 Mistakes You’ll Make in Marketing Performance
According to Gartner, CMO budgets are decreasing as marketers struggle with fiscal maturity. With greater scrutiny over their investment than ever before, CMOs have to understand what is working, what is not, and where to spend their next dollar to continue to optimize their impact on the business. Enter Marketing Performance Management (MPM). What is Marketing Performance Management? MPM is…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Marketers Are Saying Organic Social Media Is Dead. Don’t Believe Them.
You may have seen these articles of recent: Is Organic Social Reach Dead? The Death of Organic Social Media and Free Marketing on Facebook is Now Dead. Now What? Many of the marketers I know and respect are in agreement with this. In fact, Michael Stelzner who wrote The Death of Organic Social Media is a good friend and a leader in the industry that I admire. It’s just not the case though. I spend exactly $0 on promoting my…
- E-commerce and Retail
Don’t Underestimate The Impact of a Brick and Mortar Store
We recently shared some examples of how Enterprise IoT (Internet of Things) may have an enormous impact of retail store sales. My son was just sharing a news story with me on retail that pointed some fairly bleak statistics regarding the opening and closing of retail stores. While the gap of closures continues to increase, it’s important to recognize that…
- Marketing Infographics
7 Steps to Creating a Killer Marketing Video
We’re ramping up an animated video for one of our clients at the moment. They have a ton of visitors coming to their site, but we’re not seeing people stick around too long. A short explainer will be the perfect tool to deploy to get their value proposition and differentiation across to new visitors in an impressive way. Studies show…
