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- Content Marketing
Gated or Non-Gated Content: When? Why? How…
Reaching your audience by intersecting with their digital behaviors is getting inherently more accessible through targeted advertising and media. Getting your brand to the forefront of your buyer’s mind, helping them become more aware of your brand and hopefully entering them into the well-known buyer’s journey is substantially harder. It takes is content that resonates with their needs and interests,…
- Content Marketing
If Your Content Team Just Did This, You’d Be Winning
There’s plenty of articles out there already on how terrible most content is. And there are millions of articles on how to write great content. However, I don’t believe either type of article is especially helpful. I believe the root of poor content that doesn’t perform is just one factor – poor research. Poorly researching the topic, the audience, the…
- Content Marketing
Google Makes Public Domain Images Look Like Stock Photography, And That’s a Problem
In 2007, famed photographer Carol M. Highsmith donated her entire lifetime archive to the Library of Congress. Years later, Highsmith discovered that stock photography company Getty Images had been charging licensing fees for using these public domain images without her consent. And so she filed a lawsuit for $1 billion, claiming copyright violations and alleging gross misuse and false attribution…
- Content Marketing
Appearance Isn’t Everything: A Checklist To Make Sure Your Website Is Functional, Not Just Beautiful
Many years ago, I was speaking at an event with Aaron Kahlow, a social media marketing expert. In his presentation, Aaron spoke about the investment in and return of a website. Specifically, he discussed the analogy of companies designing and furnishing their corporate lobby. Corporate lobbies often have someone there to greet people, they have beautiful furniture and even artwork and refreshments…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
All the Details You Need to Rank with Local SEO Marketing
We’ve really been having some fun with a local home service company here in Indianapolis and working on their inbound marketing efforts. Most of our experience to date has been working with enterprise clients who also hoped to rank regionally and we unlocked some great strategies for them. This specific client isn’t in any other city, though, and has a…
- Content Marketing
How Julius Is Increasing the ROI of Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing is the fastest-growing form of online acquisition. There’s a good reason—recent data proves the ROI of influencer marketing campaigns: Eighty-two percent of consumers are likely to follow a recommendation made by an influencer and every $1 spent on an influencer marketing returns $6.50 That’s why the total influencer marketing spend is estimated to increase from $1 billion to…
- Email Marketing & Automation
We All Hate Spam and Cold-Calling… Until We Don’t
On May 15th, I received an unsolicited email (aka SPAM) from an agency in Atlanta telling me what an explainer video was. I knew what it was, we’ve written about explainer videos extensively and published quite a few of our own. I didn’t respond to the email. A week later, I get another email with a similar note. A week…
- Analytics & Testing
Understanding Your Customers’ Needs with Predictive Analytics
For many sales and marketing professionals, it’s a constant struggle to derive any actionable insights from existing data. The crushing volume of incoming data can be intimidating and wholly overwhelming, and attempting to extract the last ounce of the value, or even just the key insights, from that data can be a daunting task. In the past, the options were…
- E-commerce and Retail
Complete™: Cross-Border Commerce from Translation, Shopping, through Fulfillment
Tony Bianco’s designs have been highly sought after in Australia for over forty years, and now the brand has catapulted into the world’s most influential fashion magazines and best-dressed lists by Australian models. Today, many top celebrities and models in the U.S. and throughout Europe can be seen wearing a variety of Tony Bianco shoes and accessories. To help accelerate…
- E-commerce and Retail
A 5-Step Plan to Optimize Your Checkout for Shoppers.
According to Statista, in 2016, 177.4 million people used mobile devices to shop, research and browse products. This figure is predicted to reach almost 200 million by 2018. And a new report conducted by Addressy cited that cart abandonment has reached a median rate of 66% in the US. Online retailers who don’t offer a great mobile experience are likely to be missing out…
