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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.
- Content Marketing
Are You Getting Bad Advice From Leading Marketers?
Maybe I’ve been in the marketing game too long. It seems that the more time that I spend in this industry, the fewer people I respect or listen to. That’s not to say I don’t have those folks that I respect, it’s just that I’m becoming disillusioned with so many who hold the spotlight. Beware of false prophets, who come to…
- Content Marketing
Do You Need Terms and Conditions, Privacy and Cookie Policies?
Communication and commercial dealings have always gone hand-in-hand. This is true more so now than ever before, with our ever-increasing accessibility to online devices, whether on our computers, tablets or mobile phones. As a result of this instantaneous access to new information, the company website has become a key tool for businesses to deliver their products, services, and culture to…
- Content Marketing
What Marketers Can Learn from Dell’s IT Transformation Research?
Dell defines Information Technology Transformation as the process of enhancing information and communication technology so as to make human lives more efficient and better. IT transformation also centers on improving infrastructure so as to encourage efficiency in systems due to a reduction in the wastage of resources. I’ve been working with Mark Schaefer and his client, Dell Technologies, over the…
- Content Marketing
Semrush Adds Tool to Crawl Your Site and Find HTTPS Issues
If you’ve ever had to utilize a browser’s developer tools to try and track down a rogue image or include that’s not secure, you know how frustrating it is. Lucky for us, there’s been a fantastic update to Semrush‘s comprehensive Site Audit – the addition of an HTTPS checker. You can now perform an in-depth HTTPS check which covers 100…
- Content Marketing
Why Creative Collaboration Tools Are A Necessity For Your Team To Prosper
Hightail has released the results of its first State of Creative Collaboration Survey. The survey focused on how marketing and creative teams collaborate to deliver the mountains of original content needed to drive campaigns, deliver business results and increase sales and revenue. Lack of Resources and Increased Demand are Hurting Creatives With a growing output of content throughout every industry, the…
- Advertising Technology
Three Dangers of Affiliate Marketing and How to Avoid Them
The affiliate industry is nuanced. There are many players, layers, and moving parts. While some of these nuances are what make the affiliate model unique and valuable, such as connecting compensation to outcomes, there are others that are less desirable. What’s more is that, if a company is unaware of them, they risk damaging their brand. For companies to take…
- Analytics & Testing
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
A beginner’s guide to decide if Twitter is right for your digital strategy They don’t ‘get’ their users! Shares are down! It’s cluttered! It’s dying! Marketers – and users – have had plenty of complaints about Twitter recently. However, with over 330 million active users worldwide, the social media platform seems to be doing just fine. Usage has accelerated for…
- Email Marketing & Automation
How Purging Our Subscriber List Increased our CTR by 183.5%
We used to advertise on our site that we had over 75,000 subscribers on our email list. While that was true, we had a nagging deliverability issue where we were getting stuck in spam folders a lot. While 75,000 subscribers look great when you’re seeking email sponsors, it’s absolutely terrible when email professionals let you know they weren’t getting your…
- E-commerce and Retail
7 Lessons For Retail In The Age of E-Commerce
E-Commerce is taking over the retail industry by the minute. It’s making it all the more difficult to keep brick and mortar stores afloat. For brick-and-mortar stores, it isn’t about stocking up inventory and managing accounts and sales. If you’re running a physical store, you need to move to the next level. Give the shoppers a compelling reason to come to your…
- Sales and Marketing Training
Four Critical Changes That Will Transform Your Agency’s Health
s your agency struggling to maintain growth, profitability, and a happy, creative workforce? I have been in that position a few times. As a corporate marketer, I was quite naive when I started my agency. We were going to over-deliver with clients, I was going to pay my employees well, and the business was going to grow at a moderate…
