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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.
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Content Marketing
How Digital Lead Capture Is Evolving
Lead capture has been around for a while. As a matter of fact, it’s how many businesses manage to GET business. Consumers visit your website, they fill out a form looking for information, you collect that information and then you call them. Simple, right? Ehh… not as much as you’d think. The concept, in and of itself, is crazy simple.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Vision6: An Affordable, Customizable, Enterprise Marketing Automation Solution
Australia’s largest email marketing company is now expanding into the United States, offering a customizable, enterprise-grade marketing solution to mid-market companies and agencies at an affordable price. Vision6 is an integrated email marketing automation solution built for marketers and agencies. Vision6 integrates email automation, SMS, forms and social media in an easy to use interface. Thousands of digital agencies including…
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Analytics & Testing
7 Tips to Build a Successful Growth Marketing Machine
As companies look to drive new revenue in unexplored channels, growth initiatives are becoming increasingly more popular. But where do you start? How do you start? I’ll admit, it can be overwhelming. First, let’s talk about why growth initiatives exist. If a company is trying to increase revenue, they can do so in a few ways: expand product margins, improve…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Research: Email List Quality is Top Priority for B2B Marketers
Many B2B marketers know email marketing can be one of the most effective lead generation tools, with research from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) showing an average ROI of $38 for each $1 spent. But there is no doubt that implementing a successful email campaign can have its challenges. To better understand the challenges marketers are facing, email marketing software…
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Advertising Technology
Where are Retailers Spending Their Advertising Dollars?
It appears that some dramatic shifts are taking place on the retail front as it pertains to advertising. Digital technologies are offering measurable opportunities that are driving greater results – and retailers are taking note. I would not misinterpret these results as thinking it’s traditional versus digital marketing. It’s a matter of sophistication. Advertising on television, for instance, is growing in…
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Content Marketing
How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows
Historically, Internet Explorer was the default web browser included with Microsoft Windows. However, with the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft Edge became the default browser, replacing Internet Explorer. Microsoft Edge is designed to be faster, more secure, and more modern compared to its predecessor. This change reflects Microsoft’s efforts to provide users with a more contemporary browsing experience right from…
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Content Marketing
The Do’s and Don’ts of Holiday Branding According to 99designs
The nights are silent, the dreidels are drying, and your customers are opening their wallets. If you can make your brand part of their holiday season in a natural and charming way, they’ll remember you well into the New Year. Here are some helpful Do’s and Don’ts to help you navigate the season. Do: maintain your authenticity If your typical…
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Marketing Tools
AdCat: Preview, Organize, Edit and Optimize Your Social Media Ad Images
Another great tool for all of you social marketers out there trying to optimize and configure your ads. Adcat built a beautifully simple system for previewing, editing, and optimizing your ads on social media outlets Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. Just upload an image, edit it, preview across each ad format, and download your optimized ad image! (Don’t judge me…
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Marketing Tools
MailButler: Finally, An Assistant for Apple Mail that Rocks!
As I write this, I’m currently in mail hell. I have 1,021 unread emails and my non-response is running over into direct messages via social media, phone calls, and text messages. I send about 100 emails and receive about 200 emails every day. And that’s not including subscriptions to newsletters that I love. My inbox is out of control and…
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Email Marketing & Automation
5 Tools to Help Tailor Your Marketing During the Holidays
The Christmas shopping season is one of the most important times of the year for retailers and marketers, and your marketing campaigns need to reflect that importance. Having an effective campaign will ensure your brand gets the attention it deserves during the most profitable time of the year. In today’s world a shotgun approach will no longer cut it when…
