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- Advertising Technology
Consumers Prefer Choice and Interactivity… even with Video
There are three basic types of sites that organizations publish for their company: Brochure – a static website that’s simply a showcase for visitors to check out. Dynamic – a consistently updated site that provides news, updates, and other media. Interactive – a site that offers the visitor to navigate and interact how they wish. Examples of interactivity that we’ve…
- Customer Data Platforms
What Is Passive Data Collection?
Although clients and suppliers cite passive data collection as a growing source of consumer insights, roughly two-thirds say they will not use passive data two years from now. The finding comes from research conducted by GfK and IIR among over 700 market research clients and suppliers. What is Passive Data Collection? Passive data collection is the gathering of consumer data through their…
- E-commerce and Retail
Your B2B Strategy Should Include Ecommerce
Did you know that we’ve added a services shop on Martech? We don’t promote it a ton (yet) as we continue to dabble, but we are seeing more and more companies that just want up front pricing and don’t wish to work directly with a sales team to sign up for a product or service. It’s why we built out…
- Content Marketing
Something Smells with WordPress Plugin Ratings & Reviews
Contributing to the open source movement can be amazing, but this week wasn’t one of those times. We’ve been contributing to the WordPress community for a decade now. We’ve built countless plugins. Some have been retired, and others have incredible exposure. Our Image Rotator Widget plugin, for example, has been downloaded over 120,000 times and is active on over 10,000…
- Content Marketing
Why I Work for Free and Wil Wheaton May Be Incorrect
This post isn’t a debate, and I’m not trying to start an argument with Wil Wheaton and his post, you can’t pay your rent with the unique platform and reach our site provides. Wil Wheaton is an established brand with a significant following. He’s worked hard to develop his audience and community – hence the outcry and agreement with his…
- E-commerce and Retail
Should You Invest in Online Review Monitoring to Manage Your Reputation?
Amazon, Angie’s List, Trustpilot, TripAdvisor, Yelp, Google Business Profile, Yahoo! Local Listings, Choice, G2 Crowd, TrustRadius, TestFreaks, Which?, Salesforce AppExchange, Glassdoor, Facebook Ratings & Reviews, Twitter, and even your own website are all places to capture and publish reviews. Whether you’re a B2C or B2B company… chances are that there’s someone writing about you online. And those online reviews are…
- E-commerce and Retail
Google Launches Shopping Insights… and it’s Awesome!
One of the large businesses that we worked with had an issue that’s really common throughout most national businesses. As marketers, we tend to focus on our business as if there were no geographic boundaries or changes over time – but the reality is both have an enormous impact. If you can write content on topics that take advantage of…
- Content Marketing
WebSite X5: Build, Deploy and Update Sites from the Desktop
I’m a huge fan of content management systems online, but there are times when we just need to get a site up and running. Configuring the CMS, optimizing it, managing users, and then working around a clunky editor or limited template that needs customizations can slow progress to a crawl when you’ve got an urgent need to get a site…
- Advertising Technology
What’s the Impact and Alternative to Ad Blocking?
To experience the Internet without advertising interrupting you every few moments sounds fantastic. Unfortunately, it’s not. By blocking a significant amount of ads, consumers are forcing publishers to take drastic actions. And when iOS 9 allowing Safari mobile browser extensions on iPhone, ad blocking extensions took off hit the market for mobile users – a high ad growth medium. One…
- Advertising Technology
4 Strategies to Mitigate the Risk of Rampant Click Fraud
Digital Advertising will most likely be the top media advertising expenditure in 2016 according to comScore. That’s also making it an irresistible target for click fraud. In fact, according to a new report on fraud in the online advertising industry, one-third of all advertising expenditures will be wasted on fraud. Distil Networks and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) have released…
