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  • Event MarketingFacebook Event Marketing

    Is There a Better Event Marketing Tool than Facebook?

    Yesterday, we celebrated our second year with our Music & Technology Festival in Indianapolis. The event is a day of celebration for the tech sector (and anyone else) to take a break and listen to some amazing bands. All of the proceeds go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in memory of my father, who lost his battle a year…

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    6 Benefits of Branded Forums and Online Communities

    This week, we released a major update of our email newsletter plugin for WordPress. One of the elements we struggled with was dealing with all the different ways customers were attempting to contact us with feature requests, implementation questions, or problems. WordPress plugins have their own support forums, we had website contact form submissions, and we had tested a helpdesk.…

  • Content MarketingViral Video Content

    Viral Marketing Isn’t About the Viral Formula: It’s About the Human One

    For years, marketers have sought to unlock the secrets of virality. They study patterns, examine algorithmic triggers, and reverse-engineer breakout campaigns in hopes of finding the elusive formula that guarantees millions of views. But according to creative veteran David Murdico, this approach is fundamentally flawed—not because it lacks rigor, but because it overlooks the most essential ingredient: the human factor.…

  • Social Media & Influencer MarketingDepositphotos 8330464 s

    You’re Not Getting Speaking Gigs Because of Your Online Presence

    During my presentation on Saturday to the National Speakers Association, I shared a presentation and supporting data for the speakers to understand why a content and social strategy were key to their own efforts in building authority and finding speaking opportunities. It’s an incredible group to speak to since they provide me as much value in feedback with my speaking…

  • Marketing Infographicshow to promote with instagram

    How to Build and Track Your Instagram Promotion or Campaign

    We’re preparing for our second annual Music + Technology Festival and Instagram is one of the places we’re promoting the event. I don’t believe we do as good a job on Instagram as we could be doing, though, so I was glad to see the folks at ShortStack publish this infographic on how to build and measure the response of…

  • Social Media & Influencer MarketingCould a Snap Be The Next Step In Your Buyer’s Journey?

    Could a Snap Be The Next Step In Your Buyer’s Journey?

    In many ways, this all depends on who your customer is and what their journey is. Everyone knows about Snapchat at this point, right? Anyone still in the dark on this one? If so, here’s all you need to know… It’s one of the most popular social networks among 16 – 25 year olds, it’s worth a rumored $5 Billion,…

  • Marketing BooksHug Your Haters Jay Baer

    Hug Your Haters? Maybe It Should Be Love Your Lovers!

    Hug Your Haters by Jay Baer is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh and practical approach to dealing with customer complaints in the digital age. Jay argues that businesses need to embrace complaints as an opportunity to improve their products, services, and customer experience. Jay provides compelling statistics and real-world examples to show that ignoring complaints can have a…

  • Marketing Infographicsmobile seo

    How Will You Measure the Mobile Search Algorithm Impact?

    We posted about the steps necessary to avoid a dramatic loss of search traffic via mobile search on Google coming a week from now. Our friends at gShift have been closely watching the changes and published a very in-depth post on the expected impact of the algorithm changes. To gauge marketer sentiment and gather opinions on this significant change, gShift…

  • Content MarketingTips for Designing A High-Impact Business Brochure

    5 Tips For Designing A High-Impact Business Brochure

    In today’s digital age, printed leaflets might seem like a marketing relic from the past. However, when designed and written effectively, leaflets can be a powerful tool for grabbing attention, communicating key information, and motivating readers to take action. Studies have shown that physical media like leaflets can create stronger emotional connections and are more memorable than digital content. When…

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