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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.
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Beware of Guest Posts? A Publisher’s Perspective on SEO Abuse and Editorial Integrity
Let’s explore what’s gone wrong with guest blogging in the SEO world, how it can damage your site, and what you can do to protect your brand and your audience—drawing from my personal experience managing Martech Zone, where we receive daily guest post requests but reject the vast majority. Guest Blogging and Its SEO Roots Okay, I’m calling it: if…
- Content Marketing
Why Digital Asset Management is a Critical Component in the Marketing Technology Ecosystem
As marketers, we deal with a variety of tools and applications on a daily basis. From marketing automation to sales tracking to email marketing, we need these tools to do our jobs effectively and manage/track all of the different campaigns we’ve deployed. However, one piece of the marketing technology ecosystem that is sometimes overlooked is the way we manage our…
- Marketing Infographics
Here’s How You Generate More Leads with Social Media
I was just meeting with a business owner and describing the amazing way that social media has not only driven business to my company, but to our clients as well. There seems to be an ongoing pessimism as it stands with social media and it’s impact on lead generation and I believe it needs to be corrected. Most of the…
- Content Marketing
Optimize Your Webinar Spending: Webinar ROI Calculator
Did you know that, on average, B2B marketers use 13 different marketing tactics for their respective organizations? I don’t know about you, but that gives me a headache just thinking about it. However, when I really do think about it, we help our clients deploy about that many tactics every year and that number is only going up as the mediums…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Social Media Return On Investment You’re Not Measuring
Many online marketing and social media professionals are nearsighted. The impact of social media return on investment is well beyond direct clicks to purchases. Your social media strategy will generate revenue indirectly through a number of paths.
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Does Your Business Follow Social Media Etiquette Best Practices?
Social media etiquette… the expression makes me squirm. There’s always someone trying to apply a set of rules to everything nowadays, and I can’t stand it. Of course, there are unacceptable online and offline behaviors, but the beauty of the platform is that you’ll see the results whether you follow the so-called rules. Here’s an example… I follow a large…
- Analytics & Testing
57% of People Are Not Recommending You Because…
57% of people are not recommending your company because you have a poorly optimized mobile website. That hurts… and we know Martech Zone is one of them! While we have a fantastic mobile application, we know the Jetpack standard mobile theme is a pain to view our site on. As we continue to work with our clients and review their…
- Content Marketing
Tips to Writing Whitepapers that Drive Sales
Each week, I download whitepapers and read them. Ultimately, the power of a whitepaper is measured, not in the number of downloads, but the subsequent revenue you’ve attained from publishing it. Some whitepapers are better than others and I wanted to share my opinions of what I believe makes a great whitepaper. The whitepaper answers a complex issue with details…
- Advertising Technology
You’re Missing 3 out of 5 Senses on Making an Impression
I was in attendance for a recent launch party of a print-only publication about the food culture of the Midwest. As I spoke to the team who created, there was incredible pride in both the content, the art, and the finished product. The magazine was solid and you could feel the quality of the paper, smell the fresh print, and…
- Customer Data Platforms
Not Everyone Who Interacts With You Is a Customer
Online interactions and unique visits to your website aren’t necessarily customers for your business, or even prospective customers. Companies often make the mistake of assuming that every visit to a website is someone who’s interested in their products, or that everyone who downloads a single whitepaper is ready to buy. Not so. Not so at all. A web visitor can…
