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- Marketing & Sales Videos
Seven Deadly Sins of SMS Marketing
Text messages continue to be an incredible means of marketing but it’s not too sexy so there’s not typically a lot of noise about it. There should be. SMS marketing (with MMS becoming mainstream) continues to drive incredible results. If you’re a retailer trying to drive foot traffic, you’ll find sending a discount or special via text message incredibly effective.…
- Analytics & Testing
appFigures: Reporting for Mobile App Developers
appFigures is an affordable reporting platform for mobile app developers that brings together all of your app store sales, ad data, worldwide reviews, and hourly rank updates. appFigures collects and visualizes sales & download numbers, world-wide reviews & ranks, and other data their reporting solution. appFigures features: Link Multiple Stores – track and compare iOS, Mac, and Android apps in…
- Content Marketing
11 Essential Ingredients to a Compelling Blog Post
Some of the best content you’ll find on the web happen when you’re able to take a complex process and simplify it. Copyblogger has done just that with this infographic on writing blog posts. Every aspect of the advice is to refine and polish the post to acquire and keep readers. There are some key before & afters, too… Before…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Businesses are Risking Authority by Buying It
Recently, I was in a discussion in a social media leadership group on Facebook and I was astonished when one of the members defended buying followers. A couple of years ago I wrote a post that Numbers Matter. In that post, I didn’t object to buying followers, likes, clicks, etc… in fact, I felt it was an investment that was…
- Marketing Infographics
A Field Guide to Navigating Social Media
This infographic from Lemonly and 9clouds providing insight into how to navigate social media is quite unique. The goal was to paint a clear picture to answer three questions that 9clouds always received – What networks should I be using? Why should I use Pinterest or Google Plus or [insert network]? What network is best for my business? The social…
- Marketing Infographics
How To Become a Social Media Marketing Specialist
I wanted to share this infographic because of its outstanding balance in presenting the skills necessary for a marketer to execute social media marketing strategies effectively. In my opinion, I wouldn’t advise any student or professional to go the route of solely becoming proficient in social media. Social media is but one channel of an overall marketing strategy. You should…
- Content Marketing
Video Marketing Works
Everyone is making their year-end predictions. I think you can forego all the hoopla and work your marketing strategy this coming year based on all the facts. Multi-channel strategies, marketing automation, mobile and video are going to continue to drive engagement and traffic to your business. Here’s a great infographic with fantastic stats that support your need to implement a…
- Content Marketing
Managing CTAs or Ads with WordPress
We run a combination of ad purchases on our site – including call to action banners promoting our services, affiliate ads of companies we trust, and sponsored ads with companies who we’ve chosen to partner with. The different combinations of packages are quite complex, so we integrated ad spots into our theme to manage display ads. Combined with Jetpack’s visibility…
- Content Marketing
Long-Form Content Marketing
Society and life in general seem to move at light-speed; catch up or miss out is the motto for many businesses. In fact, life in the fast lane has taken on a whole new meaning with the introduction of websites that exist to share short-form content – Vine, Twitter and BuzzFeed are just a couple, popular examples. Because of this,…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Twitter: Autofollow based on Location
Being both public and a communication medium, businesses can take advantage of Twitter to grow their local retail traffic – easier than many think. Twitter users are both active and vocal about where they are and what they’re doing. By following active Twitter users regionally, companies who rely on local business can increase their direct traffic as well as amplify…
