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Randomize Your WordPress Headlines Easily
I was looking for a plugin or some code to shuffle headlines on our home page at DK New Media to have some fun and dress up the home page a bit. The problem was that I have a theme applied that has specific fields for the tag line and description of the site, and I didn’t feel like tearing…
- E-commerce and Retail
The Rise of Mobile Commerce, and the Benefit to Marketers
Now that consumers can make online purchases anytime, and in any place that has a mobile signal or wifi, the most successful companies are optimizing their mobile platforms to meet their customers’ needs. Only a few years ago, retailers were beginning to think email marketing was a dying approach, but the recent boom in M-commerce is proving quite the opposite.…
- Email Marketing & Automation
The Advantages of Triggered Emails
Emails are typically utilized for push marketing and are a one-to-many message. Within the industry, this is fondly known as batch and blast. The timing is up to the sender. Triggered email differs, combining a custom template and user data to send an email message when a specific event occurs. The event triggers the email. Triggered emails are sent directly…
- Advertising Technology
How Pay-Per-Click Will Enhance Your Inbound Marketing Efforts
An important conversation that’s going on today is how to allocate your money with your inbound marketing efforts. Marketers, on average, are using over 13 different tactics in their strategies to attract new leads (source: Content Marketing Institute), including infographics, blogging, email campaigns, videos, etc. So, how do we figure out where to spend it and how much to spend?…
- Analytics & Testing
GoSquared: Real-Time Analytics and Data
If you haven’t heard of GoSquared, it’s already running on over 30,000 websites! GoSquared markets itself as the simplest, easiest to use analytics ever. Not only do they aim to take visualization of analytics data to the next level, the data itself is all yours via their robust API. GoSquared aims to provide you with everything you need in an…
- Analytics & Testing
Seth Godin is Wrong About Numbers
As I was reading a blog post on a site, I came across a quote from Seth Godin. There was no link to the post, so I had to verify it on my own. Sure enough, Seth had said it: The questions we ask change the thing we make. Organizations that do nothing but measure the numbers rarely create breakthroughs.…
- Analytics & Testing
Designing the Optimal Marketing Organization.
In a conversation with my friend and colleague Joe Chernov, VP Marketing at Kinvey we were exchanging some of the most asked questions we both received within our teams and from peers in the industry. With Joe being the content marketer of the year you wouldn’t be surprised to know that one of his most asked questions is: How do…
- Analytics & Testing
Video Vital Statistics for B2B Marketers
This may be the most entertaining and well-balanced video infographic that I’ve watched on B2B Marketing. While the statistics were compiled over a year ago, it paints very clear picture on how buying behaviors have changed in business to business. It also provides a ton of evidence on how and why a content and social strategy are imperative in B2B…
- Analytics & Testing
The 4 Steps to Social Media Marketing
One of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change is to Begin with the End in Mind. This infographic from BigThunk and Number 8 Communications does just that – recognizing that you need to establish your goals first when looking to your social media marketing strategy. I especially appreciate this infographic because it…
- Content Marketing
Understanding Color Models and File Formats in Graphic Design
When working on a creative project with a design team or preparing visual assets for print or digital use, it’s important to understand color models and file formats. Terms like RGB, CMYK, PNG, or vector graphics can sound technical, but they hold the key to achieving the desired outcome for your design. This guide will help you decode these terms,…
