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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.
- 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,…
- Content Marketing
Worksheet: Inbound Marketing Made Simple
Just when you think you have a handle on this internet marketing stuff, a new buzz surfaces. Right now, Inbound Marketing is making the rounds. Everyone is talking about it, but what is it, how do you get started, and what tools do you need? Inbound marketing starts with free information, offered through social channels, search, or paid advertising. The…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Online Businesses Need to Shift Marketing to Stay Ahead
There’s no question that the Internet has changed dramatically over the years, and that’s true for how companies market their online business as well. Any business owner needs only to look at the number of changes Google has made to its search algorithm to gain a basic understanding of how Internet marketing techniques have changed over time. Firms that do…
- Analytics & Testing
Appboy: Understand, Test and Engage Mobile Users
The mobile ecosystem has exploded to over 1 million apps in the last three years. Companies are struggling with high user acquisition costs and low retention rates. Less than 60% of mobile apps provide a positive return on investment. Appboy is a data-driven solution that enables mobile app marketers to create rich user profiles on their mobile audience, and then…
