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E-commerce and Retail
Black Friday Shoppers – Night Owls vs Early Birds
The 2013 Find&Save Black Friday Shopping Survey shows how, when and why Night Owls and Early Bird shop on Black Friday. While primarily motivated by the sales, Black Friday shoppers are driven by the thrill of the competition to find a good deal and more likely to have a tradition built around Black Friday shopping. Black Friday shoppers show little…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Increase Email CTRs with Social Sharing
GetResponse has put together an infographic on the overall impact of social sharing on email click-through rates… and the results are quite striking. The number of users who include social sharing buttons in their emails increased from 18.3% to 29.4%. Compared to last year’s results, that’s an increase of 61%. What’s even more striking is the exceptionally high performance results…
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Content Marketing
The Six Insider’s Secrets of Contagious Content
Our very own Jenn Lisak was showcased for her advice when developing content. What does it take, exactly, for content to become contagious? Marketing professor Jonah Berger wrote about it in his book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. According to Professor Berger, the first step is emotion. If your content fails to connect with the audience emotionally, there’s no chance…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
You Don’t Need a Business Degree to Understand This
Okay, it’s time for a rant. This week I’ve been beat up a couple times and I’m truly at a loss that some of these folks have made it as long as they have in business. I want to get a few things straight when you go to negotiate and purchase services from your next Agency. The Price is What…
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Content Marketing
Make Pricing and Comparison Charts Like a Ninja
Last night I built out a pricing grid on a new plugin we’re launching that turns WordPress into an Email Marketing platform, CircuPress. It wasn’t fun at all to build (I used DreamCode’s free pricing and comparison grid samples) and they still need to be modified further to ensure they’re responsive to mobile and tablet screens. If you’re looking for…
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Analytics & Testing
Your Marketing Platforms Are Not as Accurate As You Think
Many people don’t realize the limitations of analytics and marketing platforms in measuring unique visitors. Most of these platforms measure a visitor by placing a cookie, a small file that is referred to each time a visitor returns to the site using the same browser. The problem is that I may not revisit your site from the same browser… or…
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Content Marketing
The Ultimate Email Marketing Cheatsheet
There are many strategies and habits to choose from when thinking about your approach to email and content marketing. Many top-performing email marketers exercise distinct tactics like strategy, timing, testing, and overall design optimization, but what tactic delivers the best results? Which should you focus on more than another? With average performers spending most of their time on creative development…
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E-commerce and Retail
Cardlytics: Bank Card-Linked Marketing
Your ability to target consumers based on geography and purchase history is continuing to improve. Financial institutions can now open the gateway to rewards, loyalty programs and offers directly purchased using your bank card. Card-Linked Marketing (CLM) is when marketers reach consumers directly through their online bank statements. In fact, Bank of America is already using Cardlytics to power BankAmeriDeals.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The 7 Myths of Email Marketing
Alchemy Worx currently manages and deploys 300+ consumer and business emails every month for 30+ national and international brands. If ever there were experts on what works and what doesn’t work with respect to email marketing, they know it! They’ve provided this fantastic infographic that focuses on many of the myths that are common in the industry when it comes…
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Marketing Infographics
Why Video Marketing Drives Sales
I believe there will be a day that the average website will have video integrated carefully into every page and nearly every post that is published. The costs of recording, publishing and distributing video content has dropped significantly, making it affordable to nearly any business. That said, you still want to impress your visitors and avoid crappy audio, mixing, recording…
