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E-commerce and Retail
Social Gifting and Wish Lists
One trend in e-commerce that’s arriving is the ability to collaboratively purchase gifts. While we do it with charity raises, now you can get together with friends and raise money to purchase a more expensive gift for a friend. It’s a great idea and one that will drive larger purchases online. Countmein is such an application: A whopping $244 bucks,…
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Content Marketing
Manage Multiple Instances of WordPress with ManageWP
We’ve literally signed 3 more WordPress clients in the last week and the demand continues to grow. As we continue to manage and monitor our clients’ sites, it’s time that we started looking for a system to help make it much more efficient. ManageWP is an all-inclusive WordPress management console that gives users full power and complete control in managing…
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Content Marketing
This Fat Guy Loves Coca-Cola Marketing
I’m beyond fat… in fact, I need to lose the weight of an average man to get back to just being fat. I’d love to blame it on my thyroid, my genetics, my work, my stress level… something. The fact is, though, that it’s pretty straightforward. When I eat right and exercise, I lose weight. When I don’t exercise or…
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Content Marketing
The Cost of Poor Web Performance
It’s always hard to listen to someone selling their products or services tell you that you have to buy their product or service in order to make more money. With the Internet, it’s simply true, though. Fast sites, good tools, great design and a little bit of consulting can truly make or break a company online. The Cost of Poor…
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Marketing Infographics
Your Facebook Page Checklist
With the news of Facebook’s Graph Search, it remains to be seen how popular the feature will be once it’s released to the masses. In preparation, it’s time to clean up your Facebook Page. Shortstack wrote a post with an extensive checklist about how to evaluate your Facebook Page. Their readers loved it — it was one of the most…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Tips to Avoid Brand Resentment with your Email Strategy
We recently published an infographic on survey burnout where customers are becoming resistent to constantly getting bombarded with surveys. On the heels of this is a great analysis provided by Emailvision on how bombarding customers can actually result in brand resentment. The YouGov and Emailvision research asked consumers for their opinions on marketing correspondence, and sheds light on the missteps…
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E-commerce and Retail
How Should You Sell Online
Choosing where to sell your items online can be a bit like buying your first car. What you choose depends on what you are looking for, and the list of choices can be overwhelming. Community e-commerce sites offer an opportunity to tap into a very wide network of customers but they take a larger cut of the profits. If you…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Video: Search Engine Optimization for Startups
You finally got your startup off the ground but no one can find you in any search results. Since we work with a lot of startups, this is a huge issue… the clock is ticking and you need to get revenue. Getting found in search is much more economical than hiring an outbound team. However, Google isn’t too kind to…
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E-commerce and Retail
Impact of Mobile and Tablet Gifting
While we’re seeing a huge increase in the use of mobile devices for researching purchases and measuring subsequent increases in shopping purchases via mobile and tablet device, many of those purchases aren’t for the owner of the device. Mobile gifting is a growing category – taken advantage of by everyone from Amazon and Facebook. During the holiday season, thousands of…
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Content Marketing
The State of Infographics
Infographics have grown so much in demand that they’ve become a core part of our business offerings. Companies who are leveraging infographics are continuing to see incredible results. Infographics just happen to be the perfect combination of all the great features of a good content marketing strategy: Data – they provide a lot of information in a package that’s easy…
