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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.
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Email Marketing & Automation
The Ecosystem of Lifecycle Marketing: A Detailed Analysis
Lead generation and conversion have become paramount in today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive business landscape. Customer loyalties are increasingly fleeting, making it crucial for businesses to understand the intricacies of the lifecycle marketing ecosystem. This article delves into the key insights provided by the infographic to shed light on this vital aspect of sales and marketing. Lead Generation and Conversion Generating and…
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Marketing Infographics
How to Improve Google Adwords Quality Scores
Some companies invest a sum of money into Google Adwords only to find their budget gone and no business acquired. While it appears on the surface that Google Adwords is simply a bid to the top system, it’s not. There are a number of factors that influence the placement of your advertisement – which in turn will impact your budget.…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Crunched: A Presentation Platform That Helps You Sell
Crunched is an online meeting and presentation platform optimized for sales. Competing directly with folks like WebEx and GotoMeeting, Crunched has simplified the process by having a system that focuses on the meeting, tracking and sharing of the file, presentation or your screen through a web page. No software for anyone to download and setup… just meet and go at…
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Content Marketing
Does Animation in Emails Really Work?
You have 30 seconds to capture your readers’ attention once they click on your email. This is definitely a small window. If you’re like me, then you might think that animation is a bit risky to use with email marketing, but you want to attract your recipients’ attention. So, what do you do? However, after going through our email marketing sponsor’s trend…
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Analytics & Testing
Google Launches Google Tag Manager
If you’ve ever worked on a client site and had to add conversion code from Adwords into a template but only when that template was displayed with certain criteria, you know the headaches of tagging pages! Tags are tiny bits of website code that can help provide useful insights, but they can also cause challenges. Too many tags can make…
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Analytics & Testing
Is Adobe SiteCatalyst Losing Steam?
We’ve got a few clients on Adobe SiteCatalyst… but I’m not sure how many are really in love with the platform and how many plan on keeping it. SiteCatalyst, like other analytics platforms, limit the number of visits they’ll store data on – a huge disadvantage for anyone who is coughing up the big bucks for an enterprise system. And…
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Marketing Tools
Ticksy: Simple, Inexpensive SaaS Customer Support
In our interview with Formstack on Friday, we discussed how great apps continue to hit the market that offer inexpensive solutions that can grow with your business. As I was writing to a developer on an issue we had with his plugin, I logged into the ticketing system they had implemented, Ticksy. If you’re a growing business, this may be…
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Public Relations
Punching Through: Strategies to Assess and Respond to Vocal Minorities and the Echo Chamber Online
The phenomenon of a vocal minority wielding disproportionate influence on public perception and business decisions has become increasingly prevalent. Often, these small groups can generate a level of noise that belies their actual size, leading businesses to make hasty or ill-informed decisions. This article explores strategies for businesses to punch through this negativity, stay firm in their strategies, and make…
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E-commerce and Retail
Flash Sales: An Effective E-commerce Tool For Driving Significant Revenue
What is a flash sale? A flash sale is a steeply discounted offer that has a quick expiration. E-commerce providers drive many more sales by offering daily flash sales on their sites. Consumers wind up returning daily to see what the deal is… purchasing more items more often. But do they work? Familiar brands with loyal customers can no longer…
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Marketing Infographics
What Works in Mobile Rich Media Advertising?
Mobile growth is unrelenting and indisputable. However, within the realm of mobile marketing strategies, the wave of high bandwidth smartphones are bringing some lucrative results when it comes to rich media advertising. This infographic from Celtra reflects engagement data from nearly 60 handset and tablet campaigns across 4 industries: entertainment, retail, finance and auto. Key metrics include: Engagement rates, expand…
