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Content Marketing
Are You Investing in Promotional Items?
Last weekend I was invited by the team at Site Strategics to be on their Edge of the Web radio show and to speak to some New Media Communication students who came down from IU Kokomo to speak with us. It was a fantastic event and the students were enthusiastic and asked a ton of questions – not just about…
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Content Marketing
e-Reading on the Rise
We’ve written about utilizing e-books for marketing in the past, but new statistics shed light on the continued growth of tablets and e-Reading trends. People who own e-readers are reading more than they might otherwise, as reflected in rising e-book sales. As a result, e-reader sales continue to increase. According to one study conducted in early 2012, 13% of those…
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Content Marketing
The Anatomy of Saving and Spending
As marketers, sometimes our biggest issue is getting over the purchase-decision hump. People don’t realize it, but there is a science to that event. While this infographic focuses on the view of the purchase decision of consumers, marketers should be focused on how they can help in the process through design, packaging, messaging and engagement. Observing abandoned shopping carts and…
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Content Marketing
Is Marketiphrasing a Great Strategy?
See how I did that? I took Marketing and combined it with Phrasing. Cute, huh? I’m not sure that anyone has made up a word for the marketing strategy to make up words… so I just did. The jury is still out whether or not I personally want to use this strategy (outside of this post). It seems that folks…
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Content Marketing
What’s Your Social Media Impression?
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” my business professor, Marvin Recht, always reminds his students. Don’t make the mistakes that many have made before you. In today’s world, the first impression idea still holds true. However, digital consumers and social media allow us to connect in ways that we could never have in the past. And the…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
Martech Updated for Mobile and Tablet Browsers
If you’ve tried to read the blog in the past on a mobile or tablet browser, you were probably pretty frustrated. You’ll be happy to know that we finally revamped the versions and optimized the experience using WPTouch Pro (affiliate link). WPTouch Pro is quite a robust solution for WordPress where you can have full control over your mobile and…
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Marketing Infographics
Social Proof Your Website
Enabling your site for social media is one strategy, but actually building a social strategy around the community that gathers there is quite another. The two shouldn’t be mixed up… one is about tools, the other is about people. Keep in mind that there are many, many sites that don’t have all the new fangled tools, but have incredible social…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Video: YouTube Video Revolution 2.0
I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to see a lot more advertisements on YouTube. As video becomes more affordable and impactful, it seems that every marketing strategy needs to incorporate it. Video is very unique in that it reaches virtually everyone. Not everyone reads, but everyone watches. And with YouTube installed on virtually every connected platform, there’s no…
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Marketing Infographics
Social Networking and Your Trade Show
If you had a chance to listen to our interview with Crystal Grave of Snappening, you know how much we appreciate event coordinators. There’s probably no tougher job in marketing since great event marketers work seamlessly across channels as well as work on hard-deadlines and execution. You don’t get a second chance with an event – you’ve got to master…
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Marketing Infographics
What Works for Social Sharing
Our content marketing platform client, gathered data across Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to see what works best for social sharing in terms of time, day of the week, and what to say. While a lot of these findings are not surprising, I was particularly intrigued by the differences between Twitter and LinkedIn. As the infographic shows, using exclamation results in…
