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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.
- Content Marketing
The Greatest Marketing Technology Ever
No, I have nothing to sell you. Rather, I want to remind you of a profound truth you may have forgotten: that the most powerful tool for marketing your business efficiently is one you already have. It’s the world’s most advanced computational engine – your own brain. The call to actually use your own noggin is one we hear all…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Aligning Digital and Traditional: The Little Things Matter
Attention to detail and a constant stream of communication are vital in any enterprise large or small. A simple misstep resulting in a typographical error can have far-reaching ramifications.
- Content Marketing
The Secret of Building Your Brand like Nike or Coca-Cola
In the American branding structure, there are really only two types of brands: consumer-focused or product-focused. If you are going to do any work mucking around with your brand, or you are getting paid to muck around with someone else's brand, you?d better know which type of brand you have.
- Content Marketing
Become a Brand of Choice
In a recent post, Seth Godin asked an important question I think every business owner needs to answer : Why You? Why Now? Lets face in most product categories, but certainly in internet services we have choices. When it comes to Email providers, web hosts, and customer relationship management software , the smart business owner should ask a potential…
Be Selfish About Selfless Networking
This week I’ve had some tough conversations with some businesses that I care deeply about. They know that I care because I’ve taken them to task and am holding them accountable. My network is my investment and where I get the most return on investment. Technology firms I work with always get an earful from me. I always report problems,…
- Content Marketing
Blogging for Business
If you weren’t at the Webtrends Engage 2010 conference, you missed an incredible business intelligence conference. Engage is unlike any other company conference I’ve been to. The objective is to provide customers and industry professionals with exposure to some of the best and brightest experts throughout the online industry. Register for next year’s Engage in San Francisco – they always…
- Analytics & Testing
Tracking Multiple WordPress Authors with Google Analytics
I wrote another post on how to track multiple authors in WordPress with Google Analytics once before, but got it wrong! Outside the WordPress Loop, you’re unable to capture the author names so the code did not work. Sorry for the fail. I’ve done some additional digging and found out how to do it smarter with multiple Google Analytics profiles.…
- Content Marketing
The Importance of Good Grammar and Punctuation in Blogging
People who know me know that I can be a bit of a grammar and punctuation geek. While I won’t go so far as to publicly correct people (I just berate them privately), I have been known to edit signs that contain misspelled words, misplaced apostrophes, and generally egregious errors. So, needless to say, I always try to make sure…
Dear AT&T U-Verse
Dear AT&T, I’m already a customer of yours. I have both home phone and DSL through you (previously SBC). I like the service but wish to upgrade the DSL as well as take advantage of the great TV service you have. You see, my apartment only offers a basic package and I’d like to upgrade. For the last couple years,…
