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E-commerce and Retail
The Top 25 E-Commerce Features And The Platforms That Support Them (Updated for 2024)
Over the past few decades, e-commerce has transformed from a niche offering to a dominant force in the global economy. In the early days, online shopping was limited to a handful of websites with rudimentary features and slow adoption. As technology advanced, the rise of secure payment methods, mobile devices, and user-friendly platforms revolutionized how consumers interact with businesses. Today,…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Mastering the X Algorithm for Maximum Business Impact
Navigating the world of social media can feel like a constantly changing game, especially for businesses trying to make a meaningful impact. On X (formerly Twitter), where speed and engagement define success, it’s crucial to understand how the platform’s algorithm works to maximize visibility and interaction. Fortunately, X has provided insights into its algorithm, offering a blueprint for businesses to…
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Analytics & Testing
Hubspot: How To Test Call-To-Action Variations for Explosive Business Growth
Understanding your audience is paramount to success. But how can you truly know what resonates with your customers and drives conversions? Enter A/B testing, a simple yet powerful tool that can transform your marketing strategy. HubSpot, a leading CRM platform, offers comprehensive A/B testing features to empower marketers to make data-driven decisions and optimize their campaigns for maximum impact. Hubspot…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Search Engine Optimization is Not a Project
Search engine optimization (SEO) is not just about keyword research, publishing content, and monitoring your search traffic. Many businesses believe that by identifying high-volume keywords and creating content around them, they’ll naturally rank higher and get more traffic. SEO is much more dynamic and complex. It’s more about delivering an excellent user experience (UX), ensuring your website loads fast, is…
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E-commerce and Retail
Foursixty: Make Your Instagram Shoppable with UGC and Ambassador Shops
For brands seeking to transform Instagram content into shoppable experiences, the challenge often lies in balancing aesthetics with functionality. How can you turn user-generated content (UGC) and influencer partnerships into something that builds engagement and drives sales directly from your social platforms? Foursixty Foursixty provides the solution—bridging the gap between content and commerce with an intuitive platform that turns Instagram…
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Analytics & Testing
How to Build a URL Shortener (PHP, MySQL, .htaccess)
With so many long URLs cluttering the web, having your own URL shortener can help create clean, short links perfect for marketing campaigns, social media, or personal projects. From a marketing standpoint, URL shorteners are critical for a couple of reasons: Campaign Tracking: You should always append your Analytics UTM parameters to track where every visit is coming from. However,…
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Event Marketing
Snap, Share, Shine: Top 5 Photo Booth Apps to Elevate Your Next Event
Oh, the good old days when taking photos in a photo booth meant squeezing into a tiny box with your friends, trying to look glamorous (even though your pose is awkward), and waiting for those strip-like photos to get out of the slot… Fantastic times! But today, those times are gone in the world of AR beauty. The small booths are becoming…
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Advertising Technology
Unlocking a Competitive Advantage for AdTech Companies with Technology
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, AdTech companies face fierce competition to capture consumers’ attention. Leveraging innovative technology can be the key to staying ahead, improving efficiency, and driving personalized consumer experiences. Adtech refers to the software, tools, and platforms companies use to manage, deliver, and optimize their digital advertising efforts. It encompasses everything from data management platforms (DMPs), demand-side…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
10 Tips for a Winning Gamification Strategy
People fascinate me. Give them a fantastic marketing message with a discount, and they’ll walk away, but allow them the opportunity to win a badge on their profile page, and they’ll fight for it. Years ago, I remember being distraught at losing a mayorship at my business location on a popular social media site—a valueless prize, but I was still bothered. What…
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Martech Zone Apps
App: Convert Rows To CSV or CSV to Rows
It never fails that every time I’m working to move data from one system to another using a text area field, my data is formatted incorrectly. Some systems want all of the values in a comma-separated value (CSV) like this: value1, value2, value3 value4, value5, value6 And other applications want a list with each item on its row like this:…
