- Search Marketing
Is Your Business On Bing? Why And How You Should Add It To Bing Places
Bing Places is a local business listing service provided by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. It allows businesses to create a profile with their basic information, such as name, address, phone number, website, business hours, and photos so that potential customers can find them easily on Bing’s search results, maps, and other services. Bing’s search results offer a map pack just…
- CRM and Data Platforms
CRM Statistics: The Uses, Benefits & Challenges of Customer Relationship Management Platforms
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) continues to dominate the digital marketing and sales industry in 2023. With its increasing importance in customer retention and lead generation, businesses of all sizes are adopting CRM systems to better manage customer relationships and streamline their marketing and sales efforts. In this article, we will delve into a brief history of CRM, its definition, benefits,…
- Content Marketing
How To Stop WordPress From Guessing Redirects When It Believes It Will Result in a 404 Error
If you’ve been a longtime reader of Martech Zone, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a ton of progress on cleaning up the site… specifically bad internal links, tons of redirects, removal of articles to discontinued platforms, and updating of critical articles. Working nights and weekends, I’ve probably deleted over 1,000 articles and then edited over 1,000 more… and my work…
- Social Media Marketing
Why Should Your Company Invest In A Social Media Management Tool?
Social media management tools are software platforms that help businesses manage, schedule, and analyze their social media marketing efforts across multiple platforms. 87% of marketers reported using social media management tools to manage their social media presence. Social Media Examiner Social media management and social media marketing are related but distinct concepts. Social media management refers to the process of…
- Mobile and Tablet Marketing
Waze Ads: The Perfect Tool for Local Businesses to Reach New Customers
With over 140 million active users in more than 185 countries, Waze has become one of the most popular navigation apps in the world. It is also an excellent platform for local businesses to reach new customers through targeted advertising. Waze Ads is an advertising platform that allows businesses to advertise to drivers based on their location and destination. Waze…
- Email Marketing & Email Marketing Automation
Email Subject Line Length and Mobile Displays
With mobile overtaking the desktop for email open rates, I was researching the viewable length of subject lines on a mobile device. Subject lines are typically more important than the email content regarding the reader’s behavior and whether or not they will open the email. Want to test your email subject line and see if it fits? Just type or…
- Search Marketing
How To Crawl A Large Site And Extract Data Using Screaming Frog’s SEO Spider
We’re assisting several clients right now with Marketo migrations. As large companies utilize enterprise solutions like this, it’s like a spider web that weaves itself into processes and platforms over years… until the point that companies aren’t even aware of every touchpoint. With an enterprise marketing automation platform like Marketo, forms are the entry point of data throughout sites and…
- CRM and Data Platforms
Bugherd: Collect Feedback Visually From Your Clients, Visitors, Or Platform Users With This Platform
It happened again yesterday. I was contacted by a prospect that launched a new site online with another vendor that they had invested heavily in. Months later and they’re not seeing any traffic or conversions. This isn’t uncommon. We’ve seen issues with blocked search engines, forms that are broken or don’t send data anywhere, links that are broken, and videos…
- Sales and Marketing Training
What Is A Request For Proposal (RFP)? Downsides, Best Practices, and Technology
A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a formal document used by organizations to solicit bids from potential vendors or service providers for a specific project, product, or service. The RFP process allows organizations to compare various solutions, pricing, and expertise offered by different vendors before making a decision. RFPs are typically used for complex projects or when the organization requires…
- Search Marketing
Going International: What You Need To Know About Writing, Ranking, and Translating To A Global Audience
Expanding a business to international markets requires a strong online presence that appeals to a diverse audience. To rank on terms internationally, companies must optimize their websites and content for different languages, regions, and search engines. This article discusses various options and best practices for ranking on terms internationally, including site translation, hreflang tags, and more. Website Localization and Translation…
