- Mobile and Tablet Marketing
Avoid the App Store with Apple iOS Add to Home Screen
I’ll catch some flack for this, but I’m not a Mac fan. Ok, I just plain can’t stand them. I can’t put my finger on why, but here’s a start: to develop an App for the illustrious iPhone, you must develop only on a Mac with Mac software – an investment well over $2,000. Nevertheless, the iPhone is a market-changer,…
- Email Marketing & Automation
How Small Businesses Use Software to Manage Contacts
With over 90% of small businesses using some digital form of data management to store contacts, it seems apparent that small businesses have plunged into the digital age. But, we wanted to know what these small businesses are doing with the contact data. What we discovered may surprise you. You can find the full survey results at the AddressTwo University.
- Content Marketing
Avatar Branding: Cold or Creative?
Ever since I picked up @kyleplacy‘s and @edeckers‘s book “Branding Yourself” I began to second guess a decision I made early in my young tech start-up. Years ago, I created a persona named Addy. She was a feature of the software, but more than that, she was the most hands-on servant to our customers. My goal was for people to…
- Content Marketing
My Facebook Usability Rant
I’m afraid I have no new information to share with the readers of the Martech Zone, just a plea for your help. After watching the video below, please either: Tell me if there is some work-around to this that I’ve missed, or… Retweet this status update until your fingers bleed so that it gets someone’s attention at Facebook. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-90bZXVjw]
- Content Marketing
How to Get a New Website Crawled by Google Tomorrow
Recently, I’ve been launching a lot of new websites. As AddressTwo has grown and my time has freed up, it’s created a perfect storm of new ideas and free time to execute, so I’ve bought dozens of domains and implemented micro-sites left and right. Of course, I’m impatient, too. I have an idea on Monday, build it on Tuesday, and…
- Analytics & Testing
Aw, Heck. I Guess I’ll Start A Marketing Business!
What do you get when you mix a high unemployment rate with a highly educated (some say over-educated) society? Consultants, of course. Lots of them. After all, if you’ve been in corporate marketing for 25 years where you were fortunate enough to have your employer pay for you to become a “master of business administration” just before they stopped paying you altogether… who…
- Content Marketing
New Website, Take II
I had a great conversation this morning with Jeb from smallbox. (That’s right, I madonna’ed him. If you don’t know who Jeb is, where have you been?) Nevermind the fact that I accidentally ordered a double-shot, and I can’t hold my hands still right now, I’m pretty sure that what he said to me would have seemed just as profound…
- Content Marketing
Remember Me?
I'm terrible with names. I wish I could install your cookie in my brain so every time I see you in public it recalls. I suppose that's one way that computers are more "intelligent" than humans. But, due to this glaring weakness of mine, I'm very impresses when others can so easily remember me after just one chance encounter. It's…
- Sales Enablement
Beyond Affiliates: Why Building Channel Sales Is Key To Selling Software
As a business owner, I can’t tell you how often I get approached with the opportunity to make an extra buck or two on affiliate revenue. If I will just use my clout to hock their wares, they’ll pay me money. And, after all, as long as someone pays me money I’m motivated to do it… right? Wrong. If you’re…
