Partners
Articles on Martech Zone from my partners for providing sales and marketing technology products, solutions, and services.
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Jobber: Commercial and Residential Service Estimates, Quotes, Scheduling, Invoicing, and Payments
My consulting firm has managed the marketing and integrations for several commercial and residential service companies. They all have one thing in common: the seamless experience they provide customers and the quality of the job they commit to is core to their business growth and success. In other words, when commercial and residential businesses make it easy to work with…
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What Is A Fractional CMO? Why Every Company Should Consider Hiring Them (And How To)
My most gratifying work has been providing fractional CMO services to multiple companies. As a consultant, my expertise and experience were underestimated. My ability to drive the innovation and execution of a company’s marketing strategies was hampered since I wasn’t (technically) a leader within the organization. A fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is a marketing executive who works part-time or…
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Why Small Businesses and High-Growth Startups Should Delay Hiring Their First Marketing Employee and Partner With A Marketing as a Service (MaaS) Provider
As startups and small businesses scale and succeed, they face a pivotal decision: Should they hire an in-house marketing employee or partner with a traditional marketing agency? While having a dedicated staff member to spearhead awareness, lead generation, upsells, and retention might seem appealing, it often falls short of expectations. Partnering with an agency may provide some relief by building…
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VideoPeel: Remotely Capture, Manage, and Promote Customer Testimonial Videos for Social Proof
When it comes to ordering products and services online, I’m a huge fan. Not a week goes by that I’m not getting some package delivered, and my recycle bin is often overflowing with shipment boxes. I appreciate that I can pick up my mobile phone, open an app, and get the needed products in days or even hours. The downside…
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6 Best Practices For Increasing The Return on Investment (ROI) Of Your Email Marketing
When looking for a marketing channel with the most steady and predictable return on investment, you look no further than email marketing. Aside from being quite manageable, it also gives back $42 for each $1 spent on campaigns. This means that the calculated ROI of email marketing can reach at least 4200%. In this blog post, we will help you comprehend how…
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Elfsight Apps: Easily Embeddable Ecommerce, Form, Content, And Social Widgets For Your Website
If you’re working on a popular content management platform, you’ll often find a great selection of tools and widgets that can be easily added to enhance your site. Not every platform has those options, though, so it often requires third-party developers to integrate the features or platforms that you wish to implement. One example, recently, was that we wanted to…
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Mailchimp: More Than An Email Service Provider, A Digital Marketing Suite
If you’re looking for an email service provider (ESP), there’s no doubt that you’ve heard of Intuit Mailchimp or have seen their ads… everywhere. Over the years, the platform has evolved to offer a wide range of services to small and medium-sized businesses – including CRM, content management, social media, and e-commerce capabilities. We have several clients on Mailchimp and…
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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…
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Hashtag Research, Analysis, Monitoring, and Management Tools for #Hashtags
A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by the pound or hash symbol (#), used on social media platforms to group content or make it more discoverable by others who are interested in a specific topic. Hashtag was the word of the year at one time, there was a baby named Hashtag, and the word was outlawed in France…
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Termshub: Ensure Your Site or Online Store Is Compliant Without Spending A Fortune On Legal Fees
As with any business, we have some great attorneys that we can contact regarding legal advice. It’s not inexpensive, though. Ensuring a client is fully compliant with all of the proper, documented policies and disclosures across their web properties can easily run up our legal fees into the tens of thousands of dollars. Legal advisors, contract reviews, and written policies…
