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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Chili Piper: An Automated Scheduling App for Inbound Lead Conversion
I’m trying to give you my money – why are you making it so hard? This is a common feeling across many B2B buyers. It’s 2020 – why are we still wasting our buyers’ (and our own) time with so many antiquated processes? Meetings should take seconds to book, not days. Events should be for meaningful conversations, not logistical headaches. …
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Email Marketing & Automation
Inbox Overload: 10 Key Email Reading Behavior and Trends For 2023
If there’s one area in which I hope AI makes a dramatic impact, consumers and business people can better prioritize, filter, and respond to emails efficiently. The modern-day inbox isn’t any more intelligent than two decades ago, and it’s quite disconcerting given that email is the primary channel of virtually any personal, professional, and promotional communication. My inbox is such…
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E-commerce and Retail
Why Your Store Needs a Mobile App: A Strategic Imperative for Success
The importance of mobile apps in modern retail cannot be overstated. With the ever-increasing reliance on smartphones and the digitalization of consumer behavior, mobile apps have become a linchpin in the retail industry. They serve as a direct bridge between retailers and customers, offering an unmatched level of convenience and engagement. Mobile apps enable retailers to create a personalized shopping…
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Marketing Tools
6 Emerging Martech Tools to Streamline Your Digital Marketing Campaigns
Martech tools that streamline digital marketing campaigns are among the greatest gifts given to modern brands and marketers today. Not only can martech tools help businesses save time and money — but they also deliver powerful insights. With this rich data, brands can refine their marketing approaches, dig deeper into their customers’ core needs, and ultra-personalize their messaging. Stick around…
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Advertising Technology
Local Marketing in 2025: The 7 Trends and Technologies Local Businesses Can No Longer Ignore
The landscape of local marketing has transformed dramatically. Google data continues to show that searches for local places outpace comparable searches without local intent. This shift indicates that consumers increasingly expect search results to automatically consider their location, making local marketing more crucial than ever. 78% of shoppers used at least three channels for shopping last year, with 66% planning…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
It’s Time Your Sales Teams Stop Using Local Presence Deception
If you’ve never heard of local presence, it’s the strategy that many companies use to incorporate a regional presence to boost their overall brand’s trust and reliability. In a physical sense, local presence may involve setting up a brick-and-mortar store, office, or warehouse in a particular region, city, or neighborhood. This allows businesses to be physically present in the community…
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Content Marketing
CSS Hero: How to Make WordPress Animations That Pop (In Minutes)
Static websites often struggle to engage visitors when expectations for interactive and dynamic experiences continue to grow. Animations can capture attention, guide users’ focus, and inject a sense of delight—but many WordPress site owners shy away from animation plugins that are bloated, difficult to configure, or break their theme. What if you could add beautiful, responsive animations to any WordPress…
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Analytics & Testing
Understanding Inbound Marketing Metrics: A Four-Level Framework for Smarter Analytics
Inbound marketing is rooted in attracting, engaging, and delighting customers through the delivery of valuable content and experiences. As marketing tools become more sophisticated, so too must our ability to measure the effectiveness of our efforts. For inbound marketers, the ability to assess performance accurately is not just a technical necessity—it’s a strategic imperative. The goal is to build a…
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E-commerce and Retail
Five Payment Industry Trends That Will Impact Your Business in 2023 And Beyond
Mobile and other digital payment tools are witnessing widespread adoption worldwide, enabling the digitization of financial transactions. They provide customers with a safe and simple way to pay online while leveraging devices’ built-in capabilities like NFC. Businesses are adding more payment options to meet customer needs. This includes accepting digital payments for in-store and online sales, aligning sales to customer…
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E-commerce and Retail
1WorldSync: How Accurate Product Content Helps Eliminate Returns
2022 saw digital commerce pass the $1 trillion mark in a single year for the first time ever. But as e-commerce continues to grow, so does the frequency of online returns. For every $1 billion in sales, the average retailer incurs $165M in merchandise returns. National Retail Foundation Returns bring a costly hit to profit margins and also impact brand…
