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Content Marketing
What Time Is It? How Our Systems Display, Calculate, Format, and Synchronize Dates and Times
That sounds like a simple question, but you’d be surprised at how complex the infrastructure provides you with an accurate time. When your users exist across time zones or even travel across time zones while using your systems, there’s an expectation that everything works seamlessly. But it’s not simple. Example: You have an employee in Phoenix who needs to schedule…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How Is Social Media Marketing Different Than Traditional Marketing?
Businesses continually adapt their strategies to reach and engage their target audiences effectively. Two major approaches have emerged: traditional marketing and social media marketing. While both aim to promote products or services, they differ significantly in their methods, reach, and effectiveness. This article explores the key differences between these two marketing paradigms and their strengths and weaknesses. Traditional vs. Social…
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Content Marketing
The 8 Characteristics of a “V”ery Good Brand
For years I used to poo-poo the idea of branding. A bunch of touchy-feely people arguing about the hue of green in a logo seemed preposterous to me. As did the price tag of branding agencies that charged tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. My background is in engineering. The only color code I cared about was to…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
10 Sales Performance Stats To Know
Monitoring key sales performance metrics is crucial for making informed decisions and driving growth. This comprehensive guide will explore four main categories of sales metrics: Revenue Metrics, Market Metrics, Customer Metrics, and Performance Metrics. We’ll delve into each category, defining individual metrics and explaining their importance in measuring sales effectiveness. Source: Sales Xceleration Revenue Metrics Revenue metrics are fundamental indicators…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Preference Center: AMPScript and Cloud Page Example
True story… my career really took off over a decade ago when I started a position as an Integration Consultant for ExactTarget (now Salesforce Marketing Cloud). My job took me all over the world assisting companies in developing deep integrations with the platform and I built up so much institutional knowledge of the platform that I was promoted to Product…
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E-commerce and Retail
Scent Marketing: Statistics, Olfactory Science, And The Industry
Each time that I get home from a busy day, especially if I’ve spent a lot of time on the road, the first thing I do is light a candle. One of my favorites is a sea salt driftwood candle called Calm. A few minutes after lighting it, I’m feeling pretty good and… I’m calm. The Science of Scent The…
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Content Marketing
WP All Import: How to Bulk Import A Category Taxonomy Into WordPress from CSV
My firm works on very large WordPress integrations and implementations, having to migrate tons of data from old instances or another content management system (CMS) altogether. Often, this includes importing products for WooCommerce, adding locations into a custom post type, or building a taxonomy with known inputs. If you wanted, for example, to add categories by country, state, or province……
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Sales and Marketing Training
Marketing Campaign Checklist: 10 Steps To Plan For Superior Results
As I continue to work with clients on their marketing campaigns and initiatives, I often find that there are gaps in their marketing campaigns that prevent them from meeting their maximum potential. Some findings: Lack of clarity – Marketers often overlap steps in the buying journey that don’t provide clarity and focus on the purpose of the audience. Lack of…
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Content Marketing
The Periodic Table of Content Marketing
Content marketing seemed so much simpler a decade ago. An article with an image did wonders and could be used in a direct mail piece or posted on the company website. Fast-forward and it’s becoming quite a complex space. Chris Lake’s Periodic Table of Content Marketing offers a valuable framework for businesses looking to optimize their content strategy. This innovative…
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Martech Zone Apps
App: Email Subject Line Length and Mobile Display Visibility (Character Counts)
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…