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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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What Roles Are Needed in Today’s Digital Marketing Department?
For some of my clients, I manage all of the talent necessary for their digital marketing efforts. For others, they have a small staff and we augment the skills necessary. For others, they have an incredibly robust team internally and are just needing overall guidance and an external perspective to help them stay innovative and identify gaps. When I first…
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Optimized Marketing: Why You Should Align Brand Segmentation to Activation & Reporting
With high volumes of data created across multiple marketing channels, brands are challenged to organize and activate the right data assets to maximize cross-channel performance. You must align your brand segmentation with digital activation and reporting to understand better your target audience, drive more sales, and reduce marketing waste. You must align the why they purchase with the who that…
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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. Revenue Metrics Revenue metrics are fundamental indicators of a company’s…
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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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Online Marketing Terminology: The Basic Definitions
Sometimes we forget how deep we are in the business and forget to just give someone an introduction to the basic terminology or acronyms that are floating around as we talk about online marketing. Lucky for you, Wrike has put together this Online Marketing 101 infographic that walks you through all of the basic marketing terminology you need to hold…
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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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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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What Is The Best B2C CRM for Your Small Business?
Customer relations have come a long way since their inception. The Business2Consumer mentality has also shifted to a more UX-centric mentality instead of sheer delivery of the final product. Choosing the right customer relations management software for your business can be tricky.
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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…
