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Local SEO: Mistakes To Avoid With Your Organic Search in 2024
This week, I visited the grand opening of a new restaurant in our town after seeing some of the business’s carefully placed signage up and down the main intersections around them. However, they left out the best-performing signage today: having an online presence on maps and local organic search results… for free. After my wife and I had a delicious…
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Why There Are 542 Banana Hangers on Amazon
There are 542 different banana hangers on Amazon… ranging in price from $5.57 to $384.23. The most inexpensive banana hangers are simple hooks that you mount under your cabinetry. The most expensive banana hanger is this beautiful Chabatree banana hanger that is hand-crafted and made out of sustainable wood resources. Seriously… I looked them up. I counted the results, sorted…
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Goodhart’s Law: When Marketing Is Not About “Making Money”
If two words in this industry make me groan and walk away, it’s the phrase making money. Marketing technology has advanced extraordinarily, giving brands unprecedented tools to target, engage, and convert customers more efficiently than ever. AI-driven analytics, hyper-personalized messaging, and automated customer journeys can guide prospects seamlessly from awareness to purchase with remarkable precision. But as marketing becomes more effective…
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Navigating the Ad Blocker Challenge: Strategies for Businesses and Marketers
The rise of ad blockers has significantly disrupted digital advertising, impacting businesses and marketers who rely on traditional online ads for audience engagement and conversions. With millions of users blocking ads, businesses must explore new strategies to maintain reach and effectiveness. This article examines how ad blockers work, how businesses can detect them, and key strategies—including alternative ad formats, email…
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Respect My Authority
A couple of years ago, I stopped looking for fans and followers. I don’t mean to say I didn’t want to continue gaining a following. I mean that I stopped looking. I stopped being politically correct online. I stopped avoiding conflict. I stopped holding back when I had a strong opinion. I started being true to my beliefs and focusing…
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How to Use Hashtags to Increase Your Campaign Reach
39% of businesses do not track their social campaigns and it’s leading to missed opportunities. I’ll show you how to effectively track hashtags during events, and methods you can use to build a wide-reaching campaign. I will focus on two things: The important metrics you should be prepared to measure when you run a hashtag campaignSimple tricks you can use…
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How Do Companies Benefit From Internal Social Platforms?
There’s a growing movement to bring the advantages of social networks to corporations. I recently researched this topic during a social networking session with the IABC, and the findings are worth exploring further. Business Cases for Internal Social Platforms Monitor and Drive Corporate Strategies: Internal social networks help ensure that employees, teams, and projects align with the corporate vision. Flatten…
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Syncari: Unify and Manage Cross-Functional Data, Automate Workflows And Distribute Trusted Insights Everywhere.
Companies are drowning in data that accumulates in their CRM, marketing automation, ERP, and other cloud data sources. When crucial operating teams cannot agree on which data represents the truth, performance is stifled and revenue goals are harder to attain. Syncari wants to make life easier for people who work in marketing ops, sales ops, and revenue ops who continually…
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Three Ways to Ensure Your Small Screen Engagement is Having a Big Impact
No doubt the pandemic altered consumer purchase behaviors and expectations leading retailers to find new and better ways to engage online. On top of increased online spend in 2020 — up 44% from 2019 to more than $861 billion in the US — there has been a big increase in online fulfillment options, with 80% of shoppers expecting to increase their usage of…
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Building True Communities: Why Brands Get It Wrong
The idea of community has become a buzzword among marketers and businesses. Brands, eager to harness the power of collective engagement, often rush to create communities around their products. However, many make a critical mistake: they attempt to center their communities around the brand itself rather than the shared problems, beliefs, hobbies, or skills that genuinely bring people together. This…
