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- Sales and Marketing Training
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…
- Email Marketing & Automation
How To Use High-Resolution Images for Retina Displays In Your HTML Email
Retina display is a marketing term used by Apple to describe a high-resolution display that has a pixel density high enough that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels at a typical viewing distance. A retina display typically has a pixel density of 300 pixels per inch (ppi) or higher, which is significantly higher than a standard display…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Xant: Revolutionizing Sales Productivity with AI-Powered Playbooks
Organizations face numerous challenges when it comes to optimizing their sales processes, engaging prospects effectively, and ultimately driving revenue growth. Sales teams often struggle with managing lead follow-up, prioritizing activities, and ensuring consistent performance across the board. However, there is a solution that can help overcome these obstacles and propel sales teams to new heights of success. Xant (formerly InsideSales)…
- Content Marketing
The High Cost of Web Design Failures is Too Common
When you read these two statistics, you’re going to be shocked. More than 45% of all businesses don’t have a website. And of the DIY’s (Do-It-Yourselfers) that embark on building a site, 98% of them fail in publishing one at all. This doesn’t even count the number of businesses that have a website that simply isn’t driving leads… which I…
- Sales and Marketing Training
How to Protect Your Business from the Growing Threat of Invoice Fraud in the Martech Era
The average enterprise uses well over 100 tools across its stack—each one potentially requiring a license, subscription, or recurring service contract. Combine this sprawling martech ecosystem with decentralized teams, automated accounting systems, and often fragmented procurement workflows, and you have the perfect breeding ground for a growing threat: fraudulent invoicing scams. These scams are no longer limited to crude phishing…
- Analytics & Testing
Affinity: Leverage Your Network To Close More Deals With This Relationship Intelligence Platform and Analytics
The average customer relationship management (CRM) solution is a pretty static platform… a database of connections, their activities, and; perhaps, some integrations with other systems that provide additional insight or marketing opportunities. Simultaneously, every connection in your database has strong, influential connections to other consumers and business decision-makers. This extension of your network is untapped, though. What is Relationship Intelligence?…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Gravity SMTP: Ensure Reliable Email Delivery of Form Leads Using Gravity SMTP
A colleague of mine requested my assistance after he migrated a client’s WordPress site to a new host, and the email notifications from their Gravity Forms weren’t making it to the client’s inbox. Response times are critical to closing business nowadays, and if you don’t respond quickly, a competitor that does will likely get your business. A quick look and…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
WordPress Plugin: How to Add a Lightweight, Custom Pinterest Pinit Button on Image Hover
If you run a WordPress site and want to make your content more shareable on Pinterest, one of the simplest yet most effective enhancements is adding a Pin It button that appears when users hover over images. While Pinterest offers an official widget script to handle this functionality, many site owners prefer a lighter, more controlled approach that doesn’t rely…
- Advertising Technology
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…
- Event Marketing
Livestorm: Drive Leads and Boost Engagement With Your Virtual Events
If there’s one industry that’s exploded in growth due to travel restrictions and lockdowns, it’s the online events industry. Whether it’s an online conference, a sales demonstration, a webinar, customer training, an online course, or even internal meetings… most companies have had to invest heavily in video conferencing solutions. Inbound strategies are being driven by webinars nowadays… but it’s not…
