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- Event Marketing
BoomPop: A Platform for Corporate Destination Event Planning
Bringing teams together is crucial for fostering connection, alignment, and growth, but planning and executing in-person events can be daunting. Creating those special moments that facilitate meaningful connections is paramount for remote teams, valued customers, or an entire company. The logistical challenges of planning, coupled with the need to tailor experiences that genuinely resonate with team members, can detract from…
- Analytics & Testing
From Hits to Events: A Comprehensive Glossary for Mastering Google Analytics 4
From its early beginnings tracking simple hits and pageviews in Urchin and Universal Analytics, Google’s measurement platform has undergone a radical transformation. The original model—based on sessions and categories of hits like pageviews, events, and ecommerce—was built for a desktop-centric web. But today’s digital landscape spans mobile apps, cross-device behavior, privacy regulations, and increasingly complex customer journeys. Google Analytics 4…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
How Asynchronous Loading Improves Page Speed and Core Web Vitals
As marketers, we often face the challenge of building fast, responsive websites while integrating third-party elements like social sharing buttons, analytics tools, or real-time data. These tools can significantly impact performance—especially if loaded synchronously. Table of ContentsSynchronous vs. AsynchronousSynchronousAsynchronousWhy This Matters for Core Web VitalsNative async and defer AttributesWhat Happens Without Either Attribute?The async AttributeThe defer AttributeQuick ComparisonPost-Load Script Injection…
- Sales and Marketing Training
The Hidden Weaknesses in Your MarTech Stack: Identifying and Eliminating Single Points of Failure
Marketing technology (MarTech) stacks power modern customer acquisition, engagement, and retention strategies. From automation platforms and customer data systems to analytics tools and content delivery networks, these interconnected systems form the digital nervous system of most marketing organizations. But with that complexity comes fragility. A single failure—be it from a SaaS outage, data loss, or security breach—can send cascading disruptions…
- E-commerce and Retail
The Evolution of E-commerce Pricing Strategies
Pricing techniques have experienced a notable shift in the ever-changing e-commerce industry, moving from static systems to dynamic algorithms. A key component of this development has been the introduction of advanced repricing instruments, most famously the Amazon repricer, which has completely changed the way merchants operate in online marketplaces. The Emergence of Repricers At the forefront of the shift towards…
- Email Marketing & Automation
InboxAware: Email Inbox Placement, Deliverability and Reputation Monitoring
Delivering emails to the inbox is frustrating for legitimate businesses as spammers continue to abuse and damage the industry. Because sending emails is so easy and inexpensive, spammers can jump from ESP to ESP or even script their emails from server to server. Internet service providers (ISPs) have been forced to authenticate senders, build reputations on sending IP addresses and…
- Advertising Technology
Malvertising: How To Protect Your Brand’s Reputation From This Growing Reputation Threat
Digital marketing is continuously evolving, with new technologies reshaping the online landscape. In our connected world, emerging technologies like the Internet of Things (Iot) and virtual reality (VR) have opened up new advertising possibilities. However, not all of these developments are positive. Cybercriminals constantly refine their tactics, creating more sophisticated malware. Some, like ransomware, can lock down entire systems, causing…
- E-commerce and Retail
Printify: The Rise of Print-on-Demand (POD) in Merchandise, Fashion, and Accessories
The print-on-demand (POD) business model has revolutionized the print, fashion, and accessories industry. Traditionally, businesses had to manage extensive inventories, large warehouses, and significant upfront capital investments. However, this is no longer the case with the advent of POD technology. This innovative approach allows businesses and individuals to offer customized products, such as clothing and accessories, without the burden of…
- Marketing Books
Outliers: The Story of Success
As I was waiting for my flight yesterday, I remembered the two things I forgot – my sport jacket and one of the books in my to-be-read pile. Luckily, the store by my gate had a reasonable book selection, and Outliers: The Story to Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, was there. I’ve been a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell – both…
- Email Marketing & Automation
12 Factors that Impact Your International Email Strategy
We’ve assisted clients with internationalization (I18N); it’s not fun. The nuances of encoding, translation, and localization make it a complex process. If internationalization is done wrong, it can be incredibly embarrassing… not to mention ineffective. But 70% of the world’s 2.3 billion online users aren’t native English speakers. Every $1 spent on localization has been found to have an ROI…
