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- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Building Growth and Resilience: Creators Must Diversify for Sustained Success
Risk is real for creators in today’s social commerce landscape. Relying solely on one platform or income stream can result in tough challenges due to ever-changing algorithms and fluctuating market trends. As a result, diversification has become not just a strategy but a necessity for creators aiming to enhance their visibility and financial stability. This article delves into four crucial…
- Marketing Tools
Google Sheets: Collaborative Sales and Marketing Spreadsheets With Integrated Real-Time Data
We’re still using spreadsheets! This is something I often hear from companies who are embarrassed by their company’s lack of technological sophistication. If sales and marketing truly leveraged the full power of Google Sheets, though, they’d likely be quite proud of their sophistication. Google Sheets is a highly versatile tool for sales and marketing departments, offering various ways to enhance…
- Advertising Technology
Channable: Feed Your Products To Price Comparison Websites, Affiliates, Marketplaces, and Ad Networks
Reaching audiences where they are is one of the greatest opportunities of any digital marketing strategy. Whether you’re selling a product or service, publishing an article, syndicating a podcast, or sharing a video – placement of those objects where there’s an engaged, the relevant audience is critical to your business’ success. It’s why virtually every platform has both a user…
- E-commerce and Retail
The Digital Wallet and the Future of Payments
In 2011, the number of global mobile payment transactions is going to reach $241 billion but by 2015, that’s expected to exceed $1 trillion! No doubt that’s why every credit card company and online payment gateway is hard at work investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Near Field Communications technology and payment methodologies. With the proliferation of broadband networks…
- Analytics & Testing
The Myth of Attribution
One of the slides that I discuss in virtually every conversation I have with businesses is one that I call the myth of attribution. In any system of measurement, we prefer boolean and discrete rules of behavior. If this, then that. It’s a problem, though, because that’s not how purchase decisions are made. It doesn’t matter if you’re a consumer…
- Content Marketing
7 Content Marketing Strategies That Inspire Trust and Shares
Some content tends to perform better than others, winning more shares and more conversions. Some content gets visited and shared over and over, bringing more and new people to your brand. In general, these are the pieces that convince people that your brand has worthwhile things to say and messages that they would like to share. How can you cultivate an…
- Marketing Infographics
What are the Most Effective Influencer Marketing Strategies?
Brian Wallace shared the History, Evolution, and the Future of Influencer Marketing that did a fantastic job of defining the influencer and how brands were interacting with them. I’ve been very outspoken about how brands work with influencers and vice versa and I believe this infographic from MDG Advertising does an exceptional job in detailing what a successful influencer marketing…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Mastering Email Response Management: A Comprehensive Guide for ERM
Email has become an integral part of modern business communication, and managing email responses effectively can significantly impact customer satisfaction, productivity, and overall organizational efficiency. Email response management refers to handling incoming emails in a timely, consistent, and organized manner. It encompasses various aspects, including setting response time expectations, prioritizing emails, delegating tasks, and tracking and analyzing email metrics. The…
- Event Marketing
Snap, Share, Shine: Top 5 Photo Booth Apps to Elevate Your Next Event
Oh, the good old days when taking photos in a photo booth meant squeezing into a tiny box with your friends, trying to look glamorous (even though your pose is awkward), and waiting for those strip-like photos to get out of the slot… Fantastic times! But today, those times are gone in the world of AR beauty. The small booths are becoming…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Mass Marketing Versus Personalization
If you’ve been a reader of my work, you know that I’m an opponent of the versus analogy in marketing. It’s often, as in the case of personalization, not a choice of what strategy to use, but when to use each strategy. There’s some irony in the fact that this infographic is mass marketing… but pushes for improved personalization. Both…
