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- Advertising Technology
Alt IDs: An Improvement or Replacement in Adtech?
The evolution of Alt IDs in adtech marks a pivotal moment in our industry’s trajectory. We’re all experiencing the realities of consumer targeting shifts as third-party cookies fade away – but so many brands, agencies, and vendor partners question their impact. It seems like there are two camps forming: people thinking Alt IDs are simply a replacement to cookies, and…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
A Writer? 7 Potent Ways to Make Your Book an International Bestseller
No doubt, if you are an aspiring writer then at some point of your career you must have asked the question, How to make my book a bestseller? to the publisher or any bestselling author. Right? Well, being a writer, if you want to sell your books to the maximum possible number of readers and get appreciated by them then…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Finally, It’s Time to Retire Your WWW
Sites like ours that have been around for a decade accumulated SEO rank on pages that have sustained incredible traffic. As with most sites, our domain was displayed and started with www. In recent years, the www has become less prominent on sites… but we kept ours because that subdomain had so much authority with search engines. Until now! Moz…
- Content Marketing
WordPress: Dynamically Include JavaScript or PHP Using the Post ID
One of the efforts that I’ve really been working on this year on Martech Zone is providing some simple web applications that are helpful to our visitors. There’s some basic development behind these that include both PHP and JavaScript (mostly jQuery). With WordPress, there’s not a really convenient way to write pages or posts with the specific code that you…
- E-commerce and Retail
How Trust and Online Purchase Behavior are Evolving
Within the last few years, online purchase behavior has changed significantly online. Having a trusted site continues to be a key issue involved in any transaction and so consumers tended to buy from only sites they could trust. That trust was indicated through third party certificates, online reviews, or even a local retail presence. As commerce continues to move online,…
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
The Future of B2B Sales: Blending Inside & Outside Teams
The COVID-19 pandemic set off rippling repercussions throughout the B2B landscape, perhaps most significantly around how transactions occur. Certainly, the impact on consumer purchasing has been immense, but what about business-to-business? According to The B2B Future Shopper Report 2020, a mere 20% of customers buy directly from sales reps, down from 56% in the year prior. Certainly, Amazon Business’s influence is…
- Analytics & Testing
Digital Transformation and the Importance of Integrating a Strategic Vision
One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 crisis for companies has been the necessary acceleration of digital transformation, experienced in 2020 by 65% of companies according to Gartner. It’s been on fast-forward since businesses across the world have pivoted their approach. As the pandemic has kept many people avoiding face-to-face interactions in stores and offices, organizations of all types have…
- E-commerce and Retail
10 Ways to Increase Conversions Using Buyer Psychology
When converting visitors into customers, many businesses optimize the technical aspects of conversion rate optimization (CRO) with their ads, landing pages, or websites. Time and resources are spent improving page load speed, mobile responsiveness, and streamlining the submission or checkout process. While these factors are undoubtedly important, the psychological side of conversion optimization is often overlooked. Understanding the underlying psychological…
- Content Marketing
Content is King… But Only One Wears the Crown
You’ve heard the saying everywhere, Content is King. I don’t believe that’s changed, nor do I believe it ever will. Whether it’s companies writing about their products and services, earned media outlets writing about them, shared media outlets sharing them, paid media outlets promoting them… it’s content that drives influence, authority, and purchase decisions. The problem comes when everyone is…
- E-commerce and Retail
Why User-Generated Content Reigns Supreme In The Age of Social Media
It’s pretty amazing to see how technology has evolved in such a short period of time. Long gone are the days of Napster, MySpace, and AOL dial-up dominating the online market. Today, social media platforms reign supreme in the digital universe. From Facebook to Instagram to Pinterest, these social mediums have become integral components of our everyday lives. Look no…
