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Public Relations
Public Relations Disasters That Should Have Been Avoided: Lessons from Recent High-Profile Failures
Public relations (PR) failures often stem from missteps by PR professionals or firms, such as poor planning, cultural insensitivity, inadequate crisis management, or tone-deaf communication. These errors can exacerbate public reactions, damage reputations, and result in financial or legal consequences. Table of ContentsCommon Types of PR FailuresPublic Relations Failure ExamplesNike’s Marathon Campaign Backlash (2025)Ulta Beauty’s Insensitive Email Newsletter (2022)Fearey Agency’s…
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E-commerce and Retail
What do Consumers Think About the New Media Landscape?
There’s an interesting quandry when asking for feedback via a survey versus collecting actual behavior. If you ask any consumer if they like advertising, a select few may jump up and down about how they can’t wait for the next ad to popup on Facebook or the next commercial during their favorite television show. I’ve never actually met that person……
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Content Marketing
The Top Content Marketing Tips for Driving More Traffic and Engagement
This week I’m back in the office from speaking in Sioux Falls at the Concept ONE Expo. I did a keynote presentation on how companies could relaunch their digital marketing program to save time, save resources, improve the omni-channel digital experience, and – ultimately – drive more business results. Some of the advice was counter-intuitive to industry standards and best…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Revive Social: Automatically Share WordPress Content Across Social Media Platforms
If you’ve got a WordPress publication like mine with thousands of articles, you know you’ve got amazing content that’s dying simply because you’re not promoting it. Social media is a fantastic place to drive relevant visitors to your publication. Still, the arduous task of queueing and scheduling old content is too much for most companies. Managing social media can be…
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E-commerce and Retail
TaxJar: Conquer Sales Tax Compliance with AI-Powered Automation
Navigating the labyrinth of sales tax regulations can be daunting for any business owner. The ever-changing landscape of rules, rates, and exemptions across different jurisdictions can quickly turn into a compliance nightmare. Managing sales tax calculations, filings, and remittances can consume valuable time and resources that could be better spent on growing your business. What if there was a way…
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Event Marketing
Kaon AR: A B2B Augmented Reality Platform
Kaon Interactive is a provider of 3D interactive sales and marketing engagement applications. Available on the Kaon High Velocity Marketing Platform, Kaon AR is the first B2B marketing application that enables companies to place a fully scaled 3D digital representation of their physical product in their customers actual environment. On Tango-enabled mobile devices, such as the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, users can explore…
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Martech Zone Converters
App: Convert Time (hh:mm:ss) to Seconds or Vice Versa
We recently produced a video for our investors in Q&A format. Interestingly, my video editing software provided the format in hh:mm:ss format, but when I went to build the direct YouTube URLs to advance them to the section in the video, it required the number of seconds appended to the URL. It was quite the pain to convert the format…
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E-commerce and Retail
Should Brands Take a Stance on Social Issues?
This morning, I unfollowed a brand on Facebook. Over the last year, their updates morphed into political attacks, and I no longer wished to see that negativity in my feed. For several years, I openly shared my political viewpoints. too. I watched as my following was transformed into more people that agreed with me while others who did not agree unfollowed…
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Analytics & Testing
Marcom Valuation: An Alternative to A/B Testing
So we always wanna know how marcom (marketing communications) is performing, both as a vehicle and for an individual campaign. In evaluating marcom it is common to employ simple A/B testing. This is a technique wherein random sampling populates two cells for campaign treatment. One cell gets the test and the other cell will not. Then response rate or net…
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Marketing Infographics
How Information Overload is Hurting Productivity… And How To Cope
The influx of information can be overwhelming. With the advancement of technology and the need to stay connected, employees often struggle to manage the constant data flow. The phenomenon, known as information overload, significantly impacts productivity and the quality of work. Information Overload Statistics 57% of U.S. workers agree that the amount of information they need to process has increased…
