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- Advertising Technology
Learning Pay-Per-Click Advertising: Topics, Resources, and Certifications
A friend of mine hired a pay-per-click (PPC) firm and invested quite a sum of money over several months, only to have almost no conversions and very few sign-ups on his site. As each month went by and his team pushed for answers, eventually the firm informed him that they were backing out of the engagement. The money he invested…
- Artificial Intelligence
Hour One: Streamline Your Content Production with Generative AI-Powered Avatar Videos
Businesses face numerous challenges when creating engaging and high-quality video content. From the need for professional videographers and expensive equipment to the time-consuming process of editing and localization, many organizations struggle to keep up with the growing demand for high-quality videos. GenAI video platforms are transforming the way companies approach content creation. Hour One Hour One is an all-in-one AI-powered…
- Sales and Marketing Training
CMO-on-the-Go: How Gig Workers Can Benefit Your Marketing Department
The average tenure of a CMO is just over four years—the shortest in the C-suite. Why? With the pressure to hit revenue goals, burnout is becoming next to inevitable. That’s where gig work comes in. Being a CMO-on-the-Go allows Chief Marketers to set their schedule and take on only what they know they can handle, resulting in higher quality work…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
Google’s Antitrust Suit is a Harbinger of Rough Waters for Apple’s IDFA Changes
While a long time coming, DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Google has arrived at an important time for the ad tech industry, as marketers are bracing for Apple’s crippling Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) changes. And with Apple also being accused in the recent 449-page report from the US House of Representatives of abusing its respective monopoly power, Tim Cook must be…
- Marketing Tools
ClickUp: Marketing Project Management That’s Integrated With Your Martech Stack
One of the unique things about our digital transformation firm is that we’re vendor agnostic regarding the tools and implementations we are doing for clients. One area where this comes in handy is project management. If the client utilizes a specific platform, we’ll either sign up as users or they’ll provide us access and we’ll work to ensure the project…
- Marketing Infographics
What are the Benefits and ROI on Search Engine Optimization?
As I was reviewing old articles I had written on search engine optimization; I discovered that it was now over a decade that I’ve been providing direction. Search engine optimization rose to its peak a few years ago, a multi-billion industry that skyrocketed but then fell from grace. While SEO consultants were everywhere, many were leading their clients down a…
- Email Marketing & Automation
The Ecosystem of Lifecycle Marketing: A Detailed Analysis
Lead generation and conversion have become paramount in today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive business landscape. Customer loyalties are increasingly fleeting, making it crucial for businesses to understand the intricacies of the lifecycle marketing ecosystem. This article delves into the key insights provided by the infographic to shed light on this vital aspect of sales and marketing. Lead Generation and Conversion Generating and…
- Content Marketing
Your Complete Content Marketing Checklist
Textbroker has put together this infographic on The 5 Steps to a Successful Content Strategy. The 5 areas are: Audit and Analysis Goal Definition Development and Planning Creation and Seeding Monitoring and Controlling If I were to squeeze anything in, it would be Promotion. While seeding with influencers is helpful, paid content promotion through social channels, native advertising, and pay-per-click…
- E-commerce and Retail
A Solicited or Paid Review is a Risky Review
We had a solid discussion at a regional leadership event on collecting reviews from businesses and consumers online. Much of the discussion was around paid reviews or rewarding customers for reviews. I’m not an attorney, so I’d recommend you speak to yours before listening to me. My stance on this is simple… don’t pay or reward reviews. You may disagree…
- Customer Data Platforms
Marketing Needs Quality Data to be Data-Driven – Struggles & Solutions
Marketers are under extreme pressure to be data-driven. Yet, you won’t find marketers talking about poor data quality or questioning the lack of data management and data ownership within their organizations. Instead, they strive to be data-driven with bad data. Tragic irony! For most marketers, problems like incomplete data, typos, and duplicates are not even recognized as a problem. They’d…
