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Content Marketing
GoDaddy: Leaving the Boobs Behind and Kicking Ass
I hated GoDaddy. I truly did. I couldn’t believe a brand could spend millions of dollars flashing cleavage and continue to build so much business. It was a slap in the face to marketers who worked hard to keep their brands relevant, transparent, professional and helpful to their audiences. It was the easy way out… and it seemed to work.…
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Content Marketing
Why Digital Asset Management is a Critical Component in the Marketing Technology Ecosystem
As marketers, we deal with a variety of tools and applications on a daily basis. From marketing automation to sales tracking to email marketing, we need these tools to do our jobs effectively and manage/track all of the different campaigns we’ve deployed. However, one piece of the marketing technology ecosystem that is sometimes overlooked is the way we manage our…
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Content Marketing
We’ve Moved Hosts… You May Want To As Well
I’ll be honest that I’m incredibly disappointed right now. When managed WordPress hosting hit the market and some friends of mine launched their company, I couldn’t have been happier. As an agency, I was tired of running into issue after issue with web hosts who would pass off any problem with WordPress on to us. With Managed WordPress hosting, our…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Freshcaller: Virtual Phone System for Remote Sales Teams
While remote sales teams have grown in popularity with companies, the pandemic and lockdowns shifted the modern sales team to work from home. While the end of lockdowns may shift some to teams to move back to the office, I’m not sure the majority of companies will require that move. The unnecessary expense of a downtown sales office simply won’t…
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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…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Sprout Social: Increase Engagement In Social Media With This AI-Driven Publishing, Listening, and Advocacy Platform
Have you ever followed a major corporation online only to be disappointed by the quality of content they’re sharing or their lack of engagement with their audience? For example, it’s a telltale sign to see a company with tens of thousands of employees and just a few shares or likes on its content. It’s evidence that they’re simply not listening…
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E-commerce and Retail
The Challenges of E-commerce Replatforming — No Pain, No Gain?
Rolling out new eCommerce infrastructure isn’t easy, particularly when it comes to deciding exactly what you need to implement and defining a system architecture that is fit for the long term. Replatforming isn’t just a significant investment of money and resources, it is also the crucial backbone that supports a healthy chunk of revenue for the future. Selecting the eCommerce…
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Advertising Technology
AdPushup: Boost Your Publication’s Ad Revenue With Smarter Monetization
For most content publishers, monetizing web traffic is a constant balancing act between user experience and revenue optimization. With the ever-shifting programmatic landscape, rising use of ad blockers, and increased competition for audience attention, relying on default ad layouts or basic monetization strategies often leads to underwhelming returns. If you’re a publisher who suspects your site could—and should—be earning more,…
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Analytics & Testing
Sailthru: Optimize, Automate and Deliver
We’re entering an interesting age when it comes to big data and personalization. Platforms like Sailthru can personalize the frequency and topic of the messaging you’re sending via mobile or email – and then personalize the content of the site that the user is landing on. I have been writing for a long time that the limitation of modern analytics…
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Content Marketing
Anchor: Free, Easy, Mobile-Friendly Podcasting
With Anchor, you can fully launch, edit, and manage your podcast right from your phone or desktop. Anchor is completely free to use with no storage limits. Users can capture all their audio with the Anchor mobile app or upload it from your dashboard online. Combine as many segments as you want into an episode (e.g., your theme song, an…
