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Content Marketing
How Effective Is Live Streaming For Your Brand?
As social media continues to explode, companies are on an evolving quest for new ways of sharing content. In the past, most businesses stuck to blogging on their website, which made sense: It’s historically been the cheapest, easiest, and most time-efficient means of generating brand awareness. And while mastering the written word remains essential, studies are indicating that the production…
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Analytics & Testing
An Introductory Guide to Pinterest Metrics
Pinterest is a unique blend of a social network and a search engine, where over 459 million monthly active users discover new ideas, products, and inspirations. This platform transcends the traditional boundaries of social media, positioning itself as a tool for visual marketers across various industries, including fashion, home decor, food, and more. By leveraging Pinterest, businesses can tap into…
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Marketing Books
Gapingvoid: The Long Tail? Or The Short Tail and the Pile of Bodies…
My friend and colleague Hugh MacLeod has emerged as a true innovator, transforming simple business cards into canvases that convey powerful business and cultural insights. His venture, gapingvoid, bridges art with corporate strategy, offering a fresh perspective on workplace motivation, leadership, and change. Hugh’s art, characterized by its humor and sharp critique of corporate life, has a unique way of…
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Email Marketing & Automation
A Day In The Life Of The Internet
2.4 billion internet users worldwide with 70% of them using the internet every day. That’s 37.3% of the world’s population… an increase of 566% since the year 2000. The number of mobile devices used to access the Internet has doubled, with 38% of media interactions every day made on smartphones. 139,000 new websites go live and 144 billion emails are…
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Content Marketing
33Across: In-View Audience Monetization with a Pre-Bid Fraud Filter
We’ve observed online publishers struggling this year. Many of increased their content output, expanded their topic coverage, purchased audience to increase their viewing statistics, and opened their sites to any or all advertising. Personally, I believe that’s a mistake. We’ve avoided buying audience, kept our topics tight, and we have turned down advertising repeatedly from off-topic advertising. Thankfully, advertising networks are…
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Artificial Intelligence
7 Ways Technology Could Destroy Your Brand
This week, I was on site doing a digital marketing workshop for a global brand. The workshop was and facilitated by me and co-developed in part with Butler University and the amazing educator that’s full-time within the organization. When we arrived at the Martech Stack section of the platform to educate employees on the technology resources within the organization, I…
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E-commerce and Retail
The 5 Top Attacks Made On E-commerce Sites
One of the more startling statistics concerning COVID-19 and the lockdowns is the dramatic increase in e-commerce activity: COVID-19 has massively accelerated the growth of e-commerce, according to an Adobe report released today. Total online spending in May hit $82.5 billion, up 77% year-over-year. John Koetsier, COVID-19 Accelerated E-Commerce Growth ‘4 To 6 Years’ There’s not an industry that hasn’t…
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Content Marketing
Facebook Small Business Survey Results
Roundpeg is focused on small business. So, while I am always intrigued with what larger companies are doing, my business depends on my understanding of what small business owners do, think, want and need. And because of that focus, we have launched a series of studies to understand how small businesses ( 1 – 25 employees) used social media. While there…
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Marketing Infographics
You Might Be Surprised Which B2B Referrals Are Closing
The sales machine at any B2B company has to be fine-tuned, well-oiled, and running full speed to truly make a difference to the bottom line. I believe that many companies suffer simply because they’re so dependent upon new business via cold calls, but their staff doesn’t have the right team in place to do the hard work to achieve success.…
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Advertising Technology
Specle: Integrated Advertising System for Digital Publishing
Niche publications still continue to drive highly targeted content to distinct groups. While pay-per-click, affiliate and banner ad systems continue to dominate the market for their simple ordering process and low cost per lead, they also typically get a low click and conversion rate. Because they’re inexpensive, they can still reap incredible rewards and have a solid return on investment…
