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Content Marketing
PHP: Using Is.gd API to Shorten URL
Just read an article on the benefits and pitfalls of shortening URLs over at SEOmoz. I utilize the Is.gd API to do this: function doCurlRequest($url, $variable, $value) { $api = $url."?".$variable."=".$value; $session = curl_init(); curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_URL, $api); curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); $data = curl_exec($session); curl_close($session); return $data; } function doShortenURL($longurl) { $url = "http://is.gd/api.php"; $variable = "longurl"; $shorturl = doCurlRequest($url, $variable,…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Add a Top Message Bar
With the new site, I’d been looking for a top bar for WordPress for quite some time. Our last theme design actually had an entire section that could be pulled down that advertised our email subscription. This increased the number of subscribers so significantly that I incorporated the subscribe field directly into the header of the theme. Now I just…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Google Authorship Was Discontinued, But rel=”author” Doesn’t Hurt
Google Authorship was a feature that allowed Google to identify the author of a piece of content and display their name and profile photo alongside the content in search engine result pages (SERPs). It also was included as a direct ranking factor for content. Authorship was designated by adding rel=”author” markup to the content, which linked it to the author’s…
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Content Marketing
The Do’s and Don’ts of Holiday Branding According to 99designs
The nights are silent, the dreidels are drying, and your customers are opening their wallets. If you can make your brand part of their holiday season in a natural and charming way, they’ll remember you well into the New Year. Here are some helpful Do’s and Don’ts to help you navigate the season. Do: maintain your authenticity If your typical…
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Marketing Infographics
SEO: 5 Trends to Optimize for Google Organic Search
A question that I’ve fielded at two events I spoke at regionally was how companies should be dividing their marketing budget for maximum impact. There’s no easy answer to this. It requires that companies fully comprehend the impact of their current marketing dollars, understanding how each channel impacts the other, and still have some funds for testing and innovation on…
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E-commerce and Retail
Where To Order Custom Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Packaging For Your E-commerce Products
Rarely does a week go by that I’m not getting some kind of delivery to my home. I have a very busy life so the convenience of getting an Amazon Key delivery of items or groceries inside my garage is too hard to pass up. That said, I am quite conscious of the fact that there’s a lot of waste…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: How To Disable The New Widgets Administration
Every once in a while there’s a new feature in WordPress that just doesn’t appear to be well thought out. I believe one of these was when WordPress decided to go full-force with its Gutenberg editor and apply it to widget administration as well. I shared this recently in an article on the challenges of using WordPress as your CMS.…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Top 3 Must-Haves for Your Digital Marketing in 2023
The beginning of a new year always prompts conversations among digital marketers about the next big trend and what trends will be left behind. The digital landscape changes all the time, not just in January, and digital marketers have to keep up. While trends come and go, there are tools every marketer can utilize to be innovative, authentic, and effective.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
ToutApp: Sales Tracking, Templates and Analytics
For the large sales organization, outbound sales representatives have the unenviable position of having to communicate with piles of leads sometimes to connect with those one or two prospects that will convert. New marketing automation systems such as our sponsor Right On Interactive manage lead scoring and nurturing communications for the masses, but the sales staff still needs to produce…
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Content Marketing
The 8 Step Approach to Successful Content Marketing
Vertical Measures has developed an 8-step approach for developing a successful content marketing project that includes strategy development, ideation, content creation, optimization, content promotion, distribution, lead nurturing and measurement. Viewing this content marketing as a cohesive strategy throughout the customer lifecycle is imperative because it aligns the content with the stage or intent that the visitor to your site and…
