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5 Tips on Writing Marketing Content that Drives Business Value
Creating compelling marketing copy comes down to providing value for your fans. This doesn’t happen overnight. In fact, writing marketing content that will be meaningful and impactful for a diverse audience is a huge task. These five tips provide a strategic starting point for newbies while providing deeper wisdom for the more experienced folks. Tip #1: Start With The End…
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AtEvent Card Scanner: Automate and Enhance Lead Capture at Events
I’m heading to Chicago tomorrow to interview a ton of companies at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition. My standard process on this is to record interviews through the day, write notes, collect business cards, and then head to my hotel room when everyone else is getting together for drinks. Before I forget anything, I submit all the contacts to…
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How to Use Social Media to Help Your Business
Given the complexity of social media marketing, tools, and analysis, this may seem like an elementary post. You might be surprised that only 55% of businesses actually utilize social media for business. It’s easy to think of social media as a craze that has no value for your business. With all of the noise out there, many businesses underestimate social…
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Consumers Prefer Choice and Interactivity… even with Video
There are three basic types of sites that organizations publish for their company: Brochure – a static website that’s simply a showcase for visitors to check out. Dynamic – a consistently updated site that provides news, updates, and other media. Interactive – a site that offers the visitor to navigate and interact how they wish. Examples of interactivity that we’ve…
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Rethink Social Media’s Impact on Traffic and Commerce
We continue to educate businesses on the myth of attribution and the under-reported impact that social media has across marketing efforts. Because technology is lacking and it’s difficult to attribute sales to social media does not mean that it doesn’t happen. In fact, the statistics speak to the opposite: 71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based…
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Wipster: Video Review and Approval Platform
We’ve been working with our friends at 12 Stars Media (long-time fans and friends!) on a client’s video. It’s a sophisticated video, involving intros, outros, b-roll, customer footage, and interviews all wrapped up in just over 2 minutes. They sent over a link where we can access the video via Wipster, a video review and approval platform. It’s a very…
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App: List of Google Business Profile Categories (Searchable)
One of the most overlooked aspects of local search optimization is the category you assign to your business in Google Business Profile (GBP). While your business name, address, phone number, and hours are obvious details, your category quietly drives how and when your profile appears in Google Search and Maps. Choose wisely, and you’ll attract the right customers. Choose poorly,…
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Navigating the AI Hype: Key Trends and Strategies for Brands and Advertisers
In the fast-evolving world of commerce media, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is now more than just a trend—it’s a necessity. As AI permeates every facet of the ecommerce ecosystem and the FOMO accelerates, companies that may have just barely completed their digital transformation face the need for an AI transformation that can present as many challenges as opportunities.…
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The Surprising Words That Get Top Content Shared
Recently, I wrote about 2 key elements that article titles should incorporate if they wish to be clicked on and read. Some words don’t just impact what folks read, it can also impact what folks share! This infographic from ShortStack provides data collected from Iris Shoor, Leo Widrich and Scott Ayres. Words that get content shared Blog Posts – Surprising,…
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UsabilityHub: Give and Get Some Design or Usability Feedback
We got to attend the Go Inbound Marketing conference held regionally by Element Three. It was a fantastic event with an incredible line-up of inspiring and educational speakers. One of the speakers was Oli Gardner, a co-founder of Unbounce who packed together one heck of a presentation on the importance and impact of testing. We’ll share some of the presentation…
