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What’s the Best Time to Send Your Emails? Including Industry!
Email send times can significantly impact the open and click-through rates of the batch email campaigns your business is sending to subscribers. If you’re sending out millions of emails, send time optimization can increase engagement by a couple of percent, which can easily translate to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Email service provider (ESP) platforms are becoming increasingly sophisticated in…
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Social Commerce in 2024: From Digital Promotion to a Unified Social Experience
Social commerce has transformed from a marketing buzzword into a powerful retail channel, fundamentally changing how people discover and purchase products online. As we look at the landscape in 2024, we see a maturing ecosystem that’s increasingly central to modern retail strategy. Understanding Social Commerce Social commerce represents more than selling on social media—it’s the complete integration of shopping experiences…
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The Evolution and Future of Fintech Marketing
Financial technology (fintech) represents a revolutionary shift in how financial services are delivered and marketed to consumers. Unlike traditional industries where social sharing drives adoption, financial services must navigate unique challenges around privacy, security, and deep personal money concerns. Table of ContentsFintech HistoryElectronic Banking Era (Pre-2000):Digital Transformation (2000s):Modern Era (2010s-Present):Current Trends and Future DirectionsThe Evolution of Fintech Marketing Infographic This…
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How To Optimize Your Blog Platform and Posts For Search Engines
Having a well-optimized blog is essential for gaining visibility and attracting a steady stream of organic traffic. Search engine optimization (SEO) plays a crucial role in driving your blog’s success by ensuring that it ranks higher in search engine results pages. Much has changed since I wrote Corporate Blogging for Dummies over a decade ago… and I still want to…
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How to Use Text Messaging to Win Love, Leads, And Revenue
Text messaging (SMS) has been a foundation of our success with our real estate marketing platform. When a property gets a visitor, they request information via text from a sign we post on their lawn. When the response is provided with a mobile tour and realtor information, the realtor is immediately notified and can call the visitor to see if…
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URL Shorteners: How They Work And Why Marketers Should Use Them
URL shorteners are web services that transform long Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) into shorter, more manageable versions. They generate a unique, shortened URL that redirects the user to the original, longer URL when clicked or entered into a web browser. If you wish to do a great job with attribution and better understand your marketing efforts, utilizing campaign query strings…
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The Features Every Content Management System (CMS) Or E-commerce Platform Must Have For Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
I met with a client who has been struggling with their search engine rankings. As I reviewed their Content Management System (CMS), I looked for some basic best practices that I could not find. Before I provide a checklist to verify with your CMS provider, I should first state that there is absolutely NO reason for a company NOT to…
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UPS API Endpoints and Sample PHP Test Code
We’re working with a WooCommerce client right now whose UPS shipping address validation and shipping cost calculations stopped working. The first issue we identified was the UPS shipping plugin they had was outdated and the core domain for the company that developed it had malware… that’s never a good sign. So, we purchased the WooCommerce UPS plugin since it’s well-supported…
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App: How To Accurately Calculate Your Marketing Campaign Return on Investment (ROI)
Campaign ROI Calculator Campaign Results Direct Campaign Expenses * $ Expenses specifically for campaign. Direct Campaign Revenue * $ Attributable revenue generated by campaign. Indirect Campaign Revenue * $ Additional annual revenue, if any. Platform Expenses Annual Platform Expenses * $ Annual platform licensing and support. Annual Campaigns Sent * Campaigns sent on platform annually. Salary Expenses Annual Salaries *…
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How Much Content is Produced Online in 60 Seconds?
The internet has become an integral part of our daily lives in our increasingly connected world. But have you ever wondered how much activity occurs online in a single minute? The sheer volume of digital interactions happening every second is staggering, painting a vivid picture of our hyper-connected society. Table of ContentsSocial Media: A Hive of ActivityFacebookInstagramLinkedInPinterestTikTokX (formerly Twitter)Streaming and…
