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Marketing & Sales Videos
Renderforest: Real-Time Video Editing and Animation Templates Online
We’re launching a new series of interviews here soon on the marketing technology blog with the assistance of Creative Zombie Studios. Our existing podcast with Edge of the Web Radio is amazing and airs regionally in Indianapolis on Saturday afternoons on Freedom 95… but sometimes we need to dig deep with the talent we wish to interview. With the background…
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Customer Data Platforms
Understanding Address Parsing, Standardization, and Delivery Verification APIs
A key offering that many of our clients appreciate is our trackable direct mail. With a dynamic QR code, we can identify every direct mail recipient that uses their smartphone to open a call-to-action… from dialing a phone number or scheduling an appointment. We can even push an event record for the specific recipient to their customer relationship management system……
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Martech Zone Apps
App: Why Do Companies Still Invest in 1-800 Numbers? What’s Your Vanity Number?
Commonly known as toll-free numbers… 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844, and 833 phone numbers are still used to a great extent here in the United States. Ironically, telephone companies no longer charge tolls for out-of-state numbers, so the toll-free moniker doesn’t fit. In 2017, with the growth of VoIP services, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the rule that…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Delicate Balance of Corporate Giving: When Charity Marketing Meets Social Impact
Businesses face increasing pressure to extend their influence beyond profit margins and into social impact. While financial success remains crucial, companies are discovering that their societal role encompasses more than quarterly earnings—it involves actively participating in community development and social causes. However, this intersection of commerce and social responsibility presents opportunities and challenges. Table of ContentsThe Evolution of Corporate Social…
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Content Marketing
Why Our Eyes Need Complementary Color Palette Schemes… And Where You Can Make Them
Did you know that there’s actually biological science behind how two or more colors complement one another? I’m not an ophthalmologist or an optometrist, but I’ll try to translate the science here for simple folks like myself. Let’s start with color in general. Colors Are Frequencies An apple is red… right? Well, not really. The frequency of how light is…
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Customer Data Platforms
How to Improve Customer Loyalty with Digital Marketing
You can’t retain what you don’t understand. When focused on constant customer acquisition, it’s easy to get carried away. Okay, so you’ve figured out an acquisition strategy and made your product/service fit into the customers’ lives. Your unique value proposition (UVP) works—it entices conversion and guides purchase decisions. Do you know what happens after? Where does the user fit after the completion…
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E-commerce and Retail
The Fastest E-Commerce Platforms in 2024: A Deep Dive into Performance
Imagine losing a potential customer because your website took just one extra second to load. This is not just a hypothetical scenario—it’s a daily reality in e-commerce, where speed can make or break your business’s success. Through multiple channels, website performance directly impacts your bottom line. Research from Google reveals that as page load time increases from 1 to 3…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
What is the Impact of Online Consumer Reviews on Your Business?
We worked closely with a company that advised businesses selling products via Amazon. By optimizing a product page and incorporating strategies to collect reviews from customers, they can increase the visibility of your products in internal product searches… ultimately increasing sales exponentially. It’s difficult work, but they’ve got the process down pat and continued to repeat it for more and more…
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Marketing Infographics
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…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
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…
