This is the most popular content on Martech Zone.
Martech Zone’s Most Popular Articles
-
The Key to Understanding And Personalizing the Consumer Journey Is Context
Every marketer knows that understanding consumer needs is critical for business success. Today’s audiences are more conscious about where they shop, partly because they have so many choices available, but also because they want to feel like brands align with their personal values. More than 30% of consumers will quit doing business with a preferred brand after just one bad experience.…
-
Don’t Blame the B2B (Email) Messenger
One of our clients asked today if they should migrate to another email service provider off of the service they’re using. We asked why and they stated that they received an 11% hard bounce rate on the emails they had sent. They thought the system was broken because they hand verified that some of the email addresses that stated there…
-
The Social Marketing Potential of Snapchat
While marketing strategists have found many successful ways to promote their brands on Facebook and Instagram, there is a powerful app that often gets overlooked: Snapchat. This app has over 26 million active U.S. users with a core audience between ages 13 and 25, but the only way to interact with a user is if they add you. Clothing retailer,…
-
12 Steps to Driving Pay-Per-Click Conversions and Winning Paid Search in 2024
When people ask about paid search, I tell them I’m all in on the strategy. This wasn’t always the reality. Organic search and social media could drive far better ROI for quite some time. Over time, though, search has been far more complicated, with massive domains sucking up most of the search engine results page (SERP) and social media crippled organic…
-
The Wicked Lies that Social Media Gurus Weave
This is a rant. Lies, lies, lies. I’m so very tired of hearing all of the crap that social media ‘gurus’ tell clients. Last night I did a Twitter Explained training with Linda Fitzgerald and her group, Affiliated Women International. The group is made up of experienced, empowered business women. In their words: Our vision is to “empower women worldwide”.…
-
Why Magento Continues to Lead the E-commerce CMS Industry
Ecommerce sites used to be quite an investment and required in investment that only enterprise corporations could afford. As more and more consumers purchase online, retailers continue to see declines in store visits – so it’s become imperative that they build their e-commerce presence and try to take back market share. While there are some great platforms out there that…
-
Strikingly: Import Your LinkedIn Profile Into A Beautiful, Mobile-Optimized Resume Site
There are often times when you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars on a new site – you just need a placeholder for an event or online portfolio, a simple product page or just to display your online resume. Strikingly offers a hosted solution where you can build out 3 mobile-optimized, beautiful sites for under $100 per year. Strikingly…
-
Navigating Copyright and Ownership: The Risks and Alternatives for Brands Uploading Videos on Social Media Platforms
Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram have become essential tools for brands to reach and engage with their target audience. However, when uploading and sharing video content on these platforms, brands must be aware of the potential risks to their ownership and copyright. Risks of Uploading Videos on Social Media Platforms When brands upload their video content…
-
Lorikeet: Advancing Healthcare CX with Purpose-Built AI Agents
The industry’s turn to AI chatbots in support has resulted in many negative customer experiences (CX). Co-pilots are a band-aid, not a solution; they offer marginal gains and have significant downsides. Nowhere is this seen other than in high-stakes fields like healthcare, where patients rely on timely, accurate responses, co-pilots’ frequent errors, and limited efficiency gains, which can compromise service…
-
Tracking Multiple WordPress Authors with Google Analytics
I wrote another post on how to track multiple authors in WordPress with Google Analytics once before, but got it wrong! Outside the WordPress Loop, you’re unable to capture the author names so the code did not work. Sorry for the fail. I’ve done some additional digging and found out how to do it smarter with multiple Google Analytics profiles.…
