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Email Marketing & Automation
Autotarget: A Behavioral Marketing Engine for Email
Database marketing is all about indexing behaviors, demographics and doing predictive analytics on your prospects in order to market to them more intelligently. I actually wrote a product plan a few years ago to statistically score email subscribers based on their behavior. This would allow the marketer to segment their subscriber population based on who was the most active. By…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Video: Social Media Revolution – The Parody
We’ve posted the series of social media revolution videos based off of Erik Qualman’s Socialnomics. They’re insightful and full of staggering statistics on how social media is changing the way we live, work and communicate with one another. This parody is too funny not to share, though. People say that when you touch on the truth… that’s when things get…
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Artificial Intelligence
The Revolution of AI Image Generation: Understanding the Technology Reshaping Visual Creation
The landscape of visual creation has undergone a seismic shift in recent years, as artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful new tool in the artist’s arsenal. What started as experimental research projects has blossomed into sophisticated platforms capable of generating stunning, high-quality images from simple text descriptions (GenAI). This technological revolution has democratized visual creation, allowing anyone with…
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Content Marketing
Why and How to Set Up a Gravatar Account (Even If You’re Not on WordPress)
Maintaining a consistent online presence is vital. Whether you’re providing guest posts, contributing to forums, or signing up for online communities, your profile picture says a lot about who you are. Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatar) provides a simple, efficient way to manage your profile image across multiple platforms. While natively integrated and often associated with WordPress, Gravatar is a versatile…
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Public Relations
This is not an Influencer Marketing Strategy, Stop It!
There’s so much noise on social media that it’s sometimes tough to keep up. I love the fact that I have a large following online and I try to engage and respond to everyone who makes a request. When it’s a company that I have previously communicated with, I especially make time and respond accordingly. That said, there’s a nefarious…
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Advertising Technology
The Power of Big-Ticket Events: Optimizing Ad Spend for Maximum Impact
As the Paris Olympics make history with more than $1.2 billion in ad sales and billions of viewers tuning in for the sports action, high-level competition, and cultural celebrations, marketers should be paying close attention. Big ticket events—think the World Cup, World Series, and Super Bowl-sized spectacles—provide unique, huge advertising platforms for brands to get attention and reach a massive…
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Customer Data Platforms
As the US Hispanic Population Eclipses 68 Million Mark, Dynamic Shifts in Offer Unique Marketing Opportunities for 2024
On September 19th, Claritas released our annual Hispanic Market Report, a comprehensive study of the demographics, behaviors, and preferences of the fastest-growing segment of the US population. What makes the Hispanic market uniquely complex to engage with is its linguistic dominance and cultural diversity. Immigrants from Mexico, Cuba, and many other Spanish-speaking countries and U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico are…
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Analytics & Testing
The World of Social Media Monitoring and Analytics
The first bit of data on this infographic is pretty fascinating… the growth of the analytics tool market. In my opinion, it points to a couple issues. First is that we’re all still seeking better tools to report and monitor on our marketing strategies and second is that we’re willing to apply a larger percentage of our marketing budget to…
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Sales and Marketing Training
IoT Applications: Ideas and Examples That Drive Customer Loyalty, Experience, and Build Value
The Internet of Things (IoT) rapidly transforms how businesses interact with customers and deliver value. By connecting everyday objects to the internet, companies can gather valuable data, personalize experiences, and build stronger customer relationships. With the rapid evolution of all digital technology, communications, hardware, software, and IoT mobile app development services are now becoming affordable to many businesses. Just in…
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Email Marketing & Automation
3 Strategies for Email Marketing Sequences That Increase Conversion Rates
If your inbound marketing were described as a funnel, I’d describe your email marketing as a container to capture the leads that fall through. Many people will visit your site and even engage with you, but perhaps it’s not time to actually convert. It’s only anecdotal, but I’ll describe my own patterns when researching a platform or shopping online: Pre-purchase…
