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Content Marketing
Know Your Fair Use, Disclosure and IP
This morning I received a note from a company that we’ve written about. The email was quite forceful in demanding that we immediately remove any references to the trademarked company name in our post and suggested that we link to their site utilizing a phrase instead. Trademark Fair Usage I’m guessing the company may have been successful in the past…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Email Marketing Statistics
Email continues to lead the nurturing and retention strategy of virtually every business online. It’s affordable, it’s easy to implement, it’s measurable, and it’s effective. However, if organizations abuse this medium, it will have repercussions. Unsolicited spam is out of control and too many businesses continue to violate the terms of service of email providers and import lists. By doing…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
The Message Cloud Combines Contextualized Messaging to In-Store Mobile Experiences
SmartFocus announced at the Mobile World Congress today that it will be offering the world’s first virtual beacons. The virtual beacons allow for proximity-based marketing without difficult hardware integration or maintenance. Companies can trigger micro-location messaging to enable a contextual experiences using just a floor plan. SmartFocus’s Message Cloud technology gives brand marketers a holistic view of their customers, enabling…
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Content Marketing
BugHerd: Point, Click and Collaborate on the Web
Here’s a gem for you… what if you could integrate your project management system with on-screen annotations to make it easier to report issues and tackle tasks on the web? No sharing screenshots, wondering about browser versions, or trying to decipher issues described by someone not as technical you are. What if you could just pop open a browser app,…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Best Practices for B2B and B2C Email List Maintenance
Email marketing remains one of the most effective channels for B2B and B2C companies, but its success heavily depends on maintaining a clean and engaged list. Poor list hygiene can significantly lead to lower engagement rates, increased spam complaints, and higher costs—when email service providers (ESPs) charge based on contact count. Moreover, a bloated list with too many inactive or…
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Content Marketing
ActiveCampaign: Why Tagging Is Critical To Your Blog When It Comes to RSS Email Integration
One feature that I think is underutilized in the email industry is the use of RSS feeds to produce relevant content for your email campaigns. Most platforms have an RSS feature where it’s pretty simple to add a feed to your email newsletter or any other campaign you’re sending out. What you may not realize, though, is that it’s pretty…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
KrispCall: Elevate Your Sales Engagement with Advanced Telephony Capabilities Inside Your CRM
Seamless and effective communication is critical for establishing trust and fostering customer relationships. However, many companies struggle with managing multiple communication channels, maintaining detailed call logs, and staying on top of conversations across different time zones. The need for a unified and reliable telephony solution that integrates smoothly with customer relationship management (CRM) platforms is greater than ever. That’s where…
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Customer Data Platforms
Great Marketing Is About Context, Not Contacts
Pop quiz. How valuable is a customer’s contact information? Answer… it depends. Without knowing what matters to a customer, contacting them with useless information and offers is an exercise in futility. This is something that spammers never figured out. Spam is a volume play that blasts the same message to an unfathomable number of people in hopes that a tiny…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Beacons: Unite Your Social Links and Monetize Your Creator Content
The digital creator economy has evolved far beyond simple content creation. Creators are active across multiple platforms – Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and more – but most social networks only allow one link in your bio. This limitation makes it challenging to share your full body of work, connect with your audience, and monetize your content effectively. Beacons Beacons is…
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Marketing Infographics
Influencer Outreach Versus Brand Advocacy
Jay Baer is one of the leading social marketing speakers and authors that I pay attention to. He recently penned a fantastic blog post and infographic that provides a great comparison of influencers versus brand advocates. Influencer outreach is a key element of many social media and modern public relations programs. But they often prove ineffective at driving behavior beyond…
