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Content Marketing
Termly: Easily Manage Compliance For Your Sites and Apps
With state-level data privacy and compliance arising with the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), the future of intrastate and international compliance is becoming a labyrinth of red tape. I’m not opposed to regulation when corporations continue to skirt and abuse consumer data, but it makes it more difficult for responsible brands to ensure compliance. Expecting a small, global business to…
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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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Marketing Infographics
How to Make Marketing Automation Work for You
There’s a lot of confusion in the online front today on what exactly marketing automation is. It seems that any company who figures out how to send an email based on a triggered event calls themselves marketing automation. We’ve learned from our marketing automation sponsor, Right On Interactive, that there are very distinct characteristics of a marketing automation system that…
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Sales and Marketing Training
How to Estimate Your Next Web or Development Project
When is it going to be done? This question looms over every project, often posing one of the most challenging aspects of quoting timelines. While experience should theoretically make estimation more predictable, each new project is unique, carrying its unseen obstacles. Projects can be delayed by factors entirely out of your control, from minor API changes to unforeseen client delays.…
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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 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…
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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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Customer Data Platforms
Cheetah Digital: How to Engage Customers In The Trust Economy
Consumers have built up a wall to protect themselves against bad actors, and have raised their standards for the brands they spend their money with. Consumers want to purchase from brands who not only demonstrate social responsibility, but who also listen, request consent, and take their privacy seriously. This is what’s called the trust economy, and it’s something all brands should…
