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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Advertising Technology
Do Not Track: What Marketers Need to Know
There’s already been quite a bit of news about the FTC’s request for Internet companies to enabled features that empower consumers to not be tracked. If you hadn’t read the 122-page Privacy report, you’d think the FTC was setting some kind of line in the sand on a feature they’re requesting called Do Not Track. What is Do Not Track?…
- 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…
- 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…
- Marketing Infographics
Click-to-Call Has Become Critical to Local Search Advertising Success
Click-to-call allows potential customers to phone your business in one click from search engine results. Customers still love to call businesses and click-to-call makes it easier than ever for them to do that. Global click-to-call revenue was $7.41 billion in 2016 and this is expected to rise to $13.7 billion by 2020 In fact, 61% of mobile users say click-to-call…
- E-commerce and Retail
Video: Launch Your E-commerce Store in Half an Hour
We’ve worked with the majority of e-commerce platforms – from WooCommerce for WordPress to Magento’s enterprise e-commerce platform. Every platform has it’s strengths and weaknesses, but the easiest e-commerce platform on the planet that’s sprinting ahead of its competition is Shopify. This video from Shopify walks you through setting up an E-commerce site for your business in half an hour.…
