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Content Marketing
14 Statistics to Justify Content Marketing
We often work with folks that have trouble understanding the benefits of content marketing. They may be advertising on traditional media or be driving sales with a fantastic outbound team. While we’re not in any way against that, the investment is quite different. With advertising, the audience is owned by someone else and you’re paying a premium to access that…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Automate Testing and Optimization of Your Mobile App with Applause
Test Automation from Applause is a full service offering that ensures your mobile and web apps are behaving consistently from one build to the next. I often tell people that if you design or develop anything and ask for feedback, you’re really going to get unnecessary feedback that’s not qualitative nor quantitative. Asking someone for feedback is a lot like…
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Email Marketing & Automation
We All Hate Spam and Cold-Calling… Until We Don’t
On May 15th, I received an unsolicited email (aka SPAM) from an agency in Atlanta telling me what an explainer video was. I knew what it was, we’ve written about explainer videos extensively and published quite a few of our own. I didn’t respond to the email. A week later, I get another email with a similar note. A week…
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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…
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E-commerce and Retail
Spocket: Launch and Seamlessly Integrate A Dropshipping Business With Your E-commerce Platform
As a content publisher, diversifying your revenue streams is incredibly important. Where we had a few major media outlets a couple decades ago and advertising was lucrative, today we have thousands of media outlets and content producers everywhere. No doubt that you’ve seen advertising-based publishers have to cut staff over the years… and those that are surviving are looking to…
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Artificial Intelligence
Two Critical Marketing Reasons Why AI Writers Like ChatGPT Still Need Humans
With the rise of ChatGPT and other AI writing tools, we won’t need writers or marketers. That’s what some people are saying, and they’re dead wrong. AI writing has made waves in the content marketing world. It holds a lot of promise for streamlining various SEO writing tasks. On the extreme end, some believe that it can replace writers and…
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E-commerce and Retail
LangShop: Unlock New Markets With AI-Driven Translation Of Your Shopify Store
In today’s globalized world, the internet bridges gaps and transcends borders, making it easier than ever for businesses to reach potential customers all around the globe. As a result, e-commerce stores aren’t just serving local customers anymore; they’re catering to a worldwide audience. But to truly connect with this diverse demographic, businesses need to communicate effectively in the language their…
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Content Marketing
Jetpack: Limit WordPress Related Posts To A Specific Date Range
Related posts are an essential feature for websites, especially those with significant content such as blogs and news portals. They contribute to various aspects of user experience and website performance. Here are the key reasons why related posts are important: Improving User Engagement: Increased engagement by encouraging users to spend more time on your site and reducing the bounce rate.…
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Marketing Books
The Black Swan and Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
A few weeks ago I used a service to do an analysis of my blog to see what reading level it was written at. I was a bit taken aback that the site is at a Junior High School level. As an avid reader and blogger, I should be doing better than Junior High School, shouldn’t I? Giving it some…
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Content Marketing
Expectations on Your Marketing Investment
We had two fantastic meetings yesterday, one with a client and one with prospects. Both conversations were around expectations on the return on marketing investment (ROI). The first company was largely an outbound sales organization and the second was a large organization largely dependent upon database marketing and direct mail response. Both organizations understood, down to the dollar, how their…
