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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
The History of Text Messaging (Updated for 2023)
In today’s world, texting is a ubiquitous form of communication, but it had humble beginnings. Let’s journey through the history of texting, highlighting the key milestones highlighted in the beautiful series of infographics below from SimpleTexting. 1992: The First Text Message On December 3, 1992, in the U.K., the first-ever text message was sent. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the message…
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Artificial Intelligence
Watermark Remover: Utilize AI to Remove Watermarks From Images
The term watermark originally hails from the traditional paper-making process, where a distinctive design was created by altering the thickness of the paper while it was still wet. These marks were visible when held up to the light, signifying authenticity and origin. This centuries-old technique has found its modern counterpart in the digital world, where a watermark is a graphic…
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E-commerce and Retail
Designing and Optimizing a High-Conversion Checkout Page
In e-commerce, expert marketers recognize that the checkout page is not merely a functional step—it is a crucial sales and marketing instrument that can solidify trust, minimize friction, and catapult conversion rates. The cart page is typically where customers review the selected products and adjust quantities or remove items before proceeding. In contrast, the checkout page is where shoppers input…
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Marketing Infographics
Modern Marketing: Eight Core Pillars
Modern marketing has transformed dramatically in recent years, shaped by technological advances and changing consumer behaviors. Here are the essential pillars that define successful marketing strategies in today’s landscape: Customer-Centric Brand Experience: Today’s marketing focuses on creating meaningful customer experiences at every touchpoint. With 80% of companies competing primarily on customer experience, successful brands understand that each interaction must be…
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Artificial Intelligence
Vecteezy Editor: A Free Online SVG Editor To Create Stunning Graphics
Adaptability and quality are critical online. Designers need graphics that maintain clarity on any screen size and load seamlessly across devices and platforms. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) meet this demand perfectly, offering dynamic resizing, lightweight code, and native support in all modern browsers. As businesses and creatives increasingly focus on responsiveness, SVGs have become the gold standard for web graphics.…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Create A Page Template That Requires A User To Be Registered and Logged In
We were finishing up implementing a custom theme on a client site, and they requested that we build some kind of interaction where some of the pages were restricted to registered subscribers. WordPress does offer Visibility options for pages, but that doesn’t accommodate this scenario. Private – Selecting visibility as private only enables administrators and editors to view the content.…
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Sales and Marketing Training
What is Authority?
In the digital landscape, authority has become a critical determinant of business success, yet it remains one of modern business’s most misunderstood and poorly measured aspects. At its core, business authority represents the degree to which a company or individual is recognized as a credible, trustworthy, and influential voice within its sphere of operation. However, true authority extends beyond mere…
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Marketing Infographics
How To Become a Social Media Marketing Specialist
I wanted to share this infographic because of its outstanding balance in presenting the skills necessary for a marketer to execute social media marketing strategies effectively. In my opinion, I wouldn’t advise any student or professional to go the route of solely becoming proficient in social media. Social media is but one channel of an overall marketing strategy. You should…
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Content Marketing
Responsive Web Design (RWD): What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Implement It
The internet has fundamentally changed the way we consume information, shop, and interact with brands. People access websites from a wide range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, televisions, and even smartwatches—devices of all shapes, sizes, and capabilities. The result? Websites today must adapt to various contexts to provide exceptional user experiences (UX). This is where Responsive Web Design…
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E-commerce and Retail
How to Analyze, Measure, Reduce, and Recover Shopping Cart Abandonment
I’m always surprised when I meet a client with an online checkout process and how few have tried to purchase from their own site! One of our new clients had a site they invested a ton of money into, and it’s five steps to get from the product page to the shopping cart. It’s a miracle that anyone is making…