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Public Relations
How NOT to Pitch to an Influencer, Blogger, or Journalist
I recently received this email from a public relations (PR) professional asking if I’d cover their client’s latest acquisition on Martech Zone. The entire body of the email (minus the contact signature) read as follows: [Client Name] is expanding its international business and services by acquiring a UK-based multimedia service provider next week, further strengthening its global footprint and reaching…
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Email Marketing & Automation
How to Implement Email Accessibility For Assistive Technologies
There’s a constant pressure for marketers to deploy and optimize the latest technologies and many struggle to keep up. The message I hear over and over again from every company that I consult with is that they’re behind. I assure them that, while they may be, so is everyone else. Technology is advancing at a relentless pace that’s almost impossible…
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Content Marketing
5 Tips to Maximize the Impact of Your Global Content Strategy
82% of marketers are actively investing in content as part of their marketing strategies. Hubspot At the same time, research has shown that translating branded content into local languages improves customer experiences and leads to a greater likelihood of purchase. This makes high-quality translations crucial for achieving your marketing KPIs (such as increasing brand awareness, building customer relationships, and driving…
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Marketing Books
It’s Not Their Fault. It’s Yours
I am again in the middle of a book binge, with four on my plate right now. I picked up Small is the New Big, by Seth Godin this weekend. I’m already enjoying it, although Mr. Godin took me by surprise. Had I read more about the book, I would have noticed that the material is a compilation of his…
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Content Marketing
DivvyHQ: High Volume Content Planning and Workflow
If you’re working at an enterprise company, content planning and execution is central to your overall marketing strategy. The challenge is managing ideas, resources, assignments, and reviewing overall production status. DivvyHQ‘s platform provides all the tools necessary from ideation to execution. The platform was designed for both content and social media publishing. DivvyHQ is a cloud-based, content planning and production…
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E-commerce and Retail
Integrate Shopify Seamlessly With Your WordPress Site
We’ve been setting up quite a few WooCommerce sites for clients… and it hasn’t been easy. The WooCommerce interface is a bit clunky and additional features are mostly available through a plethora of plugins that require paid subscriptions… and more configuring. Lots and lots of configuring. If you’ve never seen Shopify, we shared a video that shows you how to…
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Content Marketing
The Public Relations Lesson We Learned When Pitching Our Story
Years ago I wrote a post on the mechanics of how to write a pitch from my perspective as a publication. One of the last things I mention in the article is that it has to be relevant to our audience. I’m going to go a step further and say, with all the noise and crap pitches out there, that…
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Artificial Intelligence
3 Keys To Building a Successful Chat Marketing Program
AI chatbots can open the door to better digital experiences and increased customer conversions. But they can also tank your customer experience. Here’s how to get it right. Today’s consumers expect businesses to deliver a personal and on-demand experience 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year. Companies in every industry need to expand their…
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Randomize Your WordPress Headlines Easily
I was looking for a plugin or some code to shuffle headlines on our home page at DK New Media to have some fun and dress up the home page a bit. The problem was that I have a theme applied that has specific fields for the tag line and description of the site, and I didn’t feel like tearing…
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Advertising Technology
Hey Twitter, I Tried Ads and Here’s What Happened
I’ve read mixed reviews on Twitter Advertising. Not having used it myself, I thought it might be worth giving a shot. I’d like to attract some more folks to the Marketing Technology Twitter account and I wanted to see whether some ads would help. I guess I don’t get to find out. Hey @TwitterAds, I tried to spend money with…
