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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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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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Is Social Media Protected Under Free Speech and the Free Press?
This may be one of the most frightening events that’s threatened free speech and the free press in this country. The Senate has passed a media shield law that defined journalism and where the only protected class of journalist are those involved in legitimate news-gathering activities. From a 10,000 foot view, the bill seems like a great idea. The LA…
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Old Content, New Value: Why Updating Your Articles is a Must
Your work doesn’t end when an article is published. Maintaining a content library is just as crucial as creating new content. If a website has been around for years, chances are, older articles may contain outdated information, broken links, or references to products and services that no longer exist. Neglecting these issues can frustrate readers, erode credibility, and hurt search…
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When Psychopaths go to Work
Many of my closest friends and colleagues know that I had a very terrible experience leaving an employer of mine a while ago. Some people may wonder why folks can’t simply move on after something like that. When that employer is a very large organization it tends to repeatedly come back and remind you. Unless you actually leave the city,…
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Why Your Business Needs To Be Paying Attention To CCPA Compliance
California’s famously sunny, laid-back surfer culture belies its role in shifting national conversations on hot-button issues through the passage of landmark legislative acts. The first to pass everything from air pollution to medicinal marijuana to no-fault divorce legislation, California is leading the fight for consumer-friendly data privacy laws. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the United States’ most comprehensive…
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The MarTech Optimization Playbook for Modern CMOs
Marketing technology (MarTech) is the marketing strategy of today’s leading companies. It’s the right move. MarTech has seen a significant jump in popularity as expansive data availability, new digital tools, and advanced analytics empower businesses to optimize customer engagement and drive targeted marketing strategies. However, many companies are significantly underutilizing the MarTech stacks. Even as they invest heavily in the…
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The Effectiveness of Mobile App Push Marketing
According to Responsys’ SVP of Emerging Channels Michael Della Penna, by 2020 there will be 75 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things. This isn’t people… our homes, our automobiles, our platforms, and even our medical devices are all developing comprehensive mobile and tablet applications with push notifications. Responsys recently commissioned a mobile marketing survey of 1,200 U.S. consumers…
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How to Find New Marketing Channels
“It was a really cool place to hang out until everyone else started going there.” This is a common complaint among hipsters. Marketers share their frustration; that is, if you replace the word “cool” with the word “profitable.” A great marketing channel can lose its luster over time. New advertisers take attention away from your message. Rising costs make the…
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5 Tips for Staying Productive in a World of Continuous Interruptions
The average worker gets just 12 minutes on a task before being interrupted, and it takes an average of 25 minutes to recover that focus. UC Berkeley In marketing and sales, it seems that distraction is the default. Work doesn’t simply flow through tidy channels; it bombards us. Slack pings demand attention mid-thought, mobile alerts buzz at random intervals, and…
