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- E-commerce and Retail
Searchspring: Personalize Your Shopper’s Buying Experience with AI
Retailers face numerous challenges. From improving product discovery to increasing conversions and delivering personalized experiences, the pressure to meet and exceed shopper expectations is constant. As consumer behaviors evolve and technology advances, staying ahead of the curve has become more crucial than ever for online businesses. Searchspring Searchspring is an all-in-one conversion platform designed specifically for e-commerce. Combining AI-driven technology…
- Customer Data Platforms
Tresorit: Securely Collaborate with Partners Worldwide with Encrypted Data Rooms
Data rooms have become essential for secure document exchange and collaboration, especially when sensitive information like PII is involved. Their popularity is fueled by the need for companies to protect confidential data during transactions, fundraising, audits, and research projects. Data rooms are essential for securely managing and sharing sensitive information in a variety of scenarios: Agency Collaboration: Agencies can securely…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Maker’s Mark Has Social Under A Barrel – More Branch Water, Please!
I recently read the post by Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell (two of the smartest folks in this business), regarding the hoopla over at Maker’s Mark. Maker’s Mark is one brand under the umbrella of the Beam family of products. Even our friend over, Dodge Lile, chimed in with some astute observations. It seems that Maker’s Mark had decided to dilute…
You Don’t Know what Marketing is
Have you given much thought to the word Marketing? As with many words, the definition has been distorted and redefined over time. Wikipedia provides the following definition: Marketing is an ongoing process of planning and executing the marketing mix (Product, Price, Place, Promotion often referred to as the 4 Ps) for products, services or ideas to create exchange between individuals…
- Marketing Infographics
Is Social Impacting Search Rank?
This is another one of those great arguments of causation versus correlation. Does getting social mentions directly impact your search engine ranking? Or is social a great barometer of activity on the web that generates other factors that influence ranking. Google and Facebook aren’t really friends at this point – with Microsoft having access to Facebook activity, it’s doubtful that…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Slick Kick: A Global Multi Channel Marketing Platform
While their site announces their platform as a Marketing Automation system, I’m not sure I’d agree given a review of Slick Kick’s features. Marketing automation typically includes campaign flows and lead scoring to assist with an inbound marketing program… which Slick Kick doesn’t appear to support. But I will attest to their multi-channel marketing capabilities as you’ll see from the…
- Content Marketing
What’s the Perception of Your Value?
Sometimes I think I’m nuts starting my own business 2 years ago (but I wouldn’t have it any other way). Shortly after starting the business I knew I was in trouble because I had a great product but didn’t have a clue how to sell it. I’d set up a quote by estimating how much time it would take me…
- Content Marketing
PIPA/SOPA: How Free Content Might Kill Us
Many companies are blacking out their sites in an effort to fight the Protect IP (PIPA)/SOPA Act that’s under review here in the United States. Rather than climbing onboard the wagon and shutting down my site, I thought it would be more constructive to share my reaction with you. We have over 2,500 blog posts that promote technology that assists…
- E-commerce and Retail
ReferralCandy: A Complete E-commerce Referral Platform You Can Launch In Minutes
For the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing our successful launch of our client’s site where you can buy dresses online. One strategy we wanted to deploy was building out a referral program for customers, affiliate marketers, and influencers. Some of our needs: We wanted to have it work with Shopify so that we could include a discount for the…
- Advertising Technology
Maximizing Marketing Efficiency: Why CPL is Challenging CPM for B2B Success
As B2B marketers head into the new year, the pressure to achieve more with fewer resources intensifies. Marketers are scrutinizing their strategies to ensure optimal returns on their investments, and two fundamental investment approaches— Brand-Building, activated typically by CPM executions (Cost-per-Thousand Impressions), and Demand Creation (activated by performance-based media which includes CPL executions (Cost-per-Lead)—are the two primary marketing strategies often…
