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Emailium: Email Template Inspiration
Today marks the public beta of a new tool for email marketers and creative teams, Emailium, a database of email marketing campaigns. This online application catalogs public emails, and organizes them by Industries, Companies, or user-defined tags. How might this service be of use to you? Let’s look at a few scenarios: Creative Teams – When pressed for a new…
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Content Marketing
How Better Blog Posts Make You a Better Lover
Ok, that title may be a little misleading. But it did get your attention and got you to click through to the post, didn’t it? That’s called linkbait. We didn’t come up with a hot blog post title like that without assistance… we used Portent’s Content Idea Generator. The clever folks at Portent have revealed how the idea for the…
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E-commerce and Retail
A Look at the Digital Future of Global Retail
Our friends at ExactTarget have released this infographic, A Look at The Future of Global Retail. The future of digital marketing is bright. The global retail brand’s consumer has evolved with the advent of new technology and channels, and these channels demand a new type of marketer. With more marketing metrics and tactics than ever before, modern marketers must look…
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Content Marketing
Human Progress and Dell Technology World
If you only paid attention to technology through mainstream media sources, you might think autonomous cars are killing people, robots are taking our jobs, and technology is leading us to doom. As marketers, I think it’s critical that we don’t just pay attention to the next killer app out there, we need to be observing how technology is impacting lives…
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Content Marketing
How to Write a B2B Case Study That Builds Trust and Drives Action
In B2B marketing, case studies are among the most powerful tools for building credibility, establishing expertise, and influencing buying decisions. Yet, many companies sabotage their efforts by stretching the truth, cherry-picking exceptional results, or focusing too much on themselves. The result? A piece that reads more like an infomercial than a business proof point. A great case study isn’t about…
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5 Bizarre Tips to Double Your Productivity
Dawud tagged me over at his blog. He has a great post over there on How to Stay Focused For Greater Productivity. In it, he tells how he sets apart 50 minutes daily to focus and execute. I’ve not disciplined myself to set aside a time each day like this but it’s something I’m going to try. Here’s how I…
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Content Marketing
Time to Spring Clean that Email Marketing Program
It’s that time of year again. The days are longer and the weather is nicer. People usually take advantage of spring time to be able to clean their houses from top to bottom. I know I’ve already done a deep clean of my humble abode. It’s not a bad idea to translate cleanliness to your email marketing program. Here are…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Signal: Grow with Email, Text, Social and Sweepstakes
BrightTag, a cloud-based marketing platform for Internet retailers, has purchased Signal. Signal is a centralized marketing hub for cross channel marketing via email, SMS and social media. Signal features include: Email newsletters – pre-built, mobile-optimized email templates to use or create your own. Text messaging – launch an effective program and be compliant with mobile carrier requirements. Social media publishing…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Mailchimp: All-In-One Site, E-Commerce, Marketing, Automation, And Email Marketing Platform
Today, Intuit Mailchimp is a formidable marketing platform and email service provider (ESP) that’s simply hard to beat. Years ago, I was running our newsletters off of Mailchimp but left the platform when my account was disabled for a spam complaint – with a list that was grown purely organically and used Mailchimp’s double opt-in. At the time, the platform…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Key Strategies for Email Marketing
Email marketing continues to be the surest way to reconnect, retain and attract customers. While there are challenges getting in the inbox, there are still strategies that produce results for highly productive email marketing teams. The 2014 Adestra/Econsultancy Email Marketing Industry Census surveyed over 1,100 digital marketers and figured out which attributes are critical for creating an email marketing dream…
