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Marketing Blog Likes and Dislikes
1.webp” class=”alignright” align=”right”>Marketing Blogs are on my daily digest schedule. I follow marketing bloggers on Twitter and have a bazillion marketing blog feeds in my reader (which I never keep up with). I often read a blog and stop within a few days because of the content, others I’ve read for years. I don’t believe there’s any single #1 marketing…
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Dancing for Queso
Had I known that Moe’s Southwest Grill had a dance video contest for $10,000 – I may have dedicated a desktop jam video just for them! I like this campaign for a few reasons. The agency Brandmovers didn’t have to artificially create the demand… they created the strategy and the consumers did the work… the production, the distribution and the…
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The Insanity of Static Marketing in an Ever-Changing Landscape
The notion of a set it and forget it marketing strategy is impractical and can harm a brand’s success. As consumer behaviors evolve, technologies advance and new marketing channels emerge, sticking to a static strategy is akin to steering a ship without acknowledging the changing tides. This article delves into why a set-it-and-forget-it approach is unwise and highlights the importance…
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What We’ve Learned About Customer Acquisition by Swinging for the Fences
Take us out to the ballgame? Yes! 3DplusMe, a company acquired by WhiteClouds, has been a licensee of MLB for the past two years, creating interactive 3D experiences and personalized full-color 3D products for ballgame-goers. We built and provide the technology that enables MLB attendees to get drafted to their favorite team and “become” a player via our capture-to-print platform. …
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Ahrefs: Track Rankings, Analyze Competitors, and Improve SEO Performance
Marketers today are navigating a search landscape reshaped by AI overviews, real-time ranking shifts, and rising competition for every keyword. Without reliable data and tools to inform them, even the best strategies fall short. The challenge isn’t just finding information—it’s knowing what’s working for your competitors, how your content performs, and where you can gain ground. Ahrefs Ahrefs is a…
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The Flash Drive Business Card
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’m a sucker for technology… and business cards. When I meet someone and they hand me a card, I’m terribly judgmental. Yesterday, I met with Rob Bacallao from Sharp Staffing and he handed me this beauty: 1.webp” width=”640″ height=”480″ /> The Wafer flash drive business card from Flashbay is pretty cool…
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Free Shipping versus Discounting
I’m not so sure you can equate these two strategies of customer enticement. It seems to me that discounting is a great means of getting someone to your e-commerce site, but free shipping may be the way to increase conversion rates. I’m also curious how loyal bargain shoppers are. If you steeply discount, do folks some day return and purchase…
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The Missing Ingredient in AI Success: Human Readiness
In the rush to deploy the latest AI algorithms and machine learning models, organizations often focus on technical prowess and infrastructure. They invest in fancy data centers, cutting-edge hardware, and intensive technical training. But here’s a shocker: all that fancy tech is nothing if your people aren’t prepared for the emotional and cognitive leap that AI demands. Technical skills are…
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Why Your “Collaborative Culture” Is Killing Productivity — And How to Fix It
Collaboration is one of today’s most misunderstood workplace concepts. Many businesses claim to have a collaborative culture, but few create the conditions where it truly thrives. Too often, collaboration is mistaken for endless meetings, consensus-driven decisions, or simply asking for feedback. In reality, a collaborative work environment is about something deeper: a shared commitment to solving problems, improving outcomes, and…
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Semrush Adds Tool to Crawl Your Site and Find HTTPS Issues
If you’ve ever had to utilize a browser’s developer tools to try and track down a rogue image or include that’s not secure, you know how frustrating it is. Lucky for us, there’s been a fantastic update to Semrush‘s comprehensive Site Audit – the addition of an HTTPS checker. You can now perform an in-depth HTTPS check which covers 100…
