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The Super Powers of Lead Scoring
We’ve had this infographic in the works for a while, and we’re really excited about the illustration and the content. Thanks to the collaboration with our team at DK New Media, our marketing automation software sponsors at Right On Interactive (ROI), and the amazing talent of Ryan Howe at Henchmen Comic, we are happy to reveal The Super Powers of…
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B2B Profiling and Prospecting with Mintigo
After leaving the newspaper industry, one of my first jobs was developing prospect databases for B2B vendors. Using some third party tools, we developed a means to develop a custom index on firmographic traits on your client base. In other words, we would identify your ideal clients by revenue, number of employees, industry codes, years in service, location and any…
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The ABCs of an Online Presence in 2024
Many years ago, I went through a creative exercise where I took each letter of the alphabet and applied a term to it that helped marketers evaluate the balance of their online presence. That presentation was quite outdated, so I thought it was a good time to publish a new list with updated strategies. Having a well-rounded and effective online…
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The Engagement Illusion: Why Comments Don’t (And May Never) Equal Conversions
I did some analysis of my blog this weekend to look for a correlation between my search engine results, my most popular blog posts, the posts with the most comments, and the posts that actually resulted in revenue due to consulting or speaking engagements. There was no correlation. Reviewing my most popular posts, you’ll find a popular plugin, a couple…
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10 Things Your Agency Missed That Continue to Hurt Your Business
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a workshop with the regional National Speakers Association, led by Karl Ahlrichs. For public speakers, it’s critical to have an excellent web presence, and most attendees were surprised to find huge gaps in their strategy. Most of this is because the industry has changed considerably… and most agencies haven’t kept up. If you…
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Google Launches Google Tag Manager
If you’ve ever worked on a client site and had to add conversion code from Adwords into a template but only when that template was displayed with certain criteria, you know the headaches of tagging pages! Tags are tiny bits of website code that can help provide useful insights, but they can also cause challenges. Too many tags can make…
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Sys-Con: The Most Annoying Web Site, Ever?
A few minutes ago, I received a Google Alert on an article about why Ajax had overtaken Java. Sounds like a great article, doesn’t it? I couldn’t tell you because I never read it. This is what I was met with when I got there: What’s your most annoying web site? Please… keep it to Marketing and/or technology sites.
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Is Paid Search Overtaking Organic Search?
Econsultancy recently did an article on how paid search results are dominating some search engine results pages. While this increases the overall value and revenue associated with the search engine results page, I’m not that optimistic that it increases the value for the search user. Here’s a screenshot of the “credit cards” search engine results page: Here’s a great infographic…
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NiceJob: Collect Reviews and Referrals From Customers to Grow Your Business With Social Proof
Building trust and establishing a strong reputation among potential customers is a challenge faced by many businesses. Without a substantial number of reviews and recommendations, businesses may struggle to gain credibility and attract new customers. In today’s digital age, online reviews and word-of-mouth referrals play a critical role in shaping consumer purchasing decisions, making it vital for businesses to proactively…
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Evidence Points to a Correlation Between SERP Ranking and Web Host
In late August, Matt Cutts explained that Google looks at site speed as a factor in where a website shows up on the search results page. In his Webmaster Help video, he stated: “If your site is really, really slow, we’ve said that we do use page speed in our rankings. And so all of the things being equal, yes,…
