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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Why Silence Is Sometimes the Strongest Brand Strategy in a Divisive Digital World
In a digital environment where controversy drives clicks and algorithms reward outrage, brands face increasing pressure to weigh in on every politically or culturally charged topic. Yet not every brand is equipped—or even obligated—to speak publicly in these moments. Thoughtful silence is a valid and… sometimes the strongest choice. The modern attention economy, fueled by social media platforms and search…
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Content Marketing
The Cost of Poor Web Performance
It’s always hard to listen to someone selling their products or services tell you that you have to buy their product or service in order to make more money. With the Internet, it’s simply true, though. Fast sites, good tools, great design and a little bit of consulting can truly make or break a company online. The Cost of Poor…
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Analytics & Testing
Tracking Content Marketing ROI for Dummies
The folks at Uberflip have taken a comprehensive how-to on calculating your content marketing return on investment, and put it into this uber cool infographic. The popularity of content marketing is undeniable. According to the Content Marketing Institute, over 90% of brands are already investing in eBooks, videos, social media, blogging, and other channels. However, only less than half of…
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Content Marketing
Why Responsive Web Design? Here are 8 Reasons
We released a fantastic video on what responsive web design is and how you can test your own site to see whether it’s optimized for viewing on a mobile device or tablet. It’s not too late for you to get some help on this, and our friend Kevin Kennedy at Marketpath shared the infographic below. With the staggering growth of…
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Content Marketing
8 Image Ideas to Market your Business on Instagram
Every once in a while, I come up with a good quote or succinct piece of advice that I’d like to share socially. Rather than just tweeting it out, I open up the Depositphotos mobile application and find a beautiful image. I crop it using my iPhone and then open it in the Over App. Within 10 minutes, I have…
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E-commerce and Retail
Personalizing the Customer’s Shopping Journey
Tailoring the shopping experience to individual consumers isn’t a new idea. Just think about the feeling you get when you visit a local restaurant and the waitress remembers your name and your usual. It feels good, right? Personalization is about recreating that personal touch, showing the customer that you understand and care about her. Technology may enable personalization tactics, but…
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Content Marketing
Yes, There Are Still Great Blogs Out There To Discover… Here’s How to Search for Them
Blogs? Am I really writing about blogging? Well, yes. While the official umbrella term we now apply in the industry is content marketing, blogging continues to be the most common format that companies are utilizing to reach their perspective and current clients. I never actually realized that the term blogging would grow to obselecense, but it’s used a lot less…
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Analytics & Testing
Matomo: The Privacy-First, Open Source Alternative to Google Analytics
Businesses struggle to balance powerful analytics capabilities with data privacy concerns. Many organizations find themselves caught between needing detailed visitor insights and maintaining compliance with data protection laws. Marketing teams need detailed insights into user behavior, while IT departments must ensure compliance with increasingly strict privacy regulations. Matomo Matomo is an open-source analytics platform that offers complete data ownership while…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Share your Slides with Slideshare, Facebook and LinkedIn
One of the benefits of working with a company that specializes in blogging for SEO is that it gives us some inside connections to SEO experts who have accomplished quite a bit of testing and experimentation. Today I had a discussion with someone who recommended a couple social media sites that can actually assist with your Search Engine placement. Surprisingly,…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Converge: Integrated Cloud CRM for SMB
Customer Relationship Management systems are one of those necessary evils… unless they’re developed well. If it’s a difficult system, it requires the company to inconvenience its employees, it requires too much time and energy, and doesn’t provide you with actionable advice. Newer CRM systems are now emerging that are closely tailoring them to the internal processes that sales and marketing…
