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Geosocial and Location-Based User Adoption
Some pretty amazing stats on adoption of Geosocial and Location-Based Services (LBS) via mobile devices have been revealed in this inforgraphic from Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application. Over 58% of smartphone users are utilizing these services. The infographic defines each of the services as: Geosocial Networking – this type of social networking uses geographic services and capabilities, such as…
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Are You Investing in Promotional Items?
Last weekend I was invited by the team at Site Strategics to be on their Edge of the Web radio show and to speak to some New Media Communication students who came down from IU Kokomo to speak with us. It was a fantastic event and the students were enthusiastic and asked a ton of questions – not just about…
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Four Common Characteristics With Companies Who Transformed Their Digital Marketing
I recently had the pleasure to join the CRMradio podcast with Paul Peterson from Goldmine, discussing how companies, both small and large, are leveraging digital marketing. You can listen to it here: https://crmradio.podbean.com/mf/play/hebh9j/CRM-080910-Karr-REVISED.mp3 Be sure to subscribe and listen to CRM Radio, they’ve got some amazing guests and informative interviews! Paul was a great host and we walked through quite…
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7 Vital Email Marketing Tips For Engaging and Converting Millennials
With over 72.1 million millennials in the United States alone, they’re the largest living generation. And they’re willing to invest in brands that care about building lasting relationships and spend money on the brands they love. In 2020 in the United States, the spending power of millennials was sitting at approximately $2.5 trillion per annum. Who Are Millennials? Millennials are…
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What’s the ROI on Headaches?
Software companies and software as a service companies think they’re selling technology. Selling technology is easy… it has dimensions, takes up space, has definable features, limits, capabilities… and costs. The problem is that most people aren’t buying technology. 1.webp” alt=”people-technology” title=”people-technology” width=”640″ height=”215″ class=”alignnone size-full tie-image4351″ /> Give a great sales organization enough time and they can manipulate any request…
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Research: Email List Quality is Top Priority for B2B Marketers
Many B2B marketers know email marketing can be one of the most effective lead generation tools, with research from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) showing an average ROI of $38 for each $1 spent. But there is no doubt that implementing a successful email campaign can have its challenges. To better understand the challenges marketers are facing, email marketing software…
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The Role of Patents in Marketing: Protection, Perception, and Strategic Impact
Patents have long been considered essential for protecting innovation, creating market differentiation, and building a foundation for growth. For startups, they can serve as both a shield against competitors and a signal of credibility to investors and partners. However, how patents have been used in the tech industry, including controversial cases like Microsoft’s claim of 235 patent violations against Linux…
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Microsoft Research: Marketing and Sales Will Collaborate with AI, Not Compete Against It
There’s a lot of anxiety around this report across the Internet… but I’m far more optimistic having been through several disruptions in my career. I’m not trying to downplay how impactful this may be, but I want to bring some positive points to the conversation. People are using Copilot to provide services for the execution of knowledge work activities, and…
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Common Theme Development Mistakes with WordPress
The demand for WordPress development continues to grow and almost all of our clients now have either a WordPress site or an embedded WordPress blog. It’s a solid move – not loved by everyone but there are so many themes, plugins, and a vast amount of developers that it makes sense. The ability to modify your web presence without scrapping…
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Track Multiple Authors with Google Analytics
On a multiple author site, each author can post in a multitude of categories, it’s nearly impossible to identify each author’s contributions to the overall strategy of the site. I was doing some testing with this recently and identified a nice simple way of measuring traffic by each author. Google Analytics has the ability to track additional virtual pages. This…
