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Yahoo! What the heck is a 52451930?
Today I received a beautiful email from Yahoo! requesting my feedback from a case that I recently submitted with them. I don’t remember submitting a case with them… though I have been working with the fine team at Del.icio.us recently. The email itself is designed well, as is the landing page with the survey to fill out. Here’s the problem……
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Time to Rap About Your Business (Don’t Miss Mine)
It started with a Tweet… Douglas Karr Rap Tribute https://t.co/oPodYLEZnQ @martech_zone #rappitt http://t.co/gVR64opiLM — Rapp Itt (@rappittmusic) March 10, 2015 To say I was blown away is an understatement. I couldn’t stop laughing at how well this rap was written and I was researched by someone I had never met. That someone was Dan Stokes. Dan started Rappitt.com and being…
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Here are 33 LinkedIn Tips for you to Tweet!
There aren’t too many days that I’m not reading an update from LinkedIn, connecting with someone on LinkedIn, participating in a group on LinkedIn, or promoting our content and business on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a lifeline for my business – and I’m happy with the upgrade I made to a premium account earlier this year. Here are some fantastic tips…
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Conversions, Content and Rock Operas
What does the Who’s Rock Opera Tommy have to do with website Conversion? Only everything! The legendary rock group The Who transformed Rock & Roll with their Landmark Rock Opera Tommy (1969). Want to transform your website Conversion Rates (2011)? “How do you think he does it? “I don’t know.” “What makes him so good?” What makes him so good?…
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Getting Personal in a Crowded World
In today’s competitive retail space, personalized offers differentiate brands in the fight to capture consumers’ attention. Companies across the industry are striving to deliver a memorable, personal customer experience to build loyalty and ultimately improve sales — but it’s easier said than done. Creating this kind of experience requires the tools to learn about your customers, build relationships and know…
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Moz: Create A WordPress Shortcode To Publish Your Site Authority and Metrics
When companies review sites to write articles on, they often look for sites with high domain authority, indicating solid ranking and traffic from search engines. One leader, of course, in the SEO industry is Moz. For my site, I hoped to take some of the information from Moz’s collected data and publish it on my Media Kit page. Moz has…
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Who’s Your True Audience?
As you’re writing your content or joining in conversations via social media, are you aware of who might be reading, observing and taking notice? Many of the corporate blogs and personas I see in social media are transparent, but perhaps a little too forward. It’s important to keep in mind that the primary audience isn’t your entire audience online. Your…
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Buying Behavior Has Changed, Companies Have Not
Sometimes we do things simply because that’s the way it’s been done. No one remembers why exactly, but we keep doing it… even if it hurts us. When I view the typical sales and marketing hierarchy of modern companies, the structure hasn’t changed since we had sales people pushing pavement and dialing for dollars. In many of the companies I’ve…
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Avoiding the Featuritis Trap: How to Prioritize Features and Reduce Creep for Happy Users
In their insightful blog post Features vs. Benefits from the Creating Passionate Users blog, software designer and author Kathy Sierra astutely breaks down the perils of “featuritis” – the tendency of products to accumulate more and more features to the detriment of user experience. Sierra’s post, which she graciously allowed me to draw from for this article, lays out some…
