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Analytics & Testing
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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Content Marketing
Blog Tag: 5 Secrets about Me
Shel Israel has blog-tagged me. The game is to tell five secrets about yourself and then link to five other people you know and then they have to tell five things you probably don’t know about them. Ophidiophobia: That’s me. Can’t stand them! I joked that if I ran into a snake, I’d throw my kids at it and run…
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Set Expectations with an Acceptance Agreement
As a marketer, you’re probably relying on a lot of third party applications and resources to bring your campaigns to life. I’ve written before about how setting expectations with your customers drives customer satisfaction… there’s also a way that you can help drive your own satisfaction – build an acceptance agreement to set the tone with your third party relationships.…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Business Impact of Early Adoption and Change
I’m reading Kevin Eikenberry’s book, Remarkable Leadership, and I will have coffee with Kevin tomorrow. It’s a fantastic book – and one chapter hit home with me on championing change. Kevin discusses change in great detail. One of Kevin’s references is the 1962 book by Everett Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations. It’s a theory that has stood the test of time……
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Content Marketing
Brands and Content Marketing: Beware the Hype
Michael Brito, the talented Senior Vice President of Social Business Planning at Edelman Digital (and all around good egg), recently wrote about two brands that are aggressively shifting much of their marketing focus into media centers. I find it encouraging that early corporate adopters are evolving their content marketing strategies into a much more holistic, participatory platform. Concurrent with this…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
WordPress: A Shortcode to Add a Share on X Link With Your Content in WordPress
Capturing and directing relevant traffic to your website is more crucial than ever. Social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) have evolved from simple microblogging tools to dynamic hubs for real-time conversations, breaking news, and vibrant community engagement. With over 450 million monthly active users, X represents a goldmine of potential traffic for your brand. Leveraging this platform effectively can…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Increase Your Email Productivity With Offline Mode
Most people who know me are aware of my love affair with Inbox Zero. First made popular by Merlin Mann, Inbox Zero is a method of managing your email and keeping your inbox empty. It’s a great email productivity system. I’ve taken the concepts, distilled them a bit further, and added a few new twists. I also teach educational sessions…
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Content Marketing
Who Is Your B2B Buyer?
We see our clients struggle often with the tone of their content… they’re concerned that their content is too sophisticated or not sophisticated enough for their audience. We believe that a range of sophistication is most effective. Readers looking for high-authority content skim past the content that’s not of interest. They don’t judge the company nor the publication, they simply…
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E-commerce and Retail
Sellfy: Build Your E-commerce Business Selling Products or Subscriptions In Minutes
Sellfy is an easy-to-use eCommerce solution for creators looking to sell digital and physical products as well as subscriptions and print-on-demand – all from one storefront. Whether it’s eBooks, music, videos, courses, merchandise, home decor, graphics, or any other type of business. Start easily – Create a store in a couple of clicks. Sign up, add your products, customize your store and…
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Content Marketing
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?…
