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Understanding Usability: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Usability is not just a design consideration; it is a critical factor in whether a digital product succeeds or fails. When people encounter friction, confusion, or frustration while using a site or app, they rarely stick around to figure it out. Instead, they abandon the experience, often for a competitor that makes things easier. The smallest barriers, from a misaligned…
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A Procrastinator’s Guide to Holiday Marketing
The holiday season is officially here, and it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest on record. With eMarketer predicting retail e-commerce spending to surpass $142 billion this season, there’s plenty of good to go around, even for smaller retailers. The trick to staying competitive is to get smart about preparation. Ideally you will have already begun this process,…
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AI Hype vs Reality: What Actually Works for Businesses in 2025
78% of global companies currently use AI. 82% of global companies are either using or exploring the use of AI in their organization Exploding Topics AI promises breakthroughs in efficiency, automation, and decision making—but for many businesses, turning that promise into measurable results remains a challenge. Leaders are bombarded with grand claims of AI transforming entire industries, yet often struggle to identify…
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Why Google Shopping Syndication and Ads Are Essential for Commerce (Products, Auto, Travel, or Retail)
80% of shoppers begin their product research on Google, making it the top gateway for e-commerce discovery. SQ Magazine Google Shopping has evolved into a central hub for e-commerce, touching virtually every product category – from everyday retail goods to big-ticket items like cars. It’s deeply integrated into every Google search result across the advertising ecosystem and multiple platforms, making…
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How AI Can Help You With Your SEO Strategy
Most marketing teams know the drill. Hours vanish into spreadsheets, competitors seem to publish the right content before you do, and the search rankings never sit still long enough to make you feel secure. SEO is meant to be the bridge between your work and your audience, but it often feels like a marathon you weren’t told you’d signed up…
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Facebook: The Largest Marketplace on Earth
I can already hear the screams from the rafters… how dare you mix up dollars and cents with a social network. Those of you who have read my blog for a while understand that I’m not a Facebook fanboy. However, I’m slowly becoming more and more influenced by the incredible stats that Facebook continues to post… and advising my clients…
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We’re Sliding Back to Eyeballs
If you belong to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube, your user interface always includes recommendations for others to connect with or follow. I find this disturbing. I’m not excusing myself on this, either. I’m always looking to grow my online following and promote it at every chance. Go to any site with a company or person seeking authority online, and…
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Content Variety and Formats Drive Results
Your audience varies. While you may appreciate a long-copy whitepaper, another prospect may simply want to review a feature list before they contact you for business. This great infographic from ContentPlus, a UK-based content marketing service, provides an overview of the variety of content offerings that exist, why they work, and some supporting data. They also have an accompanying blog…
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ConvertKit: How Creators Grow, Engage, and Monetize Their Online Audience
Building a following is virtually limitless online, but it brings many challenges. Getting someone to follow you isn’t difficult… but keeping them engaged, offering them opportunities to do business with you, and scaling your ability to monetize your strongest connections is the difficulty. If you have a thousand followers, how do you connect personally with them and capitalize on those…
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Marpipe: Arming Marketers With The Intelligence They Need To Test And Find Winning Ad Creative
For years, marketers and advertisers have depended upon audience targeting data to know where and in front of whom to run their ad creative. But the recent shift away from invasive data-mining practices — the result of new and necessary privacy regulations put in place by GDPR, CCPA, and Apple’s iOS14 — have left marketing teams scrambling. As more and…
