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The Myth of the “Best Medium” and the Reality of the Buyer’s Journey
Sales and marketing professionals often seek the holy grail of lead conversion—the single, infallible medium that guarantees success. However, pursuing the best medium to close leads is fundamentally flawed. Modern buying behavior is far more complex and nuanced, requiring a sophisticated, multi-faceted approach that addresses every stage of the buyer’s journey. Table of ContentsUnderstanding the Buyer’s JourneyAwareness Stage: Considering and…
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Vapi: Integrate, Scale, and Deploy Complex Voice Agents Without Complexity
Many businesses struggle to scale conversational experiences across voice channels. Whether it’s routing customer calls, automating reminders, or generating outbound engagement, building reliable and intelligent voice agents has traditionally been expensive, time-consuming, and challenging to customize. Vapi Vapi is transforming this space by providing developers with an API-first voice AI platform designed to simplify everything from call handling to conversational…
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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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Eye Have A Spelling Chequer
I just finished reading Righting the Mother Tongue: From Old English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling, by David Wolman. You may not know what orthography and etymology are, and that’s okay. I know I’m a butcher of grammar and spelling, but this book made me feel better about my skills. There are millions of words in the…
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Marketing Has Become The Lynchpin of Cross-Functional Success in Corporations
It’s difficult to pinpoint what point in my career prepared me for success. When I was in the Navy, while I was formally an Electrician, as an engineer I was also an advanced firefighter. I was also designated ESWS, an enlisted surface warfare specialist certification that provided me with an overview of virtually every job and system on my ship.…
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Balancing AI in Prospecting: Boost Efficiency Without Losing the Human Touch
Artificial intelligence (AI) has woven itself into nearly every aspect of modern business, especially sales and marketing. From analyzing vast amounts of data to generating optimized content, AI promises to revolutionize how companies approach prospecting. But as reliance on AI grows, a critical question arises: Is AI improving your outcomes — or unintentionally hindering them? Below is an exploration of…
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Add a Links Page to your WordPress Template
We were working on a client site today to add an iPad Cover Review list to the site. Rather than listing them all out in a page or a post, we decided to build a template page that pulled one link category from WordPress’ build in Links section, called “Reviews”. The WordPress API already has a built in function, called…
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Understanding WordPress Custom Post Types (CPTs): Creating a Glossary with Custom Taxonomies and Theme Templates
WordPress is more than a blogging platform—it’s a flexible content management system that can be extended far beyond posts and pages. One of the most powerful features enabling this flexibility is Custom Post Types (CPTs). These allow developers and content managers to structure content for specific use cases like portfolios, events, product directories, podcasts, or glossaries—each with their own admin…
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Top 20 Marketing Automation Solutions
Marketing automation is becoming a conversation we’re having with clients more and more each week. Today we discussed HubSpot (used by a customer), Act-On (which we implemented for two of our customers) and Optify with a client and I was just talking to the team last week about their success. It’s important to note that there’s really not one marketing…
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3 Things Run-DMC Taught Me About Social Media
Call me a product of a liberal arts education, but I firmly believe one’s worldview should be informed by as many sources and experiences as possible. Reading the latest book by an expert in your field is great. Consuming as many blog posts and news articles as you can about your industry is helpful. Attending conferences and sitting in on presentations to…
