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Content Marketing
TubeMogul: Digital Video Ad Planning and Buying Across Channels
eMarketer predicted the average advertising spending budget breakdown is 88% TV, 7% digital video and 5% for mobile video. With second screen and mobile video viewing rising so rapidly, TubeMogul has found that enabling a cross-channel strategy can increase awareness and reduce overall advertising costs per viewer. In fact, in a Hotels.com Case Study, TubeMogul found that message recall was…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Heartbeat of Community Building: Why Passion, Not Brand, Creates Movements
Community is more than a buzzword—it’s a battleground for relevance, loyalty, and long-term brand health. Yet, many corporations still misread the core ingredient that fuels thriving communities: passion. It’s a critical yet often misunderstood distinction. Passion does not originate in a brand. It’s not baked into a logo or conjured through a clever slogan. Passion lives in people and is…
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Content Marketing
The Content Marketing Conundrum
Whether you’re across the pond or here in the Americas, I don’t believe the challenges with content marketing are indifferent… developing a measured strategy that develops compelling content relevant to your audiences across mediums and levels of intent is tough. There’s no secret, it’s simply hard work. As many of us would have expected their findings revealed that content budgets…
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Content Marketing
The Psychology Behind Irresistible Content: Harness These Two Triggers for Maximum Impact
Did you notice what just happened? You’re here because the title of this piece was crafted in a specific way. This isn’t just about blog posts or articles; it’s a key strategy employed across various content types, from social media posts to video titles, podcast episodes, and even email subject lines. Popular platforms like Upworthy and Buzzfeed have attracted millions…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Talk to Me with TokBox
I am a marketing geek, so I get excited when a new technology comes along which can help my clients. I spend hours registering for, and testing new services . I think TokBox may be my new favorite tool. I was introduced to the service by my attorney. ( Yes I have an attorney, and better yet, he is a…
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Do You Encourage or Discourage Your Readers?
Tonight I received an email from Borders. There’s a contest on Gather to write about how a teacher changed your life. A recent blog posting from Brian Clark of CopyBlogger was my inspiration, 5 Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb. Brian wrote the post over 2 weeks ago, but it’s been nagging at me ever since. I consistently struggle…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
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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Artificial Intelligence
From Surge to Satisfaction: AI Chatbots Tackle Peak CX Challenges This BFCM Season
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) quickly approach, retailers face soaring consumer expectations during two of the year’s busiest shopping days. With this year’s forecast, there’s an ever-growing need for real-time, personalized customer support. A record $240.8 billion in U.S. online holiday sales is forecasted this year with mobile expected to account for over half of online shopping. Adobe…
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Artificial Intelligence
From Fractured to Functional: How Identity Resolution Powers Smarter AI
As the race to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, enterprise brands face a critical roadblock: messy, fragmented customer data. AI promises breakthrough personalization and insights—but only if it has one essential input: accurate, connected customer profiles. Unfortunately, most brands aren’t there yet. 78% of global organizations do not feel “very ready” to implement natural language tools like large language models…
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Content Marketing
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…
