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Content Marketing
Step-by-Step: How to Build an Online Learning Platform That Scales
Online education has rapidly evolved from a niche offering to a global imperative. Whether you’re an entrepreneur launching a course-based business, a university delivering remote education, or a company building internal training systems, the foundation of any online learning experience is a Learning Management System (LMS). However, building one that works and scales requires careful planning, intelligent architecture, and a…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Tips to Avoid Brand Resentment with your Email Strategy
We recently published an infographic on survey burnout where customers are becoming resistent to constantly getting bombarded with surveys. On the heels of this is a great analysis provided by Emailvision on how bombarding customers can actually result in brand resentment. The YouGov and Emailvision research asked consumers for their opinions on marketing correspondence, and sheds light on the missteps…
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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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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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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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Analytics & Testing
Which End of the Sales Funnel?
Marketing strategies are often designed to find more leads or upsell current customers. One of the issues we often find with clients is that they’re often working on the wrong end of the sales funnel. Many companies get less visitors a month to their website than they would like… but if they were able to convert twice as many of…
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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
Are You Getting Bad Advice From Leading Marketers?
Maybe I’ve been in the marketing game too long. It seems that the more time that I spend in this industry, the fewer people I respect or listen to. That’s not to say I don’t have those folks that I respect, it’s just that I’m becoming disillusioned with so many who hold the spotlight. Beware of false prophets, who come to…
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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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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…
