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Marketing Infographics
How a Lack of Social Response is Hurting Your Business
We’ve already quantified the business impact of poor customer service with regard to social media. What about simply responding? Did you know that 7 out of 8 social messages directed at brands go unanswered within 72 hours? Compound that with the fact there’s been a 21% increase in messages to brands globally (18% in the United States) and we’ve got…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Leadership Dilemma: Cutting vs. Prolonging
A critical mistake in the past that I’ve made with my business was making difficult decisions early. One example was at a point of accelerated growth in my agency when I hired talent for a few large contracts that I acquired. Soon after, I had a few key clients announce their departure. Always the optimist (as most entrepreneurs are), I…
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Marketing Tools
.NET MAUI and Blazor Hybrid vs. Platform-Specific Frameworks in the Cross-Platform Arena
Building applications across multiple platforms can feel like stepping into the ring for a heavyweight bout. It’s time-consuming, costly, and riddled with challenges like maintaining divergent codebases or ensuring a consistent user experience. That’s why cross-platform development has become an important option for reaching broader audiences. Yet even this approach often comes with its hurdles. Enter .NET MAUI and Blazor…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Don’t Get Hacked on Twitter. Use Login Verification!
There’s nothing quite as embarrassing as having a simple password and being hacked. I’m not sure a week goes by that I don’t have someone that I know getting hacked on Twitter and sending me a suspicious link via direct message. This doesn’t have to happen. Social sites like Twitter offer another layer of security by coordinating logins with your…
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Content Marketing
Free Pinterest Marketing Guide from Brainhost
The folks from Brainhost dropped me a line promoting their new guide, How to Promote your Website with Pinterest and I think they’ve done a nice job on it! Here are 3 Excerpts from the Guide You Might Find Useful: Currently, Chobani yogurt, Dyson vacuum cleaners, Etsy.com, and even the famous Nike shoe brand have wildly popular Pinterest pages. What…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: WLWManifest Is A Legacy Feature With Security Implications. Here’s How To Disable It
In the evolving landscape of content management systems, certain features persist long after their original purpose has faded into obscurity. The Windows Live Writer Manifest (WLWManifest) in WordPress is one such artifact, representing a bygone era of desktop blogging tools while potentially introducing unnecessary security risks to modern WordPress installations. WLWManifest Origins and Purpose The WLWManifest feature was introduced to…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Delivra Launches New Website
Our email marketing sponsor, Delivra, launched a beautiful new website today, designed and developed by our other good friends, SpinWeb, on Accrisoft Freedom. Delivra has been a sponsor of the Martech Zone for 3 months, and we have loved working with this client-dedicated and knowledgeable team based out of Indianapolis. Delivra’s email marketing platform offers a variety of features that…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Search Engine Optimization Haters
I was working with a client on how to tweak their blog posts for increased search engine traffic. It’s incredible how a slight title, meta description, heading, or content adjustment can have. We selected a blog post previously written, made some minor adjustments, and will monitor the results using Semrush. Many designers and web developers discount the value of search…
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Content Marketing
Siteimprove: Optimize Content for Accessibility, Organic Search, Customer Experience and Marketing Performance
Expectations for high-quality content are at an all-time high: Research shows that 73% of consumers say one extraordinary digital experience raises their expectations of other companies to deliver a similar experience. SOTI, Annual Connected Retailer Survey For marketers today, content is much like code. Publishing poor quality, inaccessible content is like pushing out code that hasn’t been proactively debugged. That’s…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
I Have No Competition
I know that sounds arrogant. I don’t mean it that way. Whenever anyone mentioned competition at a company I worked at, I scoffed. I always have. Someone told me once that it’s impossible to look behind you and still race forward at top speed. I believe fear paralyzes companies. I believe in co-opetition. I’m not advocating ignoring your competition… every…
