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Why Brands Buy PPC on Third-Party Sites to Amplify Trust and Momentum
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has become one of the most competitive arenas in marketing. Every brand in a category is bidding on the exact intent-driven keywords, driving up costs and forcing companies into expensive, zero-sum battles for attention. Even when you win that click, the challenge isn’t over. Directing a prospect to your own website means they immediately know they are…
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Bing It On!
Microsoft is taking Google head on with a word that’s been synonymous with search and Google = relevance. Here’s the first commercial that Microsoft is running. I truly hope that Microsoft can aggressively challenge Google with Bing. For the last few days, I’ve used it as my default search engine, and I’m getting relevant results – that’s the name of…
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Re: Trust
It happened again. While I was reviewing the (unstoppable) list of emails that were hitting my inbox, I noticed the reply email. The subject line, of course, started with RE: so it caught my eye and I immediately opened it. But it wasn’t a reply. It was a marketer who thought they’d increase their open rate by lying to all…
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Building Smarter Data Tracking Reports: The Path from Spreadsheets to Scale
Every growing company begins with manual notes, whiteboard sketches, or spreadsheets. While these tools are flexible, they become fragile as teams scale. Bottlenecks and hand-offs appear: mis-typed entries, version confusion, lost context, and delayed insights. As data volumes grow, these become critical points where the ball gets dropped. Thirty-two percent of companies experienced less human error after adopting workflow automation,…
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Social Commerce Breakdown
I’m not sure why there are naysayers on social commerce… I believe folks (B2B or B2C) will make a purchase anywhere online. As long as the person wants or needs the product – and they trust the vendor – they’ll click the purchase button. I even used to say that folks didn’t go into Facebook wanting to make a purchase,…
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Anatomy of Going Viral
Having seen ten times as many viral strategies die than survive, I’m not sure I’m a huge believer that there’s some sort of viral winning algorithm. True that some agencies are much better than others… but I don’t believe that anyone can promise a viral strategy… unless they put up some BIG money and prizes to support it. That said,…
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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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Newspapers Continue to Needlessly Kill Themselves
Through Ruth’s blog, I just got done reading a New York Times piece on the Tribune planning to cut 500 pages from 12 of their largest newspapers each week. 1.webp” alt=”” title=”Pulling Hair Out” width=”130″ height=”105″ class=”alignright size-full tie-image2308″ /> Newspapers = Toilet Paper I can’t even tell you how insanely upset this makes me… and, as consumers, you should…
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Delivra: Elevate Your Email & SMS Marketing with Powerful Automation
Marketing teams today face overwhelming data, yet harnessing it effectively remains a challenge. Personalizing campaigns, optimizing timing, and delivering targeted messages at scale often require complex solutions that small teams struggle to implement. But what if marketing automation could be simple, seamless, and incredibly effective? That’s where Delivra comes in. Delivra Delivra is a robust email and SMS marketing automation…
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You.com’s Web Search API: Real-Time Intelligence To Integrate and Drive Business Results
Modern business moves at the speed of information. Whether you’re building campaigns, researching prospects, or publishing content, the value of your efforts depends on the speed, accuracy, and freshness of the insights you’re working with. Static data and traditional search fall short because they’re not designed for the immediacy and context-driven needs of today’s professionals. You.com’s Web Search API was…
