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- Email Marketing & Automation
Optimizing Email Design to Capture the Attention of Your Reader
A few months ago at a conference, I watched a fascinating presentation on the steps that an email reader takes as they dive into their email. It’s not the route that most people believe and it works very different from a website. When you view an email, you typically view the first words of the subject line and perhaps a…
- Content Marketing
7 Surefire Tips for Courting A Guest Blog Post
Guest blogging is an intricate and delicate process that should be treated like the beginning of any relationship: seriously and with care. As a blog owner, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been emailed terribly written, spammy emails. Blogs, like relationships, take a lot of effort and a potential guest blogger shouldn’t treat it as a frivolous process.…
- Analytics & Testing
Free Ebook: Listen Up! Social Listening for Smarter Business
Do they really like you? It’s not so hard to find out these days. Social listening is arguably the most significant technology to hit marketing since social media itself. Those of us with a traditional marketing background remember the days when understanding who your customer was and what they thought of you required polls, focus groups, and/or outsourcing tedious research…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
I’m Testing Twitter’s New Amplification
Twitter is testing a beta advertising program where they amplify your tweets. It’s $99 a month and you select the geography as well as some target categories. I’m still a fan of Twitter and I’m intrigued by this offering, so when I received the email asking me to join the beta I had to say yes. I wanted to share…
- Content Marketing
What Businesses Need To Keep In Mind About (Inevitable) Technology Migration
Over the last couple of decades, I’ve had the pleasure of working on either side of the digital transformation industry. I’ve helped Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors develop, innovate and scale their platforms from young pre-revenue startups through enterprise acquisitions. I’ve also helped businesses of every size to implement technology to increase internal efficiency and external customer experience. As…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Winday: How To Utilize a Marketing Gamification Platform For Acquisition, Upsell, Retention, and Data Capture
Let’s start off with some remarkable statistics regarding the challenges of acquisition and loyalty online: 75% of customers are ready to abandon their brand for a similar one. CapitalOne 60-80% of filled carts never get to the purchase stage. Baymard Institute Only 27% of customers will return to make a purchase from your business for the second time. Shopify Meanwhile:…
- Analytics & Testing
How Call to Action (CTA) Buttons Improve Website Conversions
A call to action (CTA) prompts the user to take a specific action that leads to a conversion—a purchase, a newsletter subscription, or the completion of a contact form. The effectiveness of a CTA depends not only on the wording but also on its layout, colors, and the emotions it evokes. Why User Experience (UX) Matters for CTA Effectiveness The…
- Content Marketing
How to Create Content Ideas for a New Client
Creating content ideas for a new client is a critical process that can significantly impact the success of marketing campaigns. Here’s a structured approach to conceptualizing and strategizing content for a new client. A blank page can be an intimidating thing, especially when you are just getting started with a content project for a new client. But coming up with…
- Content Marketing
Oxygen: The WordPress Visual Builder That Designers and Developers Actually Love
If you’ve ever wrestled with bloated code, sluggish page builders, or design tools that limit your vision, you’re not alone. For too long, WordPress professionals have been forced to choose between speed and creative freedom. But that’s changing fast. A new generation of creators is demanding more—and getting it. Oxygen Meet Oxygen, the performance-obsessed visual builder that’s taking WordPress by…
- Marketing Infographics
This Single Aspect of Sales Could be Losing Your Company $4 Million Annually
We tend to talk about sales by the revenue produced, but not by the losses when it’s not going well. Sales is a blood sport at most companies and there seems to be little patience nowadays for sales professionals to ramp up, build relationships, and convert customers. The sales manager even has the unenviable position of having to motivate and…
