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Firefox winning the Browser War
Taking a look at recent market share for browsers provides some insight into who is winning and losing the wars. Firefox continues to build momentum, Safari is creeping upwards, and Internet Explorer is losing ground. I’d like to comment on the three with my ‘theories’ of what is occurring. Internet Explorer After destroying Netscape Navigator, IE really became the gold…
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Over 20% of our Home Page Clicks Come from One Feature
We signed up for Hotjar and did some heatmap testing on our home page. It’s a fairly comprehensive home page with a lot of sections, elements, and information. Our goal isn’t to confuse people – it’s to provide an organized page where visitors can find whatever they’re seeking. But they’re not finding it! How do we know? Over 20% of…
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Scraping Without Friction: Engineering a Crawler That Lasts
29.9% of all online traffic is bot traffic that’s scraping or retrieving data. Cloudflare Radar Web scraping is often portrayed as shady. In reality, it underpins many legitimate business activities. Companies scrape to migrate websites, capture competitor pricing, monitor their brand mentions, enrich data, and even re-purpose their own content across platforms. Because approximately one-third of scraping activity is malicious,…
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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…
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Social Media Use Does Not an Expert Make
Yet again today I was invited to a handful of events – in person and via webinar – to gain exposure to a social media expert and their take on social media marketing. As I review their profiles, LinkedIn profile, sites, and blogs, I find no substantial information supporting the premise that they are social media experts. Social media expert?…
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MyCurator: Content Curation for WordPress
Content curation is becoming recognized as a key tool to provide fresh content for your blog, boost traffic and engage and retain your community. By curating content, you can filter, evaluate and analyze content published out on the web and leverage it for your own audience. We curate content daily on Martech – finding you the most relevant information that…
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How to Fake the Numbers: Lessons from Twitter and Facebook
I once wrote a satirical post that 3.24% of Facebook users are dead. My point was pretty simple, Facebook continues to inflate their numbers by counting the number of total accounts rather than accounts with recent usage. On the Facebook advertising page, it states, “Reach over 350,000,000 active Facebook users.” Really? If I sign up for an ad, that ad…
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How to Migrate from Intercom to Zendesk: A Step-by-Step Guide
Migrating your help desk platform from Intercom to Zendesk can seem daunting, but with proper planning and execution, it can be a smooth transition. Zendesk offers robust features that enhance customer service management, and moving to this platform can improve your team’s productivity and response times. This guide outlines a step-by-step approach to help you move from Intercom to Zendesk,…
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Prioritizing User Privacy in Platform Development and Licensing: A Guide for Leaders in Marketing and Technology
Digital privacy concerns are at the forefront of consumers’ minds. Whether you’re a solutions provider, MarTech professional, or business… we all play a pivotal role in shaping the ethical landscape of platform development as it concerns privacy. As our industries fail to respect the rights of our users, there’s more and more pressure to legislate consumer protections with the government,…
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Using Social Media for Lead Generation
This infographic has some great stats but I don’t think it’s a deep evaluation of the total impact of social media. One example is the impact of social media on search engine results. If you have great content that’s shared a ton socially, the chances of more folks citing your content within their relevant content increases and; as a result,…
