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Analytics & Testing
61.5% of Your Traffic is NOT Human
Last March, Incapsula published a study that showed the majority of website traffic (51%) was generated by non-human entities, 60% of which were clearly malicious. Bad news… bot traffic is up and up tremendously. In fact, up to 61.5% of the traffic you’re seeing in Google Analytics wasn’t generated by a human at all, but a bot. This was a…
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Marketing Tools
Adobe Creative Cloud: Read the Fine Print on Licenses!
When Adobe Creative Cloud launched, I signed up! No more buying expensive licenses and managing DVD keys… just download and install as needed. We have an amazing team that works on our designs, but we often just have to make a quick edit or adjustment after we get files from our designers, so I purchased a license. My business partner…
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This is Spring Break?
This week I’m on vacation. It almost makes me chuckle saying that out loud. Here’s how my vacation is going thus far: About a dozen of my sites (or my clients’ sites) are being upgraded right now. The sites are being moved to new, faster servers with the latest versions of all software. That, of course, leads to DNS issues…
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Analytics & Testing
Influence is about Conversions, Not Reach
It happened again. I was at an event where a very powerful person well-versed at developing international sporting events was speaking. He was talking about the challenge the industry was having in attracting new fans in a specific racing industry. And then he said the word… influence. Influence – the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or…
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Marketing Infographics
The Strategies that Perform Best Across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn
While the majority of marketers utilize a shotgun approach to their content production and social promotion, there are strategies that drive better results if you can apply the resources necessary to customize the experience. Pagemodo created the following infographic to serve as a social media cheat sheet with 5 Top Tips for content marketing on each of the 4 most…
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Cappuccino and the Lies of Packaging
Last week I stopped for a McSkillet burrito on the way to work. I could probably write a post just on how much I love those and Qdoba breakfast burritos, but I’ll spare you. While I was at McDonalds, my curiosity got the best of me and I ordered a McCafe Mocha rather than stopping at my favorite coffee shop.…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Bravo: Capture Video Testimonials Online
Many sites would benefit from video testimonials or putting up a page where customers could record a video message for the company. However, capturing, uploading and hosting those videos can be quite a pain. Bravo hopes to change that with their new service, allowing your customers to record via their webcam and host it on a custom landing page just…
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Content Marketing
Content Marketing is a Balance of Curation and Creation
As we review topics on Martech Zone to write about, we research their popularity as well as the content that’s already been published. If we believe we can update the topic and add additional details that are key to the topic – we typically take on the task of writing it ourselves. If we believe we can better illustrate the…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Explosion, Erosion, and Meandering of Marketing and Sales Technology
There is an undeniable synergy in how industries evolve—news, food, music, transportation, or technology. The speed of transformation has accelerated due to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and digital connectivity. What once took decades to shift now happens in a matter of years—or even months. Marketing and sales technology, fueled by AI and automation, follow the same pattern:…
