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Email Marketing & Automation
When will CAN-SPAM evolve past email?
The FTC has shut down quite a few spammers lately. Spam is still a huge issue, I get hundreds of messages a day. I could filter the emails (I used to use MailWasher) but gave up. There are other alternatives – using a SPAM service that requires each person get authorized to email me, but I like being accessible. Now…
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Even the Big Boys forget Usability!
I wanted to write a short note on some frustrating usability issues I’ve noticed with a couple of applications. According to Wikipedia, in human-computer interaction and computer science, usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site is designed. The first one that I’ll provide is actually a Usability…
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Content Marketing
A Video on Design versus Usability
Jon Arnold does an amazing job explaining what his firm does, Tuitive = Usability. There are some incredible applications out there that never see the light of day. The application may solve some very difficult issues, but if no one can actually figure out how to use it, abandonment will be high and sales will be difficult. Branding managers, product…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
The Power of the Twenty Eleven WordPress Theme
Over the weekend, I switched my WordPress theme back to Twenty Eleven. I can honestly say that I’m happy with the design now. I’ve tailored it to my liking and I didn’t even have to touch the code. Now don’t get me wrong, there are times when I love diving right into a theme and hacking the crap out of…
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Marketing Infographics
The Top 11 Features of Windows 8
While my home and office are totally equipped with Macs, I can’t say that I’m unimpressed with Windows 8. I know that sales have been soft, but I believe it was a courageous evolution in the Windows history, an advancement in usability, and a beautiful operating system. Microsoft is a worthy adversary… they still own the business OS market, they…
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Marketing Infographics
Elements of a Perfect Facebook Contest App
The first thing most business owners do when they want to increase engagement and Likes on their Facebook Pages is create a contest app. Yet so many people are confused not only by Facebook’s complicated rules, but by how to create an app that actually does what they hope it will. Creating the perfect app is both an art and…
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Content Marketing
Martech Zone: Welcome To My New Martech Publication!
It’s only been a year since I last reskinned our WordPress site. While I liked the layout, I had a ton of plugins and customizations to make it function the way I wanted it, too. With WordPress, that can begin to spell disaster from a performance standpoint and I was seeing the cracks in the foundation. So, I went on…
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Marketing Events
Adobe Summit: Join Me At The Digital Experience Conference In Las Vegas (March 17-20, 2025)
Adobe Summit 2025 is set to be one of the most influential digital experience conferences of the year, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and digital marketers to explore the latest advancements in customer experience, artificial intelligence, and personalization at scale. Taking place from March 17–20 in Las Vegas, with online sessions available for those who cannot attend in person, the…
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Artificial Intelligence
How Is AI Redefining Content in the Attention Economy?
While writing this article, I did my best to really concentrate my effort to make it as sharp and as impactful as I could. But I kept getting distracted — checking work messengers and swiping away endless push notifications. These days, it is nearly impossible to focus one’s mind on any activity without getting bombarded by countless notifications every minute.…
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Analytics & Testing
The Page View will not Die
I respect Steve Rubel, but I’m not in agreement with his current post stating the imminent demise of the page view by 2010. Steven states: These sites will be built with Ajax, Flash and other interactive technologies that allow the user to conduct affairs all within a single web page – like Gmail or the Google Reader. This eliminates the…
