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Content Marketing
Direct Mail that Works!
I’ve been meaning to write about this since before the New Year but I had to get the ‘ol scanner out to pull together these images of some direct mail I’ve received recently. The bottom line is that some direct mail still works. Here are 3 examples: Jack Hayhow sent me his book, The Wisdom of the Flying Pig. I…
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Content Marketing
Managing Your Application Programming Interface
It’s 2:30AM here in Paris, France… and I can’t sleep so what better to do than to write a blog post! DK New Media has worked recently with two companies recently who have implemented technology to manage their application programming interface (API). APIs have become a powerful and necessary feature to any platform so that marketers can integration and automate…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Your Email Marketing Efforts Don’t Matter if You’re Not Mobile Optimized
As we were looking to improve our engagement, the very first thing we did was implement responsive email templates using our platform, CircuPress, to distribute the content (Subscribe daily or weekly). The change in statistics were nothing short of stunning. We send our weekly email out to over 70,000 subscribers on Monday and our analytics shows us that that’s the…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
I’m getting tired of FPAM
If you’re on Facebook, you’re getting FPAM’d, aren’t you? It sounds pretty funny, but it’s not. I think that’s what I’m going to start calling it… FPAM = Facebook Spam. My email inbox is full of friend invites, real event invitations, virtual friend invitations, my friends have questions to ask me, I should install this Facebook application, I should be…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Putting a Value on Social Media with Tourism
Pat Coyle and I met with the great team at the Indiana Office of Tourism today. The team has been recognized as the top tourism office in the country for adopting social media strategies – and it’s working. Pat and I will be speaking in September to over 55 visitor bureaus from all over the state and met with the…
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E-commerce and Retail
Pre-Purchase Habits of Shoppers
The other night I had my shopping cart full on Apple.com with a brand new MacBook Pro with retina display. My finger literally hovered over the purchase button. My current MacBook Pro is still a great machine but it’s really starting to feel slow compared to all the new Macs coming out. At the time, I was watching a television…
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Content Marketing
What is the Best IT Environment for My Business?
One of the most important aspects of protecting our business in the digital age is having an established, managed IT solution in place. But, what’s the best option for your business? Honestly, it depends on the size of your business, if you want to hire an internal IT team, and how much control you want over your data. For a…
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E-commerce and Retail
YayCommerce: Transform Your WooCommerce Store with These Essential Plugins
Optimizing your Woocommerce store isn’t optional; it’s a necessity. Whether personalizing the customer experience, ensuring reliable email communication, or creating a dynamic pricing strategy, WooCommerce users face the challenge of finding tools that meet their unique needs. The right plugins can simplify this process, saving time and boosting conversions. YayCommerce YayCommerce offers a suite of premium WooCommerce plugins designed to…
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Artificial Intelligence
Why Brands Must Build Influence Early in The AI Era
AI search has changed the way consumers move through the digital space, especially in the early stages of the customer journey. Where users once engaged with the traditional ten blue links on Google Search, they are now relying more and more on generative platforms like Google’s AI Overviews (AIO), ChatGPT, and Perplexity to perform research. Often, they don’t even click…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The Environmental Impact of SPAM
The folks at WebpageFX Weekly have put together quite the infographic explaining the environmental cost of SPAM. I’ve written before about SPAM and the email industry… and am still surprised that no one has made any advancements in combatting SPAM. If ISPs like Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft truly wanted to rid theirselves of SPAM, they would offer protected email addresses…
