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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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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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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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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…
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E-commerce and Retail
Social Gifting and Wish Lists
One trend in e-commerce that’s arriving is the ability to collaboratively purchase gifts. While we do it with charity raises, now you can get together with friends and raise money to purchase a more expensive gift for a friend. It’s a great idea and one that will drive larger purchases online. Countmein is such an application: A whopping $244 bucks,…
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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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Analytics & Testing
You’re Not the Only One Struggling with Analytics
We’ve provided the definition of analytics as well as listed out all of the online marketing analytics you can find to assist you with measuring the impact of your marketing strategies. As you can see by some of the statistics below, though, marketers continue to struggle with their analytics options and results. I believe the core of this is that…
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Content Marketing
How Should Content Marketing Impact Your Selling?
When I first wrote the title for this post, I wrote How Does but I honestly don’t believe too many companies understand how each impacts the other so I changed it to How Should. We often see beautiful whitepapers and case studies produced by marketing departments that are branded flawlessly, worded perfectly, and positioned well. But then we get 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…
