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Content Marketing
Protecting Your Good Name: What to Do When Your Email or Website Is Flagged as “Dangerous”
Was your website flagged for malware? As a social media marketer, you know the importance of your company’s reputation. You spend a lot of time working to build up and maintain a good name through Twitter, Facebook, and possibly your blog and website. You know that in the age of social media, direct engagement is key to building customer trust…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Social Media Demographics by Platform (US in 2024)
Businesses often invest significant resources into social media marketing, hoping to reach the right audiences and improve sales outcomes. One of the key considerations is demographics: who’s using which platforms, at what frequency, and for what purpose. Understanding social media demographics can shape content creation, platform selection, advertising strategies, and ultimately your ability to drive conversions and achieve a positive…
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Analytics & Testing
CX vs. UX: Understanding the Difference That Drives Your Digital Growth
Customer Experience (CX) and User Experience (UX) often appear intertwined because both focus on understanding and optimizing how people interact with products, services, and brands. From a sales and marketing perspective, enhancing both CX and UX builds trust and can significantly impact conversion rates, brand loyalty, and long-term profitability. Yet, essential distinctions shape how a business should improve its digital…
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Martech Zone Apps
App: Conversion Rate Calculator (With Optimization Slider)
The term Conversion Rate (CR) is pivotal for any digital marketer. It represents the percentage of visitors to a page who complete a desired action. This action could be anything from making a purchase, signing up for a newsletter, or downloading a guide. Conversion Rate Calculator I’ve designed an interactive and intuitive Conversion Rate Calculator that empowers you to see…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
X: List of Keyboard Shortcuts and Mobile App Gestures
When I first began programming about twenty years ago, I had a colleague who was an advanced architect and genius developer. Each time I reached over with my right hand, he would mumble something about being mouse disabled. His version wasn’t as politically correct and was often wrapped with some obscene words that aren’t safe for work… but I digress.…
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Content Marketing
What is DNS Prefetch? DNS Preconnect? How To Remove Resources In WordPress You’re Not Using
If you’ve been a consistent visitor to Martech Zone, you’ve likely seen a remarkable difference in WordPress‘ performance over the last year. I’ve been speeding up WordPress to improve my user experience (UX), and it’s also a critical ranking factor in organic search (SEO) – which dominates my overall traffic to the site. Simultaneously, I’ve been utilizing Ezoic to increase…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
What is a Robots.txt File? Everything You Need To Write, Submit, and Recrawl a Robots File for SEO
We’ve written a comprehensive article on how search engines find, crawl, and index your websites. A foundational step in that process is the robots.txt file, the gateway for a search engine to crawl your site. Understanding how to construct a robots.txt file properly is essential in search engine optimization (SEO). This simple yet powerful tool helps webmasters control how search…
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Content Marketing
Smartling: Translation Services, Collaboration, and Process Automation Software
If words drive commerce, global commerce is fueled by translation: buttons, shopping carts, and romance copy. Websites, emails, and forms must be translated into different languages for a brand to reach new audiences globally. This takes teams of people carefully managing each distribution channel for source content, and it is cost-prohibitive for teams to address each supported language. Enter Smartling, a…
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Analytics & Testing
Track Mailto Clicks As Key Events In Google Analytics 4 Events Using Google Tag Manager
As we work with clients on reporting, we must set up a Google Tag Manager account for them. Google Tag Manager isn’t just a platform to load all your website’s scripts; it’s also a robust tool to customize where and when you wish to trigger actions within your site using any scripts that you’ve included. Providing a monitored email externally…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing B2B Lead Generation and Appointment Scheduling
Generating quality leads and scheduling appointments play a pivotal role in the success of B2B organizations. Many companies outsource these tasks to third-party providers to leverage specialized expertise, save time and resources, and improve efficiency. However, like any business decision, outsourcing B2B lead generation (leadgen) and appointment scheduling has advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we will explore the reasons…
