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WordPress Please Filter Incoming Links
The other day I commented on Robert Scoble’s post, The anti-community list. It was a great post on methodologies that tools like Friendfeed use to try to promote following between members. Outside of lists that match your current relationships (e.g. your email contacts), I think these tools blur the incredible power of social networking. Enough of that, though. Yesterday I…
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Content Marketing
Rant: The Online Piracy Market
The music industry and piracy, the movie industry and torrents, newspapers and online news. What do all these have in common? Supply, demand and a shifting market. I’m a big fan of capitalism and lean quite a bit to the libertarian side of the political spectrum. I believe that free markets almost always find the right direction to move to.…
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Content Marketing
#Atomicchat: User-Generated Content
If you follow me on Twitter, we had a fantastic chat session with the folks at Atomic Reach speaking about User Generated Content (UGC). Here are the highlights and key takeaways from #AtomicChat Twitter chat, hosted every Monday night at 9pm EST/ 8pm CST/ 6pm PST. Follow @Atomic_Reach for all your content marketing updates! Short for user-generated content, UGC is…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Graava: An Intelligent Video Camera that Automatically Edits
In 2012 Bruno Gregory was hit by a car while riding his bike. The driver left the seen but Bruno was able to identify and get the driver convicted because he had a camera that recorded the event. The next year, he came up with the idea of utilizing sensors and machine learning to develop a camera that automatically only…
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Marketing Tools
How to Migrate from Intercom to Zendesk: A Step-by-Step Guide
Migrating your help desk platform from Intercom to Zendesk can seem daunting, but with proper planning and execution, it can be a smooth transition. Zendesk offers robust features that enhance customer service management, and moving to this platform can improve your team’s productivity and response times. This guide outlines a step-by-step approach to help you move from Intercom to Zendesk,…
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Customer Data Platforms
Why Data Protection Is a Critical Component of Every Modern Martech Stack
As marketing tech gets more powerful, so too do the dilemmas that go with it. Marketers have at their fingertips today incredibly useful tools with which they can capture, analyze, and act upon more consumer information than ever. From CRMs and automation software to AI-fueled personalization engines and advanced analytics platforms, the modern martech stack is a marvel of ingenuity.…
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Content Marketing
Why the Movie Industry is Failing
Me and my kids went and saw King Kong yesterday. The special effects and computer-generated graphics were fantastic. I think the true test of a movie (that depends on special effects) is whether you find yourself empathizing with the computer-generated character. Kong, indeed, had his own character. I thought the end was a little hokey and didn’t match the sadness…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
How did I get interested in Social Media?
When Shel asked for folks who might be interested in providing some response with an SAP Survey on Social Media, I jumped at the opportunity and immediately wrote him. With Shel’s permission, he’s allowed me to post my responses on my blog. This is Part I! Tell me when and how you first got interested in social media. Why? Working…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Video: How to Publish Your Blog on Twitter
I completed this video last night to provide our clients with instruction on how to publish their blog on Twitter via Twitterfeed and an RSS feed. It’s applicable to any application with an RSS feed, so thought I’d share it here as well!
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E-commerce and Retail
Costs of Website Testing
Monetate has put out an informative infographic on what to think about and how to justify the expense of a website testing tool. It’s a comprehensive look at the challenges, costs, impact, direct costs, indirect costs and opportunities that website testing can provide. The near century-old financial estimate known as Total Cost of Ownership (TC)) can help determine direct and…
