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Saving a Dime to Spend a Dollar
Last night I watched the beginning (but missed the rest) of Oprah’s Big Give show. I loved the premise – provide someone with $2,500 and the person who does the best job at raising the most money wins. At the heart of the show was that you had to go and meet the person or people you were helping. As…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Why I don’t like Facebook
Those of you who have seen me speak have often heard me speak out against Facebook. I’m on Facebook, I participate on Facebook… but I don’t like it. There are quite a few things I don’t enjoy on Facebook: The navigation makes no sense to me. There are menus, side menus, navigation that appears… I get lost and don’t believe…
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Advertising Technology
PPC + Organic = More Clicks
Even though it’s a self-serving piece, Google Research has developed this infographic to provide evidence of how click-through rates change when an organic search result is accompanied by a paid search advertisement. Pairing up the two can help your marketing from two different angles… providing a little more real estate to click on on the search engine results page. The…
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E-commerce and Retail
FlockTag: Universal Loyalty System and Intelligent Deals
This afternoon I went for a visit down to my favorite coffee shop, the Circle City Coffee Shop, and FlockTag had setup shop there! What impressed me was the ease of use for the both the customer and the business owner. To register the loyalty card, FlockTag setup a secondary, mounted tablet. The customer taps their card on the reader…
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Content Marketing
Here’s Why People Hate Your Content
The web is undeniably a key resource of information for all audiences and it’s important to ensure it’s both effective and impactful in order for people and businesses to strive. The digital revolution is demanding. Websites need to be unique, relevant and fresh and content immediately needs to engage the reader. Content needs to be sharp, it needs to be…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
SE Ranking: The SEO Management Platform for Agencies and Consultants
The digital marketing landscape for SEO consultants and agencies is more competitive than ever. Managing multiple clients, delivering results, and staying ahead of algorithm changes require advanced tools and reliable data. Balancing these demands while ensuring profitability can feel overwhelming—unless you have the right platform. SE Ranking SE Ranking is a powerful, agency-tailored SEO platform designed to streamline workflows and supercharge results.…
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Artificial Intelligence
The Missing Ingredient in AI Success: Human Readiness
In the rush to deploy the latest AI algorithms and machine learning models, organizations often focus on technical prowess and infrastructure. They invest in fancy data centers, cutting-edge hardware, and intensive technical training. But here’s a shocker: all that fancy tech is nothing if your people aren’t prepared for the emotional and cognitive leap that AI demands. Technical skills are…
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Content Marketing
Developing a Persona is Sculpture, not Casting
Companies and individuals are often overzealous in the protection of their brand or persona online. The old school of marketing taught us that everything about our brand had to speak to perfection… and that perfection was what sold. We had perfect logos, perfect packaging and perfect slogans to go with them. The old school of marketing often disappointed, too, though.…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Upper Class of Social Media is Failing Us
In my daughter’s high school they had an area that was sacred to seniors called the “senior rug”. The “senior rug” was a comfortable section built into an area in the main halls of her high school where the upper class could hang out. No freshmen or junior class were allowed on the senior rug. Sounds mean, doesn’t it? In…
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Marketing Infographics
Curated Social Media Wisdom from Top Enterprise Experts
What do Big Company Social Media Professionals know that the rest of us might not be so clear about? ReferralCandy dug into data from Jay Baer’s latest ebook, Social Pros All-Stars: Career Paths & Tips from 27 Big Company Social Media Professionals to see if we could find any meaningful patterns. The information includes tips on establishing your social media…
