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Sales and Marketing Training
Reframing Marketing Operations: Evolving Roles, Strategic Impact, and the Intersection with Product Management
Traditionally, marketing operations (MOps) has been a department focused on the tactical execution of efforts like campaign management, platform optimization, and lead nurturing. While these remain key parts of the role, it’s evolved beyond this and now encompasses strategic influence. In order for MOps professionals to contribute maximum value to their organizations and extend their career trajectories, they must also…
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Customer Data Platforms
Redefining Customer Experience: The Role of AI at the Frontline and the Power of CDPs
Integrating Generative AI (GenAI) into customer-facing roles is revolutionizing the landscape of customer service. From online chatbots and interactive voice response (IVR) systems to fast-food drive-thrus, Gen AI-enabled systems are enhancing how businesses interact with their customers. A notable example is Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC, partnering with NVIDIA AI to implement AI-driven…
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Martech Zone Tools
SwifDoo PDF: Unlock the Power of Smart, Simple PDF Editing and Management
Whether you’re editing a contract, translating a manual, or merging multiple documents into a single file, dealing with PDFs can often feel like a chore. Most tools are either too basic to be useful or too complex to justify the learning curve. For professionals and everyday users alike, the need for a flexible, lightweight, and intelligent PDF tool is more…
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Content Marketing
What works and what doesn’t in online advertising + key benchmarks
MarketingSherpa’s 2008 Online Advertising and Benchmark Guide + Benchmarks was born out of a belief that online adverting at present is misunderstood, and as result, underutilized. This isn’t to say that existing advertisers should simply increase spending online. Rather, we think advertisers that can find a balance between economical, efficient targeting and clutter-busting, highly engaging advertising will achieve far better…
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Content Marketing
e-Reading on the Rise
We’ve written about utilizing e-books for marketing in the past, but new statistics shed light on the continued growth of tablets and e-Reading trends. People who own e-readers are reading more than they might otherwise, as reflected in rising e-book sales. As a result, e-reader sales continue to increase. According to one study conducted in early 2012, 13% of those…
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Marketing Infographics
Video: Local Search Strategies are Key for Large Brands
A recent post we did on 6 Keyword Misconceptions spoke to the misconception that national or international businesses should avoid local search. It’s not only a misconception, it’s a huge mistake. Developing an SEO strategy that ranks you regionally can be less competitive, require less resources, and increase your overall returns. And it doesn’t discount you ranking on non-geographic keywords…
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How to Start A Successful Company
The last year I’ve been working on a business with some partners. Starting a business has been the most challenging, expensive, and time-consuming project I’ve ever taken on. I’ve had partnerships and sold products before, but I’m talking about starting a company that requires investment, employees, clients, etc. Not a hobby – a real business. Part of the last year…
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Content Marketing
Should Web 2.0 Design be Scrapped?
Elliot Jay Stocks is putting out the battle cry for designers… abandon the Web 2.0 look and fight your clients who push for it. NOTE: Be sure to visit Elliot’s site, the design is absolutely stunning. I disagree with Elliot that it should be destroyed. Working in the Marketing field, you recognize that there is a herd mentality to design.…
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Analytics & Testing
Affordable and Robust SEO Monitoring
We’ve had our eye on SERPS.com for a while now. Founder Scott Krager showed us the initial versions and we were really impressed. We’ve used our share of SEO monitoring tools before. However, SEO continues to change… and many tools just haven’t kept up. Scott’s team has embraced the change and really come up with a system that’s quite different……
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Marketing Tools
A List of MarTech Companies Shuttered, Acquired, or Rebranded (Updated 2025)
This article is a work in progress, evolving as we track the ever-changing MarTech landscape. I realize there are hundreds of shuttered platforms, so I will try to update the list every month. I think it’s important to understand what’s happened to some of the companies we’ve grown to appreciate and how they may have been shut down, absorbed into…
