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Email Still Sucks… 50 Years Later
Email is one of the oldest technologies still shaping how we communicate online. Born in the early days of the internet, it has connected billions of people, transformed businesses, and sparked an entire industry of platforms, tools, and specialists dedicated to getting a message from one inbox to another. Yet, despite all of its history and the layers of innovation…
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I’m getting tired of FPAM
If you’re on Facebook, you’re getting FPAM’d, aren’t you? It sounds pretty funny, but it’s not. I think that’s what I’m going to start calling it… FPAM = Facebook Spam. My email inbox is full of friend invites, real event invitations, virtual friend invitations, my friends have questions to ask me, I should install this Facebook application, I should be…
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How Tech Affiliate Networks Power B2B MarTech Campaigns in 2025
B2B marketers are under pressure. Customer acquisition costs are rising, conversion cycles are longer, and even the best campaigns struggle to hit meaningful ROI. That’s why more SaaS and B2B tech companies are turning to performance-driven alternatives — and tech-focused networks like CIPIAI are leading the shift. These platforms offer exclusive in-house campaigns across 40+ geographic markets, including high-performing SaaS and…
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Meta May Have 1 Billion AI Users, But Trust and Brand Identity Will Win the AI Race
When Meta announced it had surpassed 1 billion users of its AI products, the scale alone felt definitive. The AI race, it seemed, had crowned a winner. But that perception misses a more complex and interesting truth. We’re still in the early innings of AI adoption, and the next phase won’t be defined by who has the most users, the…
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Restoring a Malicious WordPress Site
1.webp” alt=”” title=”malicious-site” width=”300″ height=”211″ class=”alignright size-full tie-image10844″ />A client called me this week complaining that their site was being blocked due to malicious code found on it. It was a WordPress site that was on a shared server. Rather than scour every file through every site on the server to identify the injection script, we were able to get…
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The Top 11 Features of Windows 8
While my home and office are totally equipped with Macs, I can’t say that I’m unimpressed with Windows 8. I know that sales have been soft, but I believe it was a courageous evolution in the Windows history, an advancement in usability, and a beautiful operating system. Microsoft is a worthy adversary… they still own the business OS market, they…
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Marketing Engagement: Fun with Videos
Building a platform for businesses to blog on is only a success if those customers actually leverage the platform. We know our clients would succeed in getting a return on investment if we could just get them to create and share more posts about their products and services. Platform utilization requires that the software as a service company actually have…
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Stealing the Bait from Phishers
Have you ever gone fishing where you keep dropping your line and a few minutes later your bait is gone? Eventually, you pick up your line and go elsewhere, don’t you? What if we applied this to Phishing? Perhaps every single person that receives a phishing email should actually click through on the link and enter bad information in the…
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Bing: A Growing Search Engine You Shouldn’t Overlook
Many businesses overlook optimizing for Bing, assuming that Google’s dominance renders other search engines irrelevant. However, Microsoft’s Bing serves a substantial audience and offers unique opportunities that should not be underestimated. By understanding the characteristics of Bing users, its growing market share, and its notable volume of daily active users, businesses can make strategic decisions to reach untapped audiences and…
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The Q4 Campaign Checklist Every Ecommerce Marketer Needs
Ecommerce marketers face their biggest test in Q4, when three months of revenue outweigh the other nine combined. Industry forecasts put this year’s holiday spend just shy of the trillion-dollar mark, and online’s share keeps edging higher. Email alone steers a meaningful slice of that cash, and any inbox veteran knows that send volume lifts sharply once Halloween decorations hit…
