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Analytics & Testing
Rant: The “P” Word
Great marketers enjoy talking about Return on Investment. Yesterday, I attended a meeting with a real estate company who had some challenges with their web strategy. Their brochure site wasn’t driving too many leads and they were spending quite a bit of money on a number of external programs to drive leads into their sales funnel. The problem that we…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Pitch Less. Ask More. Win More.
We’ve all heard about the elevator pitch—that concise, persuasive spiel meant to capture attention and inspire action in the short time it takes to ride a few floors. It’s a business cliché that endures. However, like many clichés, it deserves closer examination. The irony is right in the name. Think about the modern elevator experience: you step in, everyone faces…
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Artificial Intelligence
Brainiest.AI: How Marketers Can Use AI to Improve Strategy and Content Quality
AI is becoming an invaluable tool for marketers looking to streamline their strategies and enhance content quality. However, despite its potential, many marketers face challenges when integrating AI effectively into their campaigns. Table of ContentsThe Challenge: Leveraging AI Without Losing Human TouchBest Practices for Integrating AI in Your Marketing StrategyBalance Automation with Human-Led StrategyStart Simple with Repurposing ContentLean on AI…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Entre-Commuting and the Outdated Logic of the Modern Workday
Entre-commuting refers to the modern practice of using transit or nontraditional work locations—like coffee shops, trains, or even parked cars—to complete entrepreneurial or remote work tasks. This emerging work style leverages mobility, flexibility, and technology to transform formerly unproductive time into productive opportunities. It’s a subtle but powerful rebellion against the notion that work only happens when you’re physically present…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Same Email Marketing Pains…10 Years Later.
I hit the road last week to visit a Delivra client and speak at the eMarketing Association event in Providence, RI. What I learned is this… email marketers have the same problems they did 10 years ago when I started in this business. Despite the advance of technology and adoption, real-life marketers struggle every day with list building strategies, engagement,…
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Analytics & Testing
Zonka: Revolutionizing Customer Experience Management with AI-Driven Feedback and Insights
Delivering a seamless and personalized customer experience has become the cornerstone of business success in today’s competitive landscape. Whether you’re leading a global enterprise or a startup, understanding customer sentiment and acting on it effectively is vital. The challenge lies in gathering, analyzing, and acting on feedback from multiple touchpoints without overwhelming resources. Zonka Enter Zonka, an AI-powered customer experience…
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Artificial Intelligence
Hume: Ushering in the Era of Emotionally Intelligent Voice AI for Text-to-Speech
In a world saturated with synthetic voices and emotionless assistants, Hume AI stands out as a genuine leap forward. Far from being just another text-to-speech (TTS) system, their Octave platform is a new breed: the first speech-language model built on a large language model (LLM), capable of understanding not just the words we write, but the emotions and intentions behind…
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Content Marketing
The Message Produces Results
When we’re marketing, a lot of times, we think solely about the results. I want to convert this many prospects, we want people to be aware of Product X, I want this many retweets/shares, etc. Don’t get me wrong, it is definitely important to track these things in order to know if our marketing message are working. However, I have…
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Email Marketing & Automation
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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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
The Death of the Agency of Record
The landscape is morphing for agencies. In the last week, I’ve been on no less than 5 sales calls where the prospect already had a service provider, were choosing a provider, or already had an agency. We were hired by one company to increase their search engine ranking. After reviewing their site for under a minute, I let them know…
