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Martech Zone’s Most Popular Articles
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Hey Valley Boys, Remember ChaCha?
If you’ve been reading my blog for long, you’d know that my opinion of ChaCha has had ups and downs. ChaCha is now a client (there’s my disclosure) so I’ve been taking a deeper look… and it’s looking good. Don’t take my word for it! The entire tech community, including the insiders at TechCrunch (the guys that love to hate…
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The Power of Facebook
On the heels of publishing Why Facebook Doesn’t Cut It, we find this infographic directly from the source… The Power of Facebook! If you skip through all the fluff of the big numbers, the bottom of the infographic is the real story… are business results there? Facebook says they are. In an analysis of over 60 campaigns on Facebook, 49%…
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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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Yesterday’s CRM Can’t Win Today: How Top Teams Run Revenue
The average company is hemorrhaging over $2 trillion annually due to revenue leak. BCG The enterprise pipeline is leaking opportunities at every stage. This is primarily due to missed forecasts, poor handoffs, and stalled deals — and it’s happening in plain sight. This isn’t a people problem. It’s a system failure driven by outdated CRMs and siloed processes. Marketing, sales,…
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Amazon Versus the World!
Amazon now stands as one of the most powerful retail sources in the world. With millions of die-hard customers and fans, it has challenged not only other retailers on and offline, but entire online marketing channels. Amazon’s newest product, the Kindle Fire, took some pretty harsh criticism last week. Regardless, sales still appear to be monstrous, with more than 1…
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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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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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Canva: Affordable, Versatile, Collaborative Resume Templates and CV Builder You’ll Actually Enjoy Using
In a season of professional transition, my wife and I both found ourselves in the unenviable position of searching for new roles. While we know that most opportunities stem from word-of-mouth and solid networking, there’s always that moment when someone says, “Send me your resume (or CV)! That moment is why having a polished, professionally designed resume matters—especially when you’re…
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Here’s What We Did to Triple Organic Traffic
The last year has been one where we’ve been working tirelessly on clients… so much so that we’ve often ignored our own back yard. Martech Zone is a significant publication with a few thousand blog posts over ten years. We’ve migrated hosting, changed themes several times, modify our plugins all the time, and have had incredible ranking at times and…
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Develop Your Social Resume
In our industry, a social resume is a requirement. If you’re a candidate looking for a job in social media, you better have a great network and online presence. If you’re a candidate looking for a job in search engine optimization, I better be able to find you in search results. If you’re a candidate looking for a content marketing…
