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Sales and Marketing Training
Secure Sockets Layer: How SSL Works, Your Certificate Options, and Why Upgrading Matters
Cybersecurity is no longer just a concern for large enterprises—every website, from personal blogs to major eCommerce platforms, must prioritize security. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption is a fundamental technology that ensures data is transmitted securely between a user’s browser and a website’s server. Originally, SSL was only used by banks, payment processors, and businesses handling sensitive data. However, as…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
RocketReach: Find the Right Business Contacts, Fast—And Win More Business
Today’s go-to-market teams are inundated with tools—but still struggle with one essential task: reaching the right people at the right time. Whether you’re sourcing candidates, pitching a service, or driving B2B growth, bad contact data can cost time, money, and momentum. It’s no longer enough to guess who your buyers are—you need precision, context, and automation. That’s where RocketReach delivers.…
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The Sad Facts of Happiness
I believe that I am in charge of my own happiness. There are a number of outside influences (money, work, family, God, etc.) but in the end, it’s me that decides whether or not I am happy. This morning, I watched the news and it’s plastered with Madonna on Oprah explaining her adoption of a child from Africa. What struck…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Check your Content Strategy with Google Search Console
Many people know of Google Search Console for site submissions and verifying robots files, sitemaps and indexing. Not enough people utilize the search statistics to get a clear strategy for their site content, though. Navigate to Statistics > Top Search Queries and you’ll find a fantastic data grid: On the left side of the grid are the Top Search Queries…
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Marketing Infographics
Your Social Media Marketing requires Images
The power of social media is the ability of your audience or community to echo your message to extend its reach. For marketers, the skillset they need to master is the ability to ensure they utilize messages that are remarkable. Recognizing that images significantly increase the chances of your message being shared means that your social media marketing efforts must…
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Sell, Service and Market with Salesforce1
Last week, Isaac Pellerin from our client TinderBox stopped by and demonstrated the Salesforce1 mobile application to me. Wow. Salesforce1 allows companies to create apps using Salesforce Communities, Heroku1 and the ExactTarget Fuel Platform and the user interface is simple and very usable. The Salesforce1 Platform delivers powerful services like point-and-click development, business logic, mobile SDK, analytics, multi-language development, social…
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Content Marketing
Top 5 Reasons Why I Don’t Use Lists in Every Post
Readers often scan content rather than read it word-for-word. Virtually every site promotes the list methodology of titles, and I’m not excluding Martech Zone. I try to incorporate lists in virtually every article for easy scanning. There are times, though, when a simple bulleted list isn’t the best methodology. Let’s discuss! Table of ContentsUnderstanding Visual Reading PatternsKey Elements of Scannable…
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Content Marketing
Kinsta: Instantly Speed Up Your WordPress Site with Next-Generation Hosting
Managing a WordPress site shouldn’t feel like a 24/7 emergency. Yet for many businesses, slow load times, unexpected crashes, hacking risks, and unhelpful support create daily stress. When your site is underperforming, you’re not just losing visitors—you’re losing credibility, conversions, and revenue. It doesn’t have to be this way. Kinsta Kinsta is a Managed WordPress Hosting platform built to eliminate…
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Analytics & Testing
Narrative BI: Turning Data into Business Intelligence You Can Actually Use With Agentic Analytics
Every business is swimming in data but starving for insight. Narrative BI has emerged as a platform tailor-made for growth teams and marketers who need clarity, speed, and actionability, without a background in data science. Positioned as a generative analytics solution, this BI platform stands out by transforming raw data from tools like Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Salesforce, and HubSpot…
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E-commerce and Retail
The Online Grocery Shopper in 2025: A Demographic Deep Dive
I really wanted online grocery shopping to work for my busy schedule. It seemed perfect. But every order left me disappointed—meat cuts I’d never select, fruit at the wrong ripeness, substitutions I didn’t want. I missed choosing my own food. So despite the convenience, I found myself back in the store for the things that mattered. I still order non-food…
