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Leveraging Web Analytics
Many people look at the typical site configuration and they see a Web Site that points to a Call to Action and then they measure that Call to Action through Analytics, calling it a conversion. If you were to draw that out, it looks like this: The problem, of course, is that the Web Analytics is housing TONS of hidden…
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Content Marketing
Stop Hiding the Most Important Feature of Your Web Presence
More often than not, when I visit a corporate web site, the first thing I look for is their blog. Seriously. I don’t do it because I wrote a book on corporate blogging, I’m truly seeking to understand their company and the people behind it. But I often don’t find the blog. Or the blog is on a separate domain…
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Just Dance
There’s a Lady Ga-ga song that’s been out there for about a year now called Just Dance. I can’t get it out of my head. I’m not a huge fan of the Ga-ga-ooh-la-la… but all Top 40 hits make my daughter turn up the radio and begin singing. I can’t help but sing along. Just Dance appears to be a…
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Content Marketing
TemplateMonster: Save Time and Money With Ready-Made, Proven Designs and Templates for Web and E-commerce
When you’re growing a business, time is your most valuable asset. Whether you’re launching a startup, expanding into e-commerce, or refreshing your online brand, you need tools that reduce friction and help you scale quickly — without sacrificing quality. Building from scratch or hiring a design team can slow you down, drain your budget, and distract from growth-driving priorities. TemplateMonster…
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Content Marketing
SearchWP: Why We Upgraded Our Site Search To This WordPress Plugin
If you’re still relying on the default WordPress search experience, you’re likely missing out on meaningful engagement and valuable insights. Default search functionality in WordPress is limited — it doesn’t account for custom fields, doesn’t index content-rich files like PDFs, and certainly doesn’t provide the kind of actionable analytics today’s businesses need. Visitors get frustrated, bounce rates climb, and your…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Words to Avoid in Emails
I felt a little better about my own email habits after reading seeing this infographic from Boomerang. The average email user receives 147 messages every day, and spends more than 2 and a half hours on email per day. While I love email as a medium and we work to integrate it as a strategy with all of our clients,…
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Content Marketing
Blogging is not Enough, “Press the Flesh”!
This is a phrase I’m growing tired of – quickly – during this presidential candidacy. I’m not sure who penned the original term but I’ve seen it used widely this season. Most recently, the governor of West Virginia used the term to discuss why Barack Obama lost West Virginia in a landslide to Hillary Clinton. He’s trying to defend the…
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E-commerce and Retail
4 Keys to a Successful Mobile Campaign
The folks at Milo have done it again with this infographic, providing evidence that the low cost and great return on mobile marketing campaigns should be a strategy in everyone’s small business. Today, 46 percent of all U.S. adults own a smartphone, and more than half of them use the device to shop online. While these mobile consumers are browsing…
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E-commerce and Retail
Borders Live at 01: Borders vs. Amazon Email Marketing
If you don’t have a Borders store around you, I’m sorry. If you do, you might like this site that Borders has launched, Borders Live at 01: Wow… books, live music and Seattle’s Best Coffee! That’s like heaven for me! It also appears that the Borders Email Newsletter has gotten an overhaul, it’s really fun to read now. Borders is…
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Content Marketing
The Only Truly Global Email Service Provider
NOTE: Emailvision is now part of SmartFocus. While it’s true that our hometown heroes, ExactTarget, are now expanded into the United Kingdom and Australia, they’re still fairly limited to English-speaking countries. Earlier this year, we had the incredible opportunity to meet the talented leadership team of Emailvision. Centered in Clichy, France (just outside of Paris), Emailvision may truly be the…
