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The Value of Visitor Actions
We measure a lot with analytics, but we don’t often put a value on each of the actions a visitor takes when they connect with us online. It’s important that companies pay attention to more than visits and conversions… there are a ton of interactions in between and after that provide value. 1.webp” class=”s3-img” border=”0″ alt=”Visitor Action, Value and Impact”…
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Integrate WordPress and Blog Talk Radio
1.webp” alt=”” title=”Blog Podcast” width=”200″ height=”300″ class=”alignright size-medium tie-image10401″ align=”right” />We’ve had our radio show going for a couple months and continue to build a great following thanks to Blog Talk Radio. Most recently, friends Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy were on to discuss their latest book Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself. We’ve…
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Video: Market Like Beyonce (NSFW)
Just a heads’ up that this video does have some colorful language. If you’re at work, you may need to put on the headphones. This is a pretty straight forward message from Gary Vaynerchuk. I love the message that social media is a long-term strategy and it’s one that most companies fail to understand. I always tell folks that it’s…
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When Disaster Strikes!
The last 48 hours haven’t been fun. Technology is a fantastic thing, but it’s never perfect. When if fails, I’m not sure there’s really that much preparation you can have… but you do have to react. You may have noticed that our site was getting gruelingly slow the last couple weeks. It was strange given the fact that we have…
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Affordable Market Research from Market Tools
Last month SurveyMonkey joined Martech Zone as our technology sponsor. We’ve had a great time using their easy survey tools and, most of all, learning how to design polls and surveys that produce results. It wasn’t until our interview with the great folks on their team that we realized SurveyMonkey was much more than a survey solution, though. 1.webp” alt=””…
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Online Marketing: How Easy Is It To Do Business With You Online?
When’s the last time you tested your website to ensure every means of contact or conversion worked seamlessly? This week, I was trying to make contact with a company I wanted to do business with. Their site had only one option, a form on their contact page. Unbeknownst to them, though, the form tool they used was just an empty…
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It is All About Reusable Code? er… Content
I am not a techy! Not really, but I spend a lot time around tech wizards, like my host, Douglas Karr. One of the most important lessons I learned from one of the programmers I worked with, was the value of reusable code. While every client likes to think they are unique, he explained once you write code to automate…
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Appointiv: Streamline and Automate Appointment Scheduling Using Salesforce
One of the significant behavioral changes that have occurred in the buyer’s journey online is the ability to self-service. As a buyer, I want to research problems online, identify solutions, evaluate vendors, and… ultimately… get as far to the finish line as I can before ever having to contact a salesperson. Automated Appointment Scheduling We’ve all been through scheduling hell……
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Ready to Ramp Up Your Instagram Marketing?
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t put too much time into Vine, Instagram and sharing images on social media. I want to, but it’s just so much easier to provide a tip via text than it is to grab a graphic, do some design, and share something that is just as meaningful, but gets a ton more…
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Social Research and Revenue
As with much marketing and sales, connecting the dots is sometimes difficult between the activity consumers take and the actual point of purchase. No doubt, though, that there is a correlation between social activity and purchase behavior. CMOs are beginning to acquire research that there is causation as well… exciting stuff! This infographic from SocialAnnex, a social media marketing platform…
