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The Rise of Revenue Job Titles in Sales and Marketing
With one analyst giving a global recession a 98% likelihood, it’s almost guaranteed that businesses will face significant challenges in the new year. Corporations have responded to the anticipated slow growth — along with astronomical inflation rates — by freezing strategic investments and implementing cost containment measures to build their resiliency. As a result, the sales environment has become increasingly…
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How and Why To Write a Book
It’s been years since I wrote my first book, and I’ve been anxious to write another one ever since. While we live in the digital era, you may be surprised that books continue to draw much attention and sales – especially business books. Approximately 80.64 million business and economics category print books were sold in 2021 representing 25% of adult non-fiction…
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Make Yourself Indispensable To Potential and Current Employers With These Digital Marketing Courses and Certifications
It’s a challenging economy right now for marketing professionals. If you’re at risk of losing employment or you’ve been laid off and are job hunting, I’d encourage you to take the time to expand your knowledge of digital marketing beyond your expertise with some digital marketing courses and – ultimately – certifications. Too many professionals in the marketing industry see…
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Promote Your iTunes Podcast with a Smart App Banner
If you’ve read my publication for any length of time, you know that I’m an Apple fanboy. Simple features like the ones I’m going to describe here make me appreciate Apple’s products and features. How to Display iOS App Banners You’ve probably noticed that when you open a site in Safari on iOS, businesses often promote their mobile application with…
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Slides: Create Exceptional Presentations Using Intuitive Design Tools and Generative AI
Creating impactful presentations is a necessity, whether for investor pitches, sales presentations, or global conferences. The challenge lies in balancing creativity with efficiency while also ensuring collaboration and accessibility. Traditional presentation tools often fall short, frustrating users with outdated interfaces and limited capabilities. Slides Slides is a web-based presentation platform that redefines how you create, collaborate, and share content. Trusted…
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WordPress: Why I Removed Comments (And How I Removed Them)
I deleted all comments on Martech Zone today and disabled all comments in my child theme. Let’s discuss why it’s a smart move to remove and disable comments on your WordPress website: Spam Prevention: Comments on WordPress sites are notorious for attracting spam. These spam comments can clutter your website and harm your online reputation. Managing and filtering through these…
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Why Small Businesses and High-Growth Startups Should Delay Hiring Their First Marketing Employee and Partner With A Marketing as a Service (MaaS) Provider
As startups and small businesses scale and succeed, they face a pivotal decision: Should they hire an in-house marketing employee or partner with a traditional marketing agency? While having a dedicated staff member to spearhead awareness, lead generation, upsells, and retention might seem appealing, it often falls short of expectations. Partnering with an agency may provide some relief by building…
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What is IP Warming? How To Unlock Your Email Inbox Placement
The first goal of email marketing is to land your carefully crafted messages directly into your subscriber’s inbox. That path to inbox success is often hindered by a critical factor: IP reputation. Not having an IP reputation or having a poor one is a surefire way of your emails getting routed directly past the inbox into the spam folder. This…
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How Does Email Work? Headers, Routing, and Technology
An email’s journey from the sender or their email service provider (ESP) to the recipient is a complex process involving multiple steps and checkpoints. This journey can end with the email being successfully delivered to the recipient’s inbox, diverting to the junk folder, or bouncing back to the sender temporarily (soft bounce) or permanently (hard bounce). Here’s a step-by-step breakdown…
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InboxAlly: Improve Your Inbox Placement by Increasing Email Engagement Signals to ISPs
Emails flood inboxes from every direction, and internet service providers (ISPs) are challenged to identify good senders from malicious ones. The challenge of ensuring your carefully crafted messages reach their intended recipients has become paramount. Amidst the complexities of spam filters, stringent algorithms, and shifting sender reputations, the struggle to secure a spot in the coveted inbox rather than the…
