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Customer Data Platforms
BlueConic: Transform Customer Data Into Growth-Driving Action
Marketing teams today face a growing challenge: disconnected customer data, fragmented experiences, and increased pressure to deliver results quickly. Consumers expect personalized, privacy-respecting interactions across every touchpoint. But legacy systems still hold back most brands, relying on third-party (3P) data, and IT bottlenecks. BlueConic BlueConic is a Customer Data Operating System (CDOS) that is purpose-built for growth teams and modern…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Understanding MVC Frameworks: Building Flexible and Scalable Platforms in PHP
The term MVC framework can seem technical and daunting for a business owner or decision-maker new to web development. However, understanding what an MVC framework is and why it’s advantageous to build platforms using this architecture can help you make informed decisions about investing in your business’s digital infrastructure. Table of ContentsWhat is an MVC Framework?Why Invest in MVC Frameworks?Popular…
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E-commerce and Retail
Talkable: Build, Track, Test, and Analyze Referral Programs for Ecommerce
Customer acquisition costs are rising, paid channels are saturated, and even loyal customers are harder to reach. For DTC and e-commerce brands, finding a scalable and cost-effective way to grow revenue without sacrificing margins is more urgent than ever. That’s where referral marketing proves its power—not just as a channel, but as a long-term growth engine. Talkable Talkable is a…
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Content Marketing
VisualVault: Bringing Intelligence to Your Business and Document Processes
For organizations overwhelmed by unstructured data and complex workflows, managing documents and processes can feel like running uphill. Between compliance regulations, siloed systems, and manual data entry errors, many companies spend more time correcting inefficiencies than advancing their business. What if you could put your data to work, eliminate redundancies, and create a path to automation with a single platform?…
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Artificial Intelligence
Creative Destruction: Why AI Will Unleash Marketing Creativity and Opportunities
Thirty years ago, as I was adding PC connectivity to a manufacturing plant’s equipment to monitor equipment performance for predictive maintenance, I never imagined the world we now live in. I never imagined the job positions that I’d have. I never imagined the companies I’d be a part of creating. For those of you who don’t remember a time when…
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Advertising Technology
As Digital Fatigue Grows, Sponsorships Offer Trust, Attention, and Real Engagement
In an era dominated by short-term tactics and ROI-at-all-costs campaigns, sponsorships stand out as one of the few strategies capable of delivering both brand lift and sustained value. However, too often, marketers treat sponsorships as just another advertising channel—buy the placement, display the logo, and move on. That approach misses the bigger opportunity. Sponsorships, when approached strategically, are not transactions.…
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Marketing Books
Agile Marketing is Evolution, Not Revolution, and Why You Must Adopt It
From building buildings to building software. In the 1950’s the Waterfall Development Model was introduced into software design and development. The system is a relic of the manufacturing industry where, by necessity, the right answer had to be devised before work started. And, in that world, the right answer makes sense! Could you imagine a scenario where you decided to…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: If You Don’t Know What a Child Theme is…
You’re modifying WordPress themes incorrectly. We’ve worked with dozens of clients and built hundreds of WordPress sites. It’s not that our job is to create WordPress sites, but we wind up doing it for many clients. Clients don’t come to use WordPress sites very often. They typically come to us to help optimize their sites for search, social, and conversions.…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
25+ Ways Your Brand Can Safeguard Your Social Media Followers’ Privacy
As the digital landscape has evolved, so has the realm of social media privacy. Each major platform has taken steps to adapt its practices and policies in response to user concerns, regulatory changes, and evolving technologies. Here, we delve into the changing landscape of social media privacy and how leading platforms have managed their members’ private data. Facebook: In its…
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Content Marketing
Marketing Automation with Aggregation and Syndication
We like to use big words in the marketing industry… aggregation and syndication are a couple of them – and they’re very important. Aggregation – allows you to collect content from other sites and display them in yours. They could be from a blog, news feed, podcast, or social feed. Aggregation can be a great tool to use to keep…
