While I still develop from time to time, I lack both the talent or the time to become a full-time developer. I appreciate the knowledge I have – it helps me to bridge the gap between development resources and businesses that have a problem every day. But… I’m not looking to keep learning. There are a couple reasons why advancing my programming expertise isn’t a great strategy: At this point in my career – my
Send Email Via SMTP In WordPress With Google Workspace and Two-Factor Authentication
I’m a huge proponent of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on every platform that I’m running. As a marketer that works with clients and client data, I simply can’t be too careful about security so the combination of different passwords for every site, using Apple Keychain as a password repository, and enabling 2FA on every service is a must. If you’re running WordPress as your content management system, the system is typically configured to push email messages
GetProspect: Find B2B Email Addresses and Manage Prospect Lists
As much as I don’t like getting spammed, I’ll have to admit that there are times that people have found my email address and contacted me for legitimate business. In fact, I’ve actually hired a few contractors and purchased a few platforms from these unsolicited outbound emails sent to me. That said, I do expect a modicum of respect in these communications: Research – I want to know that I was uniquely identified for a
Leadfeeder: Identify and Score B2B Companies Visiting Your Site
Leadfeeder is a web app that increases your sales intelligence by integrating your sales and marketing data, enabling your organization to discover new businesses and monitor existing customers that are coming to your website. The identification is coupled with a rich database of employees where you can find the emails and social profiles of decision-makers within the organization. This is a great tool for B2B businesses because it can identify anonymous visitors that have an
Mediafly: End-To-End Sales Enablement and Content Management
Carson Conent, CEO of Mediafly, shared a great article that answered the question, What Is Sales Engagement? when it comes to identifying and finding a sales engagement platform. The definition of Sales Engagement is: A strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer’s problem-solving life cycle to optimize the return of