Marketing Automation
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Customer Data Platforms
The Rise of People-Based Marketing and Advertising
Marketing has evolved significantly from mass communication to highly targeted, personalized engagement. The rise of people-based marketing represents a new frontier where businesses can connect with their customers on a deeply personal level, delivering value through relevant, tailored messaging. In this article, we explore the evolution of marketing, the technologies enabling people-based strategies, and key takeaways for businesses looking to…
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Customer Data Platforms
Why You and Your Customer Should Act Like a Married Couple in 2022
Customer retention is good for business. Nurturing customers is an easier process than attracting new ones, and satisfied customers are far more likely to make repeat purchases. Maintaining strong customer relationships not only benefits your organization’s bottom line, but it also negates some of the effects felt from new regulations on data collection such as Google’s impending ban on third-party…
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Marketing Infographics
7 Steps to Optimize Your Online Marketing Conversion Funnel
Creating a high-converting marketing funnel is one of the most strategic and sustainable ways to grow a business online. Whether you’re a startup launching your first product or a mature business scaling sales operations, a well-designed funnel moves prospects from unaware to paying (and repeating) customers with deliberate steps that build trust, address objections, and increase value along the way.…
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Analytics & Testing
How to Lower Your Customer Acquisition Cost for Maximum ROI
When you’re just starting a business, it’s tempting to attract clients by whatever manner you can, regardless of the cost, time, or energy involved. However, as you learn and grow you’ll realize that balancing the overall cost of customer acquisition with ROI is essential. To do that, you’ll need to know your customer acquisition cost (CAC). How to Calculate Customer…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The Return on Investment (ROI) of Marketing Automation Platforms
Next year, Marketing Automation turns 30! Yep, you read that right. And while it seems like this now ubiquitous technology is young enough to still have pimples, the reality is that the marketing automation platform (MAP) is now married, has a puppy, and is likely to start a family soon. In Demand Spring’s latest research report, we explored the state of…
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Analytics & Testing
Moosend: All The Marketing Automation Features To Build, Test, Track, and Grow Your Business
One exciting aspect of my industry is the continued innovation and dramatic drop in cost for highly sophisticated marketing automation platforms. Where businesses once spent hundreds of thousands of dollars (and still do) for great platforms… now the costs have dropped significantly while the featuresets continue to improve. We were recently working with an enterprise fashion fulfillment company that was…
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Analytics & Testing
Digital Transformation: When CMOs and CIOs Team Up, Everyone Wins
Digital transformation accelerated in 2020 because it had to. The pandemic made social distancing protocols necessary and revved up online product research and buying for businesses and consumers alike. Companies that didn’t already have a robust digital presence were forced to develop one quickly, and business leaders moved to capitalize on the torrent of data digital interactions created. This was…
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Marketing Infographics
Who Owns Teleprospecting? Clarifying Roles to Align Sales and Marketing
Teleprospecting remains a critical function in B2B lead generation and revenue growth. However, the question of ownership—whether Marketing or Sales should control teleprospecting efforts—continues to be a point of friction in many organizations. Without clear roles and coordination, businesses risk losing productivity, wasting budget, and missing out on high-quality leads. This article aims to define teleprospecting, diagnose common dysfunctions between…
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E-commerce and Retail
ShippingEasy: Shipping Pricing, Tracking, Labeling, Status Updates, and Discounts For Ecommerce
There’s a ton of complexity with e-commerce – from payment processing, logistics, fulfillment, through to shipping and returns – that most companies underestimate as they take their business online. Shipping is, perhaps, one of the most important aspects of any online purchase – including cost, estimated delivery date, and tracking. Additional costs of shipping, taxes, and fees were responsible for…
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E-commerce and Retail
Omnisend: An Easy-to-use Platform for E-commerce Email & SMS Marketing Automation
One of the most exciting advancements in marketing automation this year, in my opinion, has been the advancement of affordable solutions to automate your e-commerce marketing. Traditional marketing automation platforms have to be integrated and then each campaign developed over time – the implementations can take weeks or months before you can start seeing revenue. Now, these new platforms don’t…
