Marketing Strategy
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
What is Brand Advocacy? How Do You Cultivate Brand Advocacy?
Every business faces the challenge of attracting customers and creating loyal advocates who actively promote their products or services. Brand advocacy has become a cornerstone for sustainable growth, with advocates driving awareness, trust, and revenue in ways traditional marketing efforts cannot achieve. This guide explores brand advocacy, benefits, and actionable steps to foster it within your business. What is Brand…
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Marketing Tools
How To Maximize the Impact Of Your Giveaways
Years ago, after a natural disaster struck, I ran a contest to help support relief efforts while growing my brand’s online following. The plan was simple: I’d donate $1,000 to a random follower and another $1,000 to the charity if I gained 10,000 additional followers. What seemed harmless at the time quickly turned into a PR disaster. Critics accused me…
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Artificial Intelligence
Six Marketing Challenges Heading Into 2025… And Solutions To Overcome Them
I’ve never been a fan of word predictions, although it’s New Year’s Eve, and that’s at the top of my mind of most year-end wrap-ups. If I were to sum up the transition from 2024 to 2025, I’d focus on two terms: AI and uncertainty. I’m optimistic about the rapid iterations and realization that AI will dominate every organization’s marketing…
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E-commerce and Retail
How Retail Customer Journeys Have Changed With Technology
Retail has undergone radical shifts from the days of mass broadcasts to the age of digital interactivity. Where shoppers once relied on TV ads and in-store sales associates to learn about products, they now turn to smartphones, social media, and local delivery services for immediate answers. This article provides an in-depth look at the Retail Customer Journey—Awareness, Consideration, Purchase, Experience,…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
What’s the Ideal Text Messaging Frequency?
SMS messaging remains one of the most direct and effective ways to engage prospects and customers. As more brands adopt text messaging in their sales and marketing efforts, one question repeatedly arises: How often should we send SMS messages? Research from Upland reveals that the optimal mobile messaging frequency maxes out at around 10-12 messages sent per month. But read…
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Advertising Technology
Maximizing Marketing Efficiency: Why CPL is Challenging CPM for B2B Success
As B2B marketers head into the new year, the pressure to achieve more with fewer resources intensifies. Marketers are scrutinizing their strategies to ensure optimal returns on their investments, and two fundamental investment approaches— Brand-Building, activated typically by CPM executions (Cost-per-Thousand Impressions), and Demand Creation (activated by performance-based media which includes CPL executions (Cost-per-Lead)—are the two primary marketing strategies often…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Content Marketing vs. Advertising: Two Paths to Customer Connection
Businesses face a crucial decision in how they reach their customers. While content marketing and advertising aim to grow business, they represent fundamentally different approaches to achieving this goal. Understanding these differences helps organizations make informed decisions about their marketing investments. The Nature of Content Marketing versus Advertising While they often work in tandem, each takes a different path to…
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E-commerce and Retail
The Evolution and Future of Fintech Marketing
Financial technology (fintech) represents a revolutionary shift in how financial services are delivered and marketed to consumers. Unlike traditional industries where social sharing drives adoption, financial services must navigate unique challenges around privacy, security, and deep personal money concerns. Table of ContentsFintech HistoryElectronic Banking Era (Pre-2000):Digital Transformation (2000s):Modern Era (2010s-Present):Current Trends and Future DirectionsThe Evolution of Fintech Marketing Infographic This…
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Content Marketing
From Channels to Chapters: Building a Brand Story That Drives Long-Term Success
In a marketplace where countless brands are fighting for attention, storytelling has become a cornerstone for building authentic engagement and customer loyalty. But why? First, storytelling allows brands to differentiate themselves. In a sea of similar products and services, a well-crafted story becomes the hook that makes a brand memorable. A narrative that reflects a brand’s history, values, mission, and…
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Advertising Technology
How Advertisers Can Unlock Their Campaign’s Full Potential through Amazon Marketing Cloud
With the holiday season on the horizon, advertisers need to understand their customers at every stage of the buying journey to be as high-volume and competitive as ever. Standard methods simply measure short-term return on ad spend, or ROAS, without distinguishing between new and existing users. As such, crucial data on the true success of a campaign becomes unaccounted for,…