SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) is a text messaging technology that allows users to send and receive brief text messages between mobile devices. Limited to 160 characters per message, SMS has become a ubiquitous communication tool used by billions worldwide for personal and business purposes. Check out these insightful articles from Martech Zone:
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E-commerce and Retail
Signage: How To Design Effective Signs That Drive More Traffic To Your Business
As marketers, we are often fascinated and driven to the most intelligent or innovative solutions, ignoring obvious solutions that have been proven effective for hundreds of years. Signage is one of those strategies. The above sign is one of my favorites and was in front of my favorite pizzeria in central Indiana. It’s a great, family-owned small business that’s incredibly…
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Marketing Tools
Optimizing Security and Productivity in Marketing Teams: Best Practices in Password Management
One of the first tasks in taking over a new marketing position or managing a new client with your agency is getting control of the different marketing, advertising, social media, and content platforms. It can be frustrating when login and password credentials are lost, forgotten, or even left with an employee or contractor leaving the brand. I’m thankful that most…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Jobber: Commercial and Residential Service Estimates, Quotes, Scheduling, Invoicing, and Payments
My consulting firm has managed the marketing and integrations for several commercial and residential service companies. They all have one thing in common: the seamless experience they provide customers and the quality of the job they commit to is core to their business growth and success. In other words, when commercial and residential businesses make it easy to work with…
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Email Marketing & Automation
SimplyCast: An Interactive Marketing Automation Solution for Personalized Nurturing
Interactive marketing automation solutions offer businesses the opportunity to overcome a range of challenges in the modern digital marketplace: Personalized Customer Engagement: Engaging with customers effectively and in a personalized manner can be difficult due to varied preferences and behaviors. Automation solutions enable businesses to nurture leads and build loyalty through tailored content, enhancing customer engagement. Insightful Data Utilization and…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Decoding Marketing Automation Tools: How to Choose the Right Fit for Your Company
Macroeconomic changes, evolving customer demands, and shifting priorities all pose challenges when it comes to scaling a business. This begs the following question: How can companies shield themselves from these threats while driving sales, engaging with the audience, and emerging as the key players? One answer is marketing automation. Organizations that rely on automation witness an increase in conversion rates…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Hijacked Google Business Page? Here Are 5 Steps To Getting It Back (And How To Prevent It)
If you’re a regional business, the Google Map Pack dominates the search engine result page (SERP) for new customers finding your business. When I discuss local marketing strategies with businesses, I often discuss the investment in their Google Business page being as important – if not more critical – than their website. Why Your Google Business Page is Critical Your…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Ongage: An Email Marketing Platform That Lets You Change Your Sender (SMTP, MTA)
Email Service Providers (ESPs) offer a comprehensive solution for email marketing, combining design, list management, tracking, and the all-important sending engine. Even the best ESPs can face challenges, mainly when IP reputation or deliverability issues arise. In a shared IP environment, a client may need to migrate to a new provider because other senders on the same IP address are…
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Artificial Intelligence
Bardeen: Harness AI to Build Scalable No-Code Workflows for Data Extraction and Outreach
As a sales or marketing professional, you know that efficiency and automation can be the keys to unlocking success. Bardeen, a cutting-edge AI platform, is here to help you harness the power of automation and take your marketing strategies to the next level. In this article, we’ll delve into the advancements in AI that make Bardeen possible, its remarkable features,…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
The History of Text Messaging (Updated for 2023)
In today’s world, texting is a ubiquitous form of communication, but it had humble beginnings. Let’s journey through the history of texting, highlighting the key milestones highlighted in the beautiful series of infographics below from SimpleTexting. 1992: The First Text Message On December 3, 1992, in the U.K., the first-ever text message was sent. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the message…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
25 Mobile Marketing Strategies Used By Businesses To Grow Visibility, Engage Visitors, Capture Leads, and Grow Conversions
Many of us operate our businesses and manage our sales and marketing from a desktop at work. However, this can put us at a disadvantage when the majority of prospects and customers we’re speaking to are on a mobile device. In recent years, there has been a shift in consumer response to overreaching marketers since mobile is such an intiment…