In an era where digital presence is tantamount to competitive survival, mastering digital marketing isn't just an advantage—it's a necessity. Businesses that harness the power of digital marketing with a strategic, well-executed plan not only carve their niche but also set new industry standards.
Read MoreAs we venture further into the digital age, ensuring email marketing accessibility for all users becomes increasingly crucial. Web accessibility has emerged as a focal point, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their abilities, can seamlessly interact with online content.
Read MoreAutomated Email Marketing platforms have revolutionized how businesses engage with their customers through email campaigns. These innovative tools leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the effectiveness of email marketing strategies by analyzing vast amounts of data, understanding customer behavior, and automating various aspects of the email marketing process.
Read MoreIn today's diverse society, it is essential for businesses to embrace LGBTQIA inclusion in their marketing strategies. As companies strive to build stronger connections with the LGBTQIA community, it is crucial to understand the significance of trust, representation, and authenticity.
Read MoreIn recent years, businesses around the world sought out new digital channels, including email and SMS marketing. Over time, companies seek out the latest tools to attract their audience, engage customers, and convert prospects.
Read MoreIn the rapidly changing digital world, omnichannel marketing allows brands to create an unparalleled customer experience. In a nutshell, an omnichannel approach focuses on marketing to an audience across multiple platforms.
Read MoreHeading into 2023, businesses shifted their sales strategy to prioritize customer retention. In fact, acquiring new customers is 5x as expensive as simply retaining an existing customer.
Read MoreEvery day, businesses compile contacts to form their email marketing lists. Email marketing remains one of the most effective ways of communicating with your audience. In fact, 99% of people check their email daily!
Read MoreWith a new year comes new challenges for marketers who must continue to evolve themselves and their businesses, while developing their 2021 marketing strategy.
Here are a few of the hottest 2021 marketing strategy trends that will help you stay ahead of the curve.
Read MorePandemic email marketing requires a certain nuance compared to a more traditional email marketing strategy.
As businesses close down all over the country and sales, in general, take a big hit following the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to see why so many email marketers have been shaking in their boots, trying to figure out what the next step is.
Read MoreGiven the recent economic impact of COVID-19, the floodgates of email campaigns have been opened. People across the U.S. have received hundreds of emails over the last several weeks from what seems like every company they have ever shopped at. This isn’t making consumers very happy.
Read MoreIf you've been in the online marketing game for a long time, you are probably familiar with email blasts. While they were once popular and effective, they have now been replaced by personalized messages.
At first, it can be challenging to craft personalized emails for each user, but with a few simple methods you can make the process a lot easier. Getting potential customers, existing clients, and new partners to engage with your email marketing can be made easy. Here’s how:
Read MoreAs a business, rolling out an effective email marketing strategy can go a long way in gaining your audience’s attention. With the growth of digital marketing, new methods of email marketing are being utilized to provide better results for businesses.
If your business has begun to fall behind with its email marketing campaigns, it is time to start using these new methods.
Read MoreFor the past several years, I haven’t gone a single month without saying something along the lines of “Your customers aren’t buying from a business, they’re buying from you.”
This sentiment that I often share with clients, prospects, and colleagues is all too often lost in the modern-day world. For the vast majority of our clients, they fall in the small or medium-sized business bucket. These are individuals who are going out there each and every day, sharing their experiences, telling their story, and connecting with others on a more intimate level.
Read MoreOften, we find that when we speak with a potential client, they’ll frequently say something along the lines of “I don’t need marketing. I need sales!” If we had a nickel for every time we heard that one.
But the truth is that there’s a reason why every successful Fortune 500 company has a distinct department for both (and sub-departments within those departments). So, today we’d like to talk about why it’s important to marry marketing and sales together.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, starting a small business is always a huge step forward. Despite the plethora of competition, in time, you’ll find that you have much more freedom, cash flow, and ownership than you ever would working for a much larger organization.
For me, one of the early lessons I learned is that I can’t do it all. For instance, you might be effective at running the day-to-day operations of your business, however, marketing might be a foreign concept.
But it doesn’t have to be daunting. As a matter of fact, there are four easy ways to launch your digital marketing strategy.
Read MoreAt the end of November, LinkedIn introduced a new privacy setting pertaining to user email addresses. Whereas businesses could previously download and export data on all of their connections (including their email address), LinkedIn now gives users a choice as to whether their email is downloadable.
Read MoreWhen I was in college, one of the first marketing concepts I learned was about the power of a brand. “A brand is a promise,” my professor would say. “It’s a promise to your customers to uphold certain values that represent how you want to do business and be seen by the rest of the world.”
These values can range from creating the expectation of excellent customer service to following a code of ethics with each transaction. The important thing is that those values are consistent throughout a business’ life.
Read MoreWhen I first started out as a digital marketing consultant, I thought that social media is the easiest value-added service to bring to clients. An astounding number of small businesses aren’t on social media right now, while their competitors have been absolutely crushing it. Plus, there are numerous platforms and each platform has its own “rules for success”. The market seemed to be wide open.
Read MoreLet's play a word association game.
When the phrase "email marketing" comes to mind, what do you think of?
For many, they immediately picture a platform, such as MailChimp, Constant Contact, or ActiveCampaign. Although there are other companies out there focused on email marketing, these three have generally been the ringleaders for close to two decades.
However, that's all about to change.
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