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Marketing Strategy

Get fresh perspectives, marketing ideas, and actionable advice from experts on different marketing strategies aimed at helping you succeed.

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10 Innovative Approaches to Improve Your PPC Strategy
By Jennifer Dublino | February 02, 2024

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is an effective marketing strategy. Learn tips for improving your PPC plan and generating new customers for your business.

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How to Avoid Creating an Annoying Email Campaign
By Andrew Martins | February 02, 2024

Email marketing campaigns can do more harm than good. Learn 10 best practices for email marketing to ensure effectiveness and better customer responses.

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What Is Opt-in Email Marketing?
By Jennifer Post | February 02, 2024

Opt-in email marketing helps reach prospects who have already shown interest in your products or services and are more likely to buy. Learn how it works.

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Your Guide to Creating a Small Business Marketing Plan
By Skye Schooley | February 02, 2024

A marketing plan is essential for winning over customers. Follow these marketing plan templates and guidelines to create your marketing plan today.

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Why You Need a Mix of Push and Pull Marketing
By Sammi Caramela | February 02, 2024

Push marketing sends your message to consumers while pull marketing is when customers come to you. Learn how and when to use push and pull marketing.

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Guide to Email Marketing
By Kiely Kuligowski | February 02, 2024

Email is a crucial marketing channel for small businesses. Learn the basics of effective email marketing tactics and how to stay compliant with email laws.

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How to Grow Your Email List
By Kiely Kuligowski | February 02, 2024

Your email list's quality is a critical element in your email marketing campaign's success. Learn 25 ways to grow an email list and what mistakes to avoid.

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GDPR: Email Marketing in the Age of Digital Privacy
By Adam Uzialko | February 02, 2024

Digital privacy laws can impact how a business does email marketing campaigns. Here is what you should know before you push send.

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Top 12 Advertising Blogs You Must Follow Now
By Julie Thompson | February 01, 2024

Get business inspiration and tips from the best of the best in the ad world.

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5 Ways to Promote Your Business With Charitable Marketing
By Julie Thompson | January 31, 2024

Helping the world can give your company a PR boost or tarnish its reputation. Here are five tips on how to give back successfully.

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How to Tell if Your Business Is Growing Too Quickly (and What to Do About It)
By Adam Uzialko | January 05, 2024

While small businesses strive for growth, it's crucial to monitor signs of overburdening your company. Learn the signs of a business growing too quickly.

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Trends That Will Shape Market Segmentation in 2024
By Sean Peek | January 03, 2024

Keep your business competitive by paying attention to these five market segmentation trends that will help you stay ahead of the game.

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Does Corporate Gift-Giving Produce The Desired Outcome?
By Ryan McGonagill | January 03, 2024
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Think Different: We (and AI) Updated Apple’s Iconic Ad Campaign for 2024
By Carolyn Neuhausen | January 03, 2024

What would this legendary campaign look like if it relaunched today? We picked a list of icons and asked AI to illustrate them.

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Why You Should Ditch No-Reply Emails
By Rachelle Gordon | December 07, 2023

Learn how to provide a better digital marketing experience for your customers that will encourage user engagement and retention.

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How to Create a Market Research Plan
By Max Freedman | December 06, 2023

Market research plans define an existing problem and/or outline an opportunity. From there, the marketing strategy is broken down task by task.

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5 Examples Where the Personal Touch Still Matters in Marketing
By Jennifer Dublino | November 16, 2023

Digital marketing can help you reach many people at once, but reaching out to individual customers or prospects with a personal touch can be effective.

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How to Conduct a Marketing Analysis
By Adam Uzialko | November 16, 2023

Learn how to conduct a marketing analysis that will help you create better strategies to promote your business and understand your customers.

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Why Your E-Commerce Marketing Campaign Failed
By Ronald Dod | November 16, 2023

Learn the most common reasons why most e-commerce marketing campaigns fail.

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How to Write an Executive Summary for a Marketing Plan
By David Gargaro | November 16, 2023

An executive summary of your marketing plan provides an overview of how you’ll reach your target audience and drive conversions. Here is how to create one.

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What Is Retargeting and How Can It Boost Conversions?
By Adam Uzialko | November 06, 2023

Learn how your business can use retargeting to increase conversion rates by appealing to previously engaged customers.

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How Page Load Speed Affects Customer Behavior
By Mark Fairlie | November 06, 2023

Do you want to rank higher on Google and make more sales? Find out how to determine if your site downloads too slowly and what will boost its speed.

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Business Domain Names: Everything You Need to Know
By Max Freedman | November 06, 2023

Choosing the right domain name for your business significantly impacts your branding efforts. Here's how to choose the one for your business.

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Seasonal Marketing Strategies: Utilizing What Every Season Has to Offer
By Lyndi Catania | November 06, 2023

Seasons bring holidays, events and activities that prompt changes in consumer behavior. Learn seasonal marketing strategies to capitalize on the calendar.

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One-Click Purchasing: How Click to Buy Is Revolutionizing E-Commerce
By Danielle Fallon-O’Leary | November 06, 2023

One-click purchasing allows customers to enter and save contact, shipping and payment information, making buying much easier and cart abandonment less likely.

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Make More Sales With More E-commerce Payment Options
By Danielle Fallon-O’Leary | November 03, 2023

Completing a payment should be the easiest part of your customer's journey. Try to make it as fast and straightforward as possible for them.

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Everything You Need to Know About Email Marketing Campaigns
By Sean Peek | November 03, 2023

Learn how to create email marketing campaigns that get subscribers’ attention through several strategies like provocative subject lines and images.

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The Ads Affair: How the Industry Has Changed and Is Changing
By Julie Thompson | November 02, 2023

Marketing is still an important component to promoting a brand, but consumers are more savvy about the process. Here is what you need to know.

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What Is CTR in Email?
By Jamie Johnson | November 02, 2023

Understanding metrics like the click-through rate (CTR) can improve your ability to create email marketing campaigns that reach your target audience.

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5 Tips to Market Research Like a Pro
By Mark Fairlie | November 02, 2023

A thriving business requires constant market research to appeal to customers. Here are tips and strategies to start doing market research like a pro.