There are plenty of e-commerce marketing channels available to grow your business, such as social media, PPC, SEO, and network marketing. Successful e-commerce business owners, though, know that email marketing is one of the most profitable channels available. Let’s take a look at “what is e-commerce email marketing?” and why e-commerce businesses should use it. […]
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Provided by Storyblok. Security can be a complex thing. Malicious actors are constantly refining their destructive tools, meaning the rest of us have to keep refining our defenses. If you’re like most content management system (CMS) users, this isn’t news: In a recent study conducted by Storyblok, 80% of respondents ranked security as very or […]
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Running an online business is a dream for entrepreneurs worldwide. An online business offers flexibility, financial freedom, and, best of all, flexibility—the ability to work from anywhere. You can turn this dream into a reality by coming up with a great idea for an online business. If you know you want to start an online […]
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My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but I encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an […]
Want to jump straight to the answer? The best HR training programs for most people are Administrative Human Resources (HR) for Beginners by Udemy or Human Resource Management: HR for People Managers Specialization by Coursera. HR training programs are essential if you want to learn more about managing people and understand how to apply ethical […]
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Should you try to personalize your content? Is it even possible? Much of the content advice you’ll read says yes (while acknowledging how hard it is to do). But a recent article in Marketing Week proclaimed personalization unachievable. The authors cite two reasons to give up on personalization. The first is that real personalization is […]
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Marketing Podcast with Brennan Dunn In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Brennan Dunn. Brennan is the Co-founder of RightMessage, writes weekly at Create & Sell, and wrapping up a new book on personalized marketing. Key Takeaway: The internet has changed the way we do business. It’s given your company access […]
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One of my favorite scenes in a movie is from Men In Black. Jay, played by Will Smith, is a new “man in black” and has just dealt with his first aliens. He asks his boss Kay, played by Tommy Lee Jones, why they don’t just tell the world that aliens exist. Kay says humans […]
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The early days of SEO were like the Wild, Wild West. Blackhat SEO experts did everything imaginable to rank their sites on Google, including keyword stuffing and creating spammy backlinks. It worked–for a bit. These days, Google’s SERP Algorithm cracked down on content quality, and those older SEO hacks have long crumbled to dust. Details […]
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Marketing Podcast with Todd and Laure Fisher In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Todd and Laure Fisher. Husband and wife co-founders, Todd and Laure Fisher founded CallTrackingMetrics in 2011 in their basement and together have grown it into an Inc. 500-rated, top-ranked conversation analytics software serving over 30,000 businesses around […]