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Why Smart Marketers Are Targeting the Other 97%
What do corporate consumers really want? A recent survey showed that only a meager 3% of visitors completed forms on the respondents’ websites. And this depressingly low figure seems to be constant across just about all Industries. Reaching out to seasoned B2B ...
More Customer Data Sources Provide Better Insights
Using multiple data sources provides marketers with up-to-the-minute details of customer preferences and behavior. By leveraging these data sources, businesses can firm up customer engagement, fine-tune marketing campaigns, and drive business growth, all at lower costs. Released in November 2022, the eighth ...
Six Effective Strategies for Team Building in Remote Environments
Team building is an important tool for fostering collaboration, communication, and a positive work culture, even in remote environments. Although building a strong remote team takes time and effort and creativity, it's well worthwhile. Constructing a cohesive team fosters more positive views of ...
Crafting the Best-Ever Email Subject Lines
Love it or loathe it, email is still king of the low-cost digital marketing toolbox. But there's a lot of chaff that recipients must sift through each day, let alone actually open. So what are the magic words that persuade overwhelmed addressees to ...
Is ChatGPT Here to Stay?
In early 2023, AI apps took a quantum leap forward. Spearheaded by ChatGPT, other ground-breaking tools have been popping up in its wake. They include Lensa, which morphs uploaded photos into works of art. Another AI contender is DALL-E-2, which turns words ...
What Traits Identify Digital Leaders?
Unique combinations of technical expertise and leadership skills – that’s how digital leaders drive organizational transformations. As natural risk-takers, they are eager to try out new technologies and materials. Both visionary and strategic, they see how technology can drive growth and innovation. ...
How Early Search Intent Can Boost Your SEO
Is your business flailing for footholds in rapidly changing markets? Here’s a cost-effective solution! Early intent insights offer priceless glimpses into what consumers really want, reflected in increasingly complex search parameters. Over the years, searches have become much more complex and nuanced. ...
Data Control is Top Priority for Businesses
Should I risk filiing in that form for a benefit? Or should I keep my personal data safe? Faced by millions of Internet users every day, this dilemma can be a headache for ambitious marketers. Luckily enough, there are workarounds that keep ...
Should Marketing Strategies Adapt to Consumer Concerns about Inflation?
Worried about inflation? Absolutely! That’s the reaction of 250 US marketing decision-makers who responded to a recent survey of 250 major B2C, B2B, and DTC companies. So what are these top digital marketing experts predicting? The bad news: A huge majority (84%) ...
How Do I Get Customers to Leave Great Reviews?
Persuading customers to leave reviews is an important part of any marketing strategy. While building trust with potential buyers, reviews also provide priceless feedback on how to improve the business as a whole. But asking for reviews can be a tricky task, ...
Is Digital Marketing Moving into a New Era?
No longer an abstract concept in an IT lab, Artificial Intelligence is already underpinning AI-based online advertising. Almost unnoticed, AI slipped into our lives through amenities we use every day (Hey Alexa, where can I…), never considering the longer-term consequences. From helpful ...
Do Saas Startups Need Guerilla Marketing?
Guerilla marketing is becoming a popular way for startups selling software as a service (Saas) to get their messages out to the world. This more subtle approach is often preferred by small software developers, absorbing minor investments but with major paybacks. It ...
How to Streamline Content Workflows with More Effective Digital Marketing Strategies in 2023
In 2023, digital marketing managers are likely to be overwhelmed by all the options available to them. As management and virtual content creation processes become increasingly complex, security and privacy requirements become more stringent, while timeframes become even tighter. Some ...
7 Tested Tips on Drawing Up an Effective Marketing Strategy for 2023
Are you quite clear about what a marketing strategy is supposed to include? Encompassing a broad range of channels and platforms, it should encompass goals, content creation steps, key performance indicators, and target audience profiles. And if you plan to piggyback on ...
How Anchor Links Can Improve Your Landing Page
They’re simple, they’re tiny, and they take visitors straight to the text that interests them. Often neglected by page designers, anchor links are incredibly cool tools that let readers jump around easily in long webpages. They’re particularly useful for post-click landing pages, ...
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Monday’s AWS Ripple: Logins, Payments, and Lost Revenue
On Monday, October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services experienced a major incident centered in its US-EAST-1 region. The problem began in the early morning hours Eastern Time and manifested as DNS resolution trouble plus a fault tied to the internal health monitoring of network load balancers—arcane ...
Fire the Client
There is a certain kind of account that arrives wrapped in urgency and praise. They hire you because you are the expert, then argue with every recommendation. They promise payment, then fall behind and ask you to keep going because the work is too important to ...
Stay high with the lows and stay low with the highs.
Entrepreneurship rewards the steady hand. Results surge, then stall, then surge again. If your energy, decision quality, and communication track those swings, the company becomes a passenger. The job is to be the driver. “Stay high with the lows and stay low with the highs” is ...
Most of Your Revenue Lives in Success, Not Sales.
Listen to your least happy customers or watch your revenue shrink... Many leadership teams claim to value their customers. Then they fund Customer Success like a help desk or outright ignore it altogether, misguided by the confidence that their product alone will win retention, and wonder ...
The Double Lens of Innovation: Can vs. Should
Every marketing or product department knows the scene: a spark of an idea lights up the room, momentum builds, and before long, the whiteboard is overflowing with add-ons, enhancements, and “what ifs.” The energy feels electric. But if every idea is pursued without pause, that energy ...
Unfollowing 2,000 Pages Taught Me More About Marketing Than Any Playbook
I’ll be honest: I’m totally overwhelmed and burned out. I’ve hit a wall. Not the kind of wall you slam into once and bounce back from, but the slow, grinding kind that wears you down until you finally notice you’re exhausted. I realized I had subscribed ...
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The “One-Page” Test Every Q4 Marketing Plan Must Pass
Every fall, as Q4 begins, companies confront one of the most crucial exercises of the year: preparing for action in Q1. Budgets are being finalized, headcount requests are debated, and the ...
Traffic Down, Revenue Up: Winning with Zero-Click Conversion Strategies
Growth is getting harder. Customer acquisition costs are rising, paid channels are oversaturated, and the search landscape is being rewritten by AI. Business leaders aren’t losing sleep over traffic charts — ...
Your “Great Culture” Won’t Save You from Missed Deadlines
A short video recently popped into my social feed. It wasn’t a TED Talk or a thought leadership seminar — just a tight, visceral moment that captured something every founder knows ...
Startups Don’t Die from Competition, They Die from Within
It’s the age-old tale of man vs. himself. Only this time, he’s leading a startup, wearing Allbirds, quoting Naval, and hoarding Notion docs like they’re sacred texts. Some of the most ...
Why Tech Fluency Must Be a Core Leadership Skill
The days when executives could say, “I’m not a tech person,” are over. Technology is no longer just a department—it’s embedded in nearly every function, every decision, and every scalable system ...
MVP vs. MLP: What Founders Get Wrong About Early Product Design
The MVP—Minimum Viable Product—has become gospel in startup circles. Build fast, test fast, fail fast. But in today’s crowded market, viability alone won’t cut it. Customers have too many options. Attention is ...
Stop “Romanticizing” Chaos: Discipline Is the Real Founder Superpower
The startup myth goes like this: work 20-hour days, pivot constantly, chase the high of the new. That’s what makes a founder, right? Wrong. While creativity and hustle matter, the founders ...
Build a Leadership Team That Challenges You, Not Just Follows You (Without Chaos)
Most founders build their first leadership teams for speed, comfort, and alignment. Understandably, you’re strapped for time and need people who can execute fast. But comfort and alignment quickly calcify into ...
Why Repeat Customers Are the Backbone of Business Survival
Many small business growth strategies include the dangerous assumption that success comes from acquiring more customers. However, customer acquisition without customer retention is a leaky bucket strategy, and most companies are ...
The Power of Sequenced Campaigns in Sustainable Growth
Effective marketing requires strategic campaign sequencing to guide prospects methodically through each stage of their buying journey. Random, disconnected marketing tactics rarely deliver sustainable growth. Sequenced campaigns, by contrast, carefully structure ...
Why Shiny Object Syndrome Is Your Biggest Business Threat
Every entrepreneur knows the adrenaline rush of a new idea. The promise of opportunity is exciting, it feels innovative, creative, and groundbreaking. But the dark side of chasing every new idea ...
How Great Brands Tell the Same Story in Ten Different Places
If your brand’s story changes depending on where people find you, you're not telling a story. You're improvising. In a world of fractured attention, distributed platforms, and decentralized teams, storytelling isn’t ...
The Ethics of Silence: Why Tech Companies Make It Impossible to Get Support (and Why It’s Malpractice)
The Great Support Mirage Let’s start with a story that’s probably all too familiar. One of our agency’s client projects recently hit a critical snag with a third-party tech vendor—an issue significant ...
Why Every Business Is Becoming a Tech Business (Whether You Like It or Not)
In the past, businesses could think of technology as a support function, delegated to the IT team or outsourced to vendors. Today, that mindset is a liability. Technology is no longer ...
The Brutal Truth About Leadership: Are You a Founder or a CEO?
Founders often confuse having an idea with being able to lead. The truth is, starting a company and growing one require very different skill sets. Many startups stall or die not ...
Who’s Really Winning with AI? A Philosophical Inquiry into Purpose, Power, and the Post-Work World
It’s hard not to be awed by the promise of artificial intelligence. The headlines are relentless: AI diagnoses cancer faster than doctors, translates languages in milliseconds, creates realistic art, and drafts ...
Cold Emailing Isn’t Dead, But Your Strategy Might Be
Cold emails have a terrible reputation—and in many cases, it’s well earned. The average inbox is flooded with lazy, templated pitches from strangers asking for something without offering anything meaningful in ...
Beyond Innovation: How Consistency Powers Startup Growth.
Discover why consistency is a crucial yet often overlooked factor in startup success. Learn how reliable processes, predictable customer experiences, and steady leadership transform early-stage companies into enduring brands.
Today’s Most In-Demand Marketing Skills You Should Learn
Explore the 10 fastest-growing skills marketers need to thrive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. Strengthen your professional toolkit and stay ahead in your marketing career.
AI is Not Taking Your Job (Yet)—But Someone Using AI Will
Artificial intelligence isn't the threat—it's those who effectively utilize AI who will shape the workforce. Discover how embracing AI tools can secure your professional future.
What B2B Companies Can Learn from Direct-to-Consumer Marketing
B2B marketing can dramatically benefit from adopting D2C strategies. Discover how tactics like personalization, storytelling, and digital agility can transform your B2B approach.
Sales Funnels are Dead: Why Customer Journeys Matter More
Sales funnels oversimplify customer behavior. Discover why focusing on the customer journey offers more clarity, better engagement, and higher conversions.
Why Emotion Beats Logic in Marketing (And How to Use It)
Effective marketing taps into the human mind. Learn how applying core psychological principles can significantly boost your conversions, build customer loyalty, and grow your brand strategically.
Marketing on a Tight Budget: How Startups Can Punch Above Their Weight
Effective marketing doesn't demand big budgets—it demands precision. Learn how startups can leverage strategic creativity, precision marketing, and community engagement to achieve significant growth without breaking the bank.
From Clicks to Customers: The Marketing Shifts You Need to Know
Explore the top digital marketing strategies shaping the future, including AI-driven personalization, voice search optimization, AR/VR integration, and ethical marketing practices, to enhance conversions and drive business growth.
How to Build a B2B Social Media Strategy That Converts
B2B social media marketing requires a strategic approach to build brand authority, nurture leads, and drive conversions. Learn how to choose the right platforms, create valuable content, and measure success in this in-depth guide.
How a Powerful Content Strategy Drives Customer Action
A strong content strategy does more than attract attention—it drives action. Learn how strategic content creation, multi-channel distribution, and psychological insights can transform passive readers into engaged customers.
Adapting Your Marketing Strategy for Economic Uncertainty
Economic uncertainty has become the new normal. Between inflation, supply chain disruptions, and shifting consumer behavior, marketing leaders are pressured to do more with less while driving growth. The traditional approach ...
GEO vs. SEO: The New Rules of Visibility in an AI-Driven World
The rise of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is reshaping digital marketing. Learn why traditional SEO is no longer enough and how businesses must adapt to AI-driven search to stay competitive. ...
Another AI, Another Privacy Disaster: Welcome to DeepSeek
DeepSeek is both a disruptive AI innovation and a privacy nightmare. Learn why its rise poses significant risks to data security and how its terms and policies may impact users and society at large.
How a Powerful Content Strategy Drives Customer Action
A strong content strategy does more than attract attention—it drives action. Learn how strategic content creation, multi-channel distribution, and psychological insights can transform passive readers into engaged customers.
From Generative AI to Autonomous Agents: The Future is Now
Discover how Agentic AI is reshaping industries in 2025. Explore real-world examples of autonomous systems transforming e-commerce, healthcare, and finance, and learn actionable steps to integrate this groundbreaking technology into your business.